This concise, pocket sized guide to Critical Care medicine provides at-a-glance information for treating patients effectively and expediently. Includes a free PDA download to facilitate its usefulness at the point of care.
Chapter 1 Ventricular Function and the Cardiac Output
Key equations Factors that control the CO Pressure & Volume relationships Starling Curve Cardiac Curve DDx of LV dysfunction
Chapter 2 Shock
Definition Types of shock Response of organ systems in shock Bedside exam Tx
Chapter 3 Oxygenation and Ventilation
Key Equations Oxygenation Ventilation
Chapter 4 Mechanical Ventilation
Goals of Mechanical Ventilation Basic Lung Volumes Indications for Incubation Closing Volume and Functional Residual Capacity PaO2 and Mean Airway Pressure Peak Inspiratory and Plateau Pressures Positive End Expiratory Pressure Auto PEEP Models of Positive Pressure Ventilation Relationship of Air Flow and Pressure Curves
Chapter 5 Pulmonary Artery (Swan Ganz) Catheters
Key Equations Normal Pressures The Waveforms Thermodilution Technique for Measuring CO Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Clinical Application of the PA Catheter
Chapter 6 Frequently Used Medications, Blood Products, and Fluids
Receptors and Mechanism of Action Pressors Anti-hypertensives Analgesics and Sedatives Paralytics Blood Products Intravenous Fluids
Chapter 7 The Head Injured Patient:: Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Key Equation Diagnosing Elevated ICP Common Systemic Alterations Tx Algorithm
Chapter 8 Acid-Base Disorders
Key Equations Interpreting the Arterial Blood Gas Review of the Nephron Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic Alkalosis Metabolic Acidosis Respiratory Alkalosis