Critical Care Study Guide

1. Airway Management
Dilipkumar K. Patel, Kamardeen O. Alao, Neil W. Brister, Rodger E. Barnette

2. Oxygenation Without Intubation
Irene Permut, Wissam Chatila

3. Blood Gas Sampling
Joseph Crocetti, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Samuel L. Krachman

4. Hemodynamic Monitoring
Ubaldo J. Martin, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Samuel L. Krachman

5. Drainage Tube Management
Michael S. Lagnese, John M. Travaline

6. Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation
Henry H. Hsia

7. Enteral Feeding Tubes
David E. Ciccolella

8. Common Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit: Thoracentesis, Lumbar Puncture, Paracentesis, and Pericardiocentesis
Sheila E. Weaver

9. Noninvasive Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
Francis C. Cordova, Nathaniel Marchetti

10. Endoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit
Harvey M. Licht, Fredric Jaffe, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

11. Radiologic Imaging in the Critically Ill Patient
Phillip M. Boiselle, Chandra Dass, Robert M. Steiner

12. Critical Care Research and Regulatory Compliance
Michael R. Jacobs

13. Nursing Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting: The Role of the Nurse in the ICU
Gwendolyn Vance, Debra Koczen-Doyle, Deborah Mcgee-Mccullough, Anne Marie Kuzma, Marianne Butler-Lebair

14. Transport of Critically Ill Patients
Scott A. Schartel, Ernest L. Yeh

15. Respiratory Failure
Gerard J. Criner

16. Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Rita Pechulis, Aditi G. Satti, Ping Wang, Qin Xue-Bing, Gerard J. Criner

17. Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism
Nelson B. Ferrer, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

18. Heart Failure
Paul J. Mather, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

19. Cardiac Arrhythmias
Jeff M. Hsing, Henry H. Hsia

20. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Harvey M. Licht, Fredric Jaffe, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

21. Acute Liver Failure
Chan Y. Chung, Wissam Chatila

22. Acute Renal Injury
Jesse Goldman, James P. Reichart, Ll. Armando Samuels, Ubaldo J. Martin

23. Sepsis Syndromes
David E. Ciccolella, Michael S. Lagnese

24. Bleeding Diathesis
Ronald N. Rubin, Kalyani Narra

25. Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Therapy in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Francis C. Cordova, Nicole R. Hilburt, Joseph I. Boullata

26. Oxygen Content, Delivery, and Uptake
Joseph Crocetti, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Samuel L. Krachman

27. Circulatory Shock
John W. Schweiger, Jonathan D. Dreier, Peter D. Rivera

28. Critical Care Neurology
David S. Roby, Jacqueline S. Urtecho, Tarek Dakakni, Maria Roselyn C. Lim, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

29. Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill
Francis C. Cordova, Maria Roselyn C. Lim, Gerard J. Criner

30. Neurosurgical Emergencies
Zakaria Hakma, Michael Weaver

31. Disorders of Thermoregulation
Frederic H. Kauffman, Joanne E. Hullings

32. Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
Jaclyn Rosenzweig, Gregory J. Rossini, Rafik Samuel, Wissam Chatila

33. Critical Care Endocrinology
Colleen Veloski, Kathleen J. Brennan

34. Evaluation and Management of Toxicological Emergencies
Frederic H. Kauffman, Kathryn Getzewich

35. Metabolic Disturbances of Acid–Base and Electrolytes
Jesse Goldman, Gautam S. Choure

36. Special Problems in the Critically Ill Trauma Patient
Amy J. Goldberg, Abhijit S. Pathak

37. Ethics in Critical Care
John M. Travaline, Friedrich Kueppers, Jacqueline S. Urtecho

38. Psychological Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit Patient
Yaroslav Lando, Gerard J. Criner

39. Host Defenses
Friedrich Kueppers

40. Burn Critical Care
Aaron Crookshank, William B. Hughes, Daniel O. Hensell

41. ICU Care of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
Matthew R. Lammi, Jnanesh Thacker, Namrata Patel

42. Postoperative Care of the Cardiac Surgery Patient
Sheela S. Pai, Aaron Crookshank, Wissam Chatila

43. Obstetrical Care in the ICU Patient
A. James Mamary

44. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: Part 1
Nathaniel Marchetti, Christopher B. Remakus, Ubaldo J. Martin, Gerard J. Criner

45. Mechanical Ventilation – Part II: Monitoring of Respiratory Mechanics During Mechanical Ventilation and Ventilator Strategies
Nathaniel Marchetti, Christopher B. Remakus, Ubaldo J. Martin, Gerard J. Criner

46. Noninvasive Ventilation
Kartik V. Shenoy, Victor Kim, Gerard J. Criner

47. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Victor Kim, Gerard J. Criner

48. Mechanical Hemodynamic Support
Scott A. Schartel, Sheela S. Pai

49. Pharmacologic Hemodynamic Therapy of Shock
Christina Rose, Neil W. Brister, David E. Ciccolella

50. Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Frederic H. Kauffman, Liza D. Le

51. Antiarrhythmic Drug Management
Henry H. Hsia, Kelly Matsuda

52. Acute Coronary Syndromes
Benjamin Sanchez

53. Hypertensive Crisis
Kathleen J. Brennan, Jesse Goldman, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

54. Dialysis
Ll. Armando Samuels, Faahud A. Yafai, Avrum Gillespie, Jesse Goldman

55. Use of Blood Components
Firoozeh Alvandi, Saleh Ayache, Elizabeth T. Drum, Jay H. Herman

56. Antimicrobials
Edward J. Blanchard, Rafik Samuel, Wissam Chatila

57. Use of Analgesics and Sedatives in Critical Care
Rodger E. Barnette, David Y. Kim, John W. Schweiger, Gerard J. Criner

58. Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit
Rodger E. Barnette, Ihab R. Kamel, Lilibeth Fermin, Gerard J. Criner

59. Prophylactic Regimens in the Intensive Care Unit
Alexander E. Swift, Walter A. Wynkoop, Gilbert E. D’Alonzo

60. Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit
Aditi G. Satti, Melissa Derr, Mary L. Fornek

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Emergency Medicine