Main description:

We are honored to present the second edition of Surgical Intensive Care Medicine. Our first edition was considered to be an important contribution to the critical care literature and received excellent reviews from Critical Care Medicine, Chest, and Anesthesiology. In the second edition, the basic organization of the book remains unchanged, being composed of 60 carefully selected chapters divided into 11 sections. The book begins with general topics in primary intensive care, such as airway management and vascular cannulation, followed by categories based on medical and surgical subspecialties. While the chapters discuss definitions, pathophysiology, clinical course, complications, and prognosis, the primary emphasis is devoted to patient management. The contents of the current edition have been comprehensively upgraded and the chapters retained from the first edition have been thoroughly updated, revised, or rewritten. In this second edition, some new topics have been added including Postoperative Care of the Obese Patient, Postoperative Care of the Pancreas Transplant Patient, Optimization of High-Risk Surgical Patients, Post- erative Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome, Ethics and End of Life Issues, Improving the ICU, and Continuous Medical Education in Intensive Care Medicine. We are extremely fortunate to have high-quality contributors, many of whom are nationally and internationally recognized researchers, speakers, and practitioners in Cri- cal Care Medicine. An important feature of this latest edition is the geographical diversity of its authors. Most are based in the United States, but colleagues from Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, Portugal, and Australia have also made notable contributions.

Contents:

SECTION 1: RESUSCITATION.- 1. OXYGEN THERAPY.- 2. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.- 3. VASCULAR CANNULATION.- 4. FLUID RESUSCITATION.- 5. SHOCK.- 6. VASOACTIVE AMINES AND INOTROPIC AGENTS.- 7. EVALUATION OF HEMODYNAMICS.- 8. OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH-RISK.- 9. ACID-BASE BALANCE.- 10. ANALGESIA, SEDATION, MUSCLE RELAXANTS.- 11. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.- SECTION 2: NEUROCRITICAL CARE.- 12. HEAD INJURIES.- 13. SPINAL CORD INJURIES.- 14. ISCHEMIC STROKE.- 15. HEMORRHAGIC STROKE.- 16. STATUS EPILEPTICUS.- SECTION 3: CARDIOLOGY.- 17. PO MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.- 18. POSTOPERATIVE ARRHYTHMIAS.- 19. POSTOPERATIVE HYPERTENSION.- SECTION 4: PULMONARY MEDICINE.- 20. ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE.- 21. MECHANICAL VENTILATION.- 22. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM.- 23. FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME.- 24. VENOUS AIR EMBOLISM.- SECTION 5: INFECTIOUS DISEASES.- 25. SEPSIS.- 26. CATHETER-RELATED INFECTION.- 27. VENT ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA.- 28. INTRA-ABDOMINAL SEPSIS.- 29. FEBRILE PATIENT.- 30. ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY.- SECTION 6: HEMATOLOGY.- 31. COAGULOPHATIC STATES.- 32. BLOOD PRODUCTS.- SECTION 7: METABOLISM AND NUTRITION.- 33. DIABETES.- 34. ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY.- 35. NUTRITION.- SECTION 8: NEPHROLOGY AND ELECTROLYTES.- 36. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE.- 37. DIALYTIC THERAPY.- 38. ELECTROLYTES.- SECTION 9: GASTROENTEROLOGY.- 39. GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORR.- 40. PANCREATITIS.- SECTION 10: SURGERY, TRAUMA, AND TRANSPLANTATION.- 41. TRAUMA.- 42. BURNS.- 43. ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT.- 44. RHABDOMYOLYSIS.- 45. POST-OPERATIVE CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT.- 46. POST-OPERATIVE LUNG SURGERY PATIENT (TUBES).- 47. POST-OPERATIVE HEART TRANSPLANT.- 48. POST-OPERATIVE LUNG TRANSPLANT.- 49. POST-OPERATIVE LIVER TRANSPLANT.- 50. POST-OPERATIVE PANCREAS TRANSPLANT.- 51. CARE OF THE ORGAN DONOR.- 52. POST-OPERATIVE OBESE PATIENT/- SECTION 11: ADDITIONAL TOPICS.- 53. HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS.- 54. DISORDERS OF THERMOREGULATION.- 55. POSTOPERATIVE AWS.- 56. ETHICS & END OF LIFE ISSUES.- 57. SCORING SYSTEMS.- 58. CME IN CRITICAL CARE