This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on fundamental principles in the text should prove useful for patient care outside the ICU as well. New chapters in this edition include hyperthermia and hypothermia syndromes infection control in the ICU and severe airflow obstruction. Sections have been reorganized and consolidated when appropriate to reinforce concepts. Purchase The ICU Book, Third Edition and visit TheICUBook.com, which gives you free access to links from references to PubMed, updated regularly and a directory of Websites handpicked by Dr. Marino. "Doody's Core Titles&trade 2009." Table of Contents BASIC SCIENCE REVIEW Circulatory Blood Flow Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport PREVENTIVE PRACTICES IN THE CRITICALLY ILL Infection Control in the ICU Alimentary Prophylaxis Venous Thromboembolism VASCULAR ACCESS Establishing Venous Access The Indwelling Vascular Catheter HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING Blood Pressure Monitoring The Pulmonary Artery Catheter The CVP and Wedge Pressure Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY FLOW Hemorrhage and Hypovolemia Colloid and Crystalloid Resuscitation Acute Heart Failure(s) Cardiac Arrest Hemodynamic Drugs CRITICAL CARE CARDIOLOGY Acute Coronary Syndromes Tachydysrhythmias ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Oximetry and Capnography Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severe Airflow Obstruction MECHANICAL VENTILATION Principles of Mechanical Ventilation Patterns of Assisted Ventilation The Ventilator-Dependent Patient Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation Noninvasive Ventilation ACID-BASE DISORDERS Acid-Base Interpretations The Organic Acidoses Metabolic Alkalosis RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS Oliguria and Acute Renal Failure Disorders of Sodium and Water Balance Potassium Magnesium Calcium and Phosphorous TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN CRITICAL CARE Anemia and Red Cell Transfusions Platelets in Critical Illness DISORDERS OF BODY TEMPERATURE Hyperthermia and Hypothermia Syndromes Fever in the ICU INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION IN THE ICU Infection, Inflammation, and Multiorgan Injury Pneumonia in the ICU Sepsis from the Abdomen and Pelvis The Immunocompromised Patient Antimicrobial Agents NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Metabolic Substrate Requirements Enteral Tube Feeding Parenteral Nutrition Adrenal and Thyroid Dysfunction CRITICAL CARE NEUROLOGY Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU Disorders of Mentation Disorders of Movement Stroke and Related Disorders TOXIC INGESTIONS Pharmaceutical Toxins and Antidotes Non-Pharmaceutical Toxic Ingestions APPENDICES Units of Measurement Reference Tables Clinical Scoring Systems Drug Dosage in Renal Impairment