Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Handbook

Looking for a concise and authoritative resource to help you manage the types of complex cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological emergencies you encounter as a resident or attending emergency room physician? Look no further than Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Handbook. This portable guide to rational clinical decision-making in the challenging – and changing – world of emergency critical care provides in every chapter a streamlined review of a common problem in critical care medicine, along with evidence-based guidelines and summary tables of landmark literature. Features Prepare for effective critical care practice in the emergency room’s often chaotic and resource-limited environment with expert guidance from fellows and attending physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, and neurocritical care. Master critical care fundamentals as experts guide you through the initial resuscitation and the continued management of critical care patients during their first 24 hours of intensive care. Confidently make sustained, data-driven decisions for the critically ill patient using expert information on everything from hemodynamic monitoring and critical care ultrasonography to sepsis and septic shock to the ED-ICU transfer of care. Your book purchase includes an eBook version created for Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, & Mac. This eBook features: Complete content with enhanced navigation A powerful search tool that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues Quick-reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

Table of Contents:
Section 1 Introduction Emergency Critical Care – Robert Rodriguez Section 2 Hemodynamic Monitoring Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output – Catherine S. Reid, Geoffrey K. Lighthall Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring – Chad Myers Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring – Vidya Rao, John E. Arbo The Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheter – Carlos Brun, Geoffrey K. Lighthall Section 3 Critical Care Ultrasonography Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography – Philips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas Mailhot, Sarah Williams, Diku P. Mandavia Pulmonary Ultrasonography – Feras Khan, Anne-Sophie Beraud Section 4 Pulmonary Critical Care Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation – John-Emile Kenny, Stephan J. Ruoss Ventilation Strategies in COPD, Asthma, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Jey Chung, Paul Mohabir, Stephen J. Ruoss Acute Pulmonary Edema – Nina Patel, Margaret Neff High Risk Pulmonary Embolism – Tsuyoshi Mitari Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Darryl Abrams, Daniel Brodie Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation – Vidya Rao, Darryl Abrams, Cara Agerstrand, Daniel Brodie Section 5 Cardiac Critical Care Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock – Daniel Sedehi, Venu Menon Right Ventricular Failure – Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, Anne-Sophie Beraud Hypertensive Crises – Anand Swaminathan, Michael P. Jones Controversies in Arrhythmia Management – Sam Senturia Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Joseph Hsu, Rachel Dotson Management of the Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient – Cappi Lay Section 6 Neurological Critical Care Acute Ischemic Stroke – Mohamed Teleb, Paul Sing Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel , David Turkel-Parrella, Cappi Lay, Albert Goffi, Joshua Stillman Seizure and Status Epilepticus – Brandon Foreman, Anil Mendiratta Myasthenic Crisis and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disorders – Christina Ulane Section 7 Gastrointestinal and Hematological Critical Care Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage – Parvathi Myer, Shai Freidland Acute Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy – Robert Wong, Glen Lutchman Pancreatitis – Susan Quan, Walter Park Leukemia – Martina Trinkaus, Sickle Cell Disease – Richard Ward Platelet Disorders and Hemostatic Emergencies – Shawn Kaku, Catherine T. Jamin Transfusion Therapy – Michael P. Jones, John E. Arbo Section 8 Sepsis and Septic Shock Sepsis – Michael Scott, Michael Winters Vasopressors and Inotropes – Matthew Strehlow Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas Infections in the Immunocompromised Host – Maria Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua Mooney, Joseph Hsu Burns and Soft Tissue Infections – Carla M. Carvalho, Paul Maggio Biomarkers in Sepsis – David M. Maslove Section 9 Disorders of Acid-Base, Electrolytes, and Fluid Balance Acid-Base Disorders – Tara Scherer, Corey Slovis Electrolytes Disorders – Katy Deljoui, Michael McCurdy Rhabdomyolysis – Audrey Wagner, Deborah M. Stein Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Emilee Ruth Willhem-Leen, Glen Chertow Section 10 Endocrine Critical Care Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill – Daniel Runde, Jarone Lee Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State – Catherine T. Jamin, Jeffrey Manko Adrenal Insufficiency – Thomas B. Perera Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma – James Lantry III, John E. Arbo Geoffrey K. Lighthall Section 11 Toxicological Critical Care Cardiotoxins – Nicholas Connor, Silas W. Smith Pulmonary Toxins – Hong Kim, Rama B. Rao Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes – Mai Takematsu, Rama B. Rao Metabolic Inhibitors – Lauren Shawn, Lewis S. Nelson Caustics – Payal Sud, Mark Su Anticoagulants – Betty Chen, Lewis S. Nelson Drugs of Abuse – Rana Biary, Jane Marie Prosser Alcohol Withdrawal – Nicole Bouchard Section 12 Environmental Critical Care Hypothermia – Morgan Eutermoser, Jay Lemery Altitude Emergencies - Zina Semenovskaya, Christopher Davis, Jay Lemery Drowning and Dive-Related Emergencies – Samuel Gerson, Jose Evangelista III Section 13 Sedation and Delirium Delirium – Jin H. Han, Eduard E. Vasilevsis,E. Wesley Ely Sedation of the Agitated Patient – Randall Wood, Jin H. Han Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient – Jin H. Han, Pratik Pandharipande Section 14 Geriatrics and Palliative Care The Geriatric Patient – Mary Mulcare, Alexis Halpern, Michael Stern Palliative Care in the Emergency Department – Lawrence Ho, J. Randall Curtis Section 15 The ED-ICU Transfer of Care Emergency Department Evaluation of the Critical Ill Patient – Geoffrey K. Lighthall, John E. Arbo Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication – David Maslove Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas Epilogue – Scott Weingart

About the Author :
Selected as a 2023 Doody’s Core Title! Dr. John E. Arbo completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia & Cornell and his fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center.