Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Intensive Care for Elderly Patients: Clinical, Ethical and Economic Considerations

   • Marco Dei Poli, Marco Resta

   Pages 1-11

3. Is It Still Worth Treating At-Risk Patients with Perioperative Goal-Directed Haemodynamic Therapy?

   • Biagio Allaria

   Pages 13-24

4. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Fluid Replacement: A Dog That Bites Its Own Tail?

   • Massimo Girardis, Emanuela Biagioni

   Pages 25-34

5. Acute Liver Failure in Intensive Care

   • Andrea De Gasperi, Patrizia Andreoni, Stefania Colombo, Paola Cozzi, Ernestina Mazza

   Pages 35-58

6. Diuretics in Intensive Care: Positive and Negative Aspects

   • Pasquale Piccinni, Silvia Gramaticopolo

   Pages 59-72

7. Perioperative and Intensive Care Management of Haemorrhage: The Opinion of the Haemathologist

   • Marco Marietta

   Pages 73-91

8. Hypercapnic Acidosis in Protective Mechanical Ventilation (a Tolerated Compromise or Another Means of Protection?)

   • Biagio Allaria

   Pages 93-106

9. Are We Sure We Are Using Drugs Correctly in Critical Patients?

   • Biagio Allaria

   Pages 107-119

10. The Problem of Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Gastric Acid Suppression in Intensive Care

    • Biagio Allaria

    Pages 121-133

11. Renal, Cardiac and Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Typical Holistic Vision by an Intensive Care Physician

    • Biagio Allaria

    Pages 135-144

12. VAP (Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia)

    • Davide Chiumello, Tommaso Fossali

    Pages 145-158

13. Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Severe Asthma

    • Davide Chiumello, Sara Sher

    Pages 159-172

The contents of this book are a selection taken from materials that have been developed during the preparation of continuing education courses (distance learning), whose scientific advisor is the volume editor, Professor Allaria, and that have never previously been published. The topics considered are wide ranging; particular attention is devoted to general topics of importance to the practitioner, but specific controversial issues, such as the role of goal-directed hemodynamic therapy, are also addressed. All of the authors are recognized experts on the subjects they discuss. The book is part of a wider project that aims to provide updated information each year not only in anesthesiology but also in other fields, including cardiology, ophthalmology, and nephrology.

• Acute liver failure
• Anesthesiology
• Critical care medicine
• Diuretics
• Goal-directed hemodynamic therapy

From the reviews:

“This collection of reviews describes the contemporary management of a variety of perioperative problems. … Senior trainees and practitioners will benefit from this reference, which is easily carried in a coat pocket. … Each chapter includes a reference list identifying key citations from the primary literature … . This is an easy-to-read collection of updates … .” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, November, 2012)

• Critical Care Department Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

  Biagio Allaria

Biagio Allaria graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Milan in 1961. Prior to 2003 he was Chief Physician and Head of Department at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori (National Cancer Institute) in Milan, and he has also been a Professor in the School of Anesthesia and Resuscitation at the University of Milan. Currently he is Chief Scientist for Medical Evidence Data Italia, authorized provider of continuing education courses. Dr. Allaria has taught on the courses offered by the Federation Des Ecoles Europèennes d’Anesthesiologie (FEEA). He is the author of more than 150 scientific works, including two books published by Springer, and his principal areas of interest are cardiac research in anesthesiology and critical care medicine.

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