Surgical Intensive Care Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Resuscitation and General Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Supplemental Oxygen Therapy

      • Andrew G. Villanueva

      Pages 3-12

   3. Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit

      • Denis H. Jablonka, William Rosenblatt

      Pages 13-24

   4. Vascular Cannulation

      • Shawn E. Banks, Albert J. Varon

      Pages 25-33

   5. Fluid Resuscitation

      • Joachim Boldt

      Pages 35-43

   6. Vasoactive Amines and Inotropic Agents

      • Keith P. Lewis, R. Mauricio Gonzalez, Konstantin Balonov

      Pages 45-52

   7. Shock

      • Kyle J. Gunnerson, Emanuel P. Rivers

      Pages 53-66

   8. Hemodynamic Monitoring

      • Flávio E. Nácul, John M. O’Donnell

      Pages 67-74

   9. Acid—Base Disorders

      • Philip M. Alapat, Janice L. Zimmerman

      Pages 75-84

   10. Analgesia and Sedation

       • Ruben J. Azocar, Pouneh Taghizadeh, Ishaq Lat

       Pages 85-96

   11. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

       • Rafael A. Ortega, Gerardo Rodríguez, Rubén Azocar

       Pages 97-106

   12. Optimization of the High-Risk Surgical Patient

       • Nawaf Al-Subaie, Andrew Rhodes

       Pages 107-111

   13. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

       • Andreas Schneider, Erik Popp, Bernd W. Böttiger

       Pages 113-125

3. Neurocritical Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Management of Closed Head Injury

      • Peter K. Dempsey, Peter K. Dempsey, Steven W. Hwang

      Pages 129-136

   3. Spinal Cord Injuries

      • Fred H. Geisler, William P. Coleman

      Pages 137-147

   4. Ischemic Stroke

      • Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Walter J. Koroshetz

      Pages 149-161

   5. Hemorrhagic Stroke

      • Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Walter J. Koroshetz

      Pages 163-171

   6. Status Epilepticus

      • Andreas H. Kramer, Thomas P. Bleck, Thomas P. Bleck

      Pages 173-184

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.

• Sepsis
• Surgery
• Surgical critical care
• Trauma
• cardiac critical care
• general surgery
• intensive care medicine

From the reviews of the second edition: “This is the second edition of a multidisciplinary overview of the management of critical care problems in surgical patients. … Senior trainees and practitioners facing patients with surgical problems are an appropriate audience for this book, which originates from an international group of critical care authorities. … This book collects presentations from an outstanding group of international authorities. … Information about blood product use and recent work in resuscitation could be enhanced given the importance of these topics in the care of surgical patients.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2010)

• Department of Surgical Critical Care Division of Surgery, The Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, USA

  John M. O’Donnell

• University Hospital Intensive Care Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Flávio E. Nácul

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