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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Louis Vincent

    1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Comprehensively documents the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research in IC and EM
  • Written by acknowledged experts in the field
  • Broad appeal for all who work in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, IC and emergency medicine

Part of the book series: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (AUICEM)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Sepsis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Effect of Sex and Gender in Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Narrative Review

      • A. Lopez, I. Lakbar, M. Leone
      Pages 3-13

    3. Complex Immune Dysregulation in COVID-19 and Implications for Treatment

      • M. Mouktaroudi, E. J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
      Pages 15-24

    4. Measuring Vitamin C in Critically Ill Patients: Clinical Importance and Practical Difficulties—Is It Time for a Surrogate Marker?

      • S. Rozemeijer, F. A. L. van der Horst, A. M. E. de Man
      Pages 25-34

    5. Controversies on Non-renal Extracorporeal Therapies in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

      • S. Romagnoli, Z. Ricci, C. Ronco
      Pages 35-42

    6. Secondary Infections in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19

      • G. Grasselli, E. Cattaneo, G. Florio
      Pages 43-52

  3. Shock

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Heart Dysfunction in Septic Patients: From Physiology to Echocardiographic Patterns

      • A. Messina, F. Villa, M. Cecconi
      Pages 55-66

    3. Non-adrenergic Vasopressors in Septic Shock: Overview and Update

      • E. Antonucci, M. Giovini, Y. Sakr
      Pages 67-77

    4. Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications of the Veno-arterial PCO2 Gap

      • Z. Ltaief, A. G. Schneider, L. Liaudet
      Pages 79-92

    5. Still a Place for Aortic Counterpulsation in Cardiac Surgery and Patients with Cardiogenic Shock?

      • M. Heringlake, A. E. Berggreen, H. Paarmann
      Pages 93-100

  5. Airway and Non-invasive Ventilation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Tracheostomy for COVID-19: Evolving Best Practice

      • T. Williams, B. A. McGrath
      Pages 125-137

    3. Modernizing Tracheostomy Practice to Improve Resource Utilization and Survivorship Outcomes

      • G. Hernandez, M. Brenner, B. A. McGrath
      Pages 139-151

    4. Helmet Non-invasive Ventilation in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19

      • S. Aldekhyl, H. Tlayjeh, Y. Arabi
      Pages 153-164

  6. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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About this book

The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent

About the editor

Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent is Professor of intensive care at the University of Brussels, and intensivist in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. He is Past-President of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM), the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SIZ), the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Shock Society (ESS), and the International Sepsis Forum (ISF). He is a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.

Prof. Vincent has signed more than 1000 articles, 400 book chapters and review articles, and 1000 original abstracts, and has edited more than 100 books. He is co-editor of the Textbook of Critical Care (Elsevier Saunders) and the “Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine” (Springer). He is editor-in-chief of "Critical Care", "Current Opinion in Critical Care", and "ICU Management & Practice" and member of the editorial boards of about 30 journals.

Prof Vincent has received several awards, including the Distinguished Investigator and Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the College Medalist Award of the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society Medal (lifetime award) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the Presidential Award of the European Respiratory Society and the prestigious Belgian scientific award of the FRS-FNRS (Prix Scientifique Joseph Maisin-Sciences Biomédicales Cliniques). In recognition of these achievements, he was awarded the title of Baron by the King of Belgium.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021

  • Editors: Jean-Louis Vincent

  • Series Title: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73231-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73230-1Published: 30 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73231-8Published: 03 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5709

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5717

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine

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