Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital 5/e

I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES



1: Hemodynamic Monitoring
Erik Kistler & Luca Bigatello



2: Respiratory Monitoring
Ettore Crimi & Dean Hess



3: Use of Ultrasound in the ICU
Robin Guillory & Marc de Moya



4: Airway Management
Jonathan Charnin, Robert Goulet & Richard Pino



5: Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Claudia Crimi & Dean Hess



6: Hemodynamic Management
Jonathan Fox & Edward Bittner



7: Sedation & Analgesia
Houman Amirfarzan, Ulrich Schmidt & Luca Bigatello



8: Fluids, Electrolytes & Acid-Base Management
Cosmin Gauran & David Steele



9: Critical Care of the Trauma Patient
Jeffrey Ustin & Hasan Alam



10: Critical Care of the Neurologic Patient
Kevin Sheth & Lee Schwamm



11: Nutrition
Elizabeth Sailhamer & Hasan Alam



12: Infectious Disease: General Considerations
Laura Leduc & Judith Hellman



13: Quality Improvement & Prophylaxis
Karsten Bartels & Ulrich Schmidt



14: Ethical & Legal Issues in ICU Practice
Rae Allain & Sharon Brackett



15: Evidence-Based Practice & Basic Statistics in Critical Care
Ala Nozari, H. Thomas Stelfox & Edward Bittner



16: Transport of the ICU Patient
Emily Apsell & Michael Fitzsimons



II: SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS



17: Coronary Artery Disease
Corry 'Jeb' Kucik & Michael Fitzsimons



18: Valvular Heart Disease
Jonathan Bloom & Theodore Alston



19: Cardiac Dysrhythmias
Cosmin Gauran & Jagmeet Singh



20: The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Kathrin Allen & Luca Bigatello



21: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease & Asthma
Robert Owens & Fiona Gibbons



22: Pulmonary Embolism & Deep Venous Thrombosis
B. Taylor Thompson



23: Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
Bishr Haydar & Jean Kwo



24: Acute Kidney Injury
Beverly Newhouse



25: Liver Dysfunction
Daniel Johnson & William Benedetto



26: Coagulopathy & Hypercoagulability
Lorenzo Berra & Rae Allain



27: Acute Gastrointestinal Diseases
Eugene Fukudome & Jean Kwo



28: Endocrine Disorders & Glucose Management
Steven Russell & Taylor Thompson



29: Infectious Diseases: Specific Considerations
Aranya Bagchi & Judith Hellman



30: Non-Antibiotic Therapies for Sepsis
Anahat Dhillon & Edward Bittner



31: Stroke, Seizures & Encephalopathy
Dorothea Strozyk & Lee Schwamm



32: Acute Weakness
David Greer & Edward George



33: Drug Overdose, Poisoning & Adverse Drug Reactions
Susan Wilcox & Richard Pino



34: Adult & Pediatric Resuscitation
Arthur Tokarczyk & Richard Pino



35: Transfusion Medicine
Jeffrey Ustin & Hasan Alam



36: Neurological Trauma
Sherry Chou & Marc de Moya



37: The Burned Patient
Nicolas Melo & Rob Sheridan



38: Disaster Preparedness in the ICU
Todd Seigel & Edward George



39: ICU Care After Vascular Surgery
Ross Blank & Rae Allain



40: ICU Care After Thoracic Surgery
Kathrin Allen, Henning Gaissert & Luca Bigatello



41: ICU Care Following Liver, Kidney & Lung Transplantation
Jason Wertheim & William Benedetto



42: ICU Care of the Obese Patient
Jeremy Goldfarb & Jean Kwo



43: The Intensivist Outside the ICU
Edward George & Edward Bittner



44: Obstetric Critical Care
Amy Ortman & Richard Pino



APPENDIX



A: Supplemental Drug Information



Written by the multidisciplinary intensive care unit staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Fifth Edition of
this best-selling handbook is a practical, complete, and current guide to medical and surgical critical care. In a user-
friendly outline format designed for rapid reference, this pocket-sized book presents reliable, hospital-tested
protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices.

This edition includes new chapters on disaster preparedness in the ICU, quality improvement and prophylaxis, non-
antibiotic therapies for sepsis, and use of ultrasound in the ICU. An appendix provides supplemental drug information.