The book is designed to make you fit for the management of critically ill patients (among other things of COVID-19 patients) in the intensive care unit. It contains all topics of critical care medicine (airway management, ventilation principles and ventilation techniques, weaning, tracheotomy, chest tube[thoracic drainage], analgosedation, catecholamine therapy, hemodynamic monitoring, shock, nutrition, resuscitation, sepsis, ECMO, acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy, acute coronary syndrome, cardiogenic shock, extracorporeal circulatory support, cardiac arrhythmias, inflammatory heart diseases[endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis], hypertensive crisis, pulmonary embolism, acute aortic syndrom, ARDS, pulmonary hypertension, acute right heart failure, obstructive lung diseases[status asthmaticus, exacerbated COPD], interstitial lung diseases, bronchial hemorrhage), gastrointestinal bleeding, acute pancreatitis, gastrointestinal atony, complications of liver cirrhosis, acute liver failure, acute mesenteric ischemia, pneumonia, multi-drug-resistant organisms, skin and soft tissue infections, fungal infections (mycoses), malaria, endocrinological emergencies, disorders of the electrolytes, disorders of the acid-base balance, blood products, DIC, hyerfibrinolysis, HIT, ITP, thrombotic microangiopathies, oncological emergencies, stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, status epilepticus, meningitis, brain death (irreversible loss of brain function), organ donation, neuromuscular diseases, crises in movement disorders, toxicology, electrical / drowning / diving accidents, hypothermia, hyperthermia (heat stroke), ethics & law and also a separate detailed chapter on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2).
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2nd English edition of the complete book (last update November 2021)
1660 pages, 1876 figures, 172 tables
Author(s): Volker Herold
Edition: 2nd English Edition
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: NO BOOKMARKS
Tags: Intensive and Critical Care Medicine; COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)
GENERAL PART Accesses Venous Accesses...................................................................................................................................24 Arterial Accesses ..................................................................................................................................38 Airway Management ...............................................................................................................44 Mechanical Ventilation (basics, types) ....................................................................................83 Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) ..............................................................................................135 Weaning ................................................................................................................................150 Tracheotomy ..........................................................................................................................164 Analgosedation ......................................................................................................................173 Hemodynamic monitoring .....................................................................................................196 Circulatory therapy Volume therapy ...................................................................................................................................241 Catecholamine therapy .......................................................................................................................251 Shock ....................................................................................................................................257 Nutrition of critically ill patients .............................................................................................269 Resuscitation Resuscitation of children .....................................................................................................................299 Resuscitation of adults ........................................................................................................................311 SPECIAL PART CARDIOLOGY Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ...........................................................................................362 Cardiogenic shock .................................................................................................................421 Cardiac arrhythmias ..............................................................................................................456 Inflammatory heart diseases Endocarditis .........................................................................................................................................521 Myocarditis...........................................................................................................................................545 Pericarditis ...........................................................................................................................................552 Hypertensive crisis ................................................................................................................564 ANGIOLOGY Acute pulmonary embolism ...................................................................................................572 Acute aortic syndrome ...........................................................................................................629 PULMONOLOGY ARDS ....................................................................................................................................646 Pulmonary Hypertension .......................................................................................................700 Acute right heart failure .........................................................................................................715 Obstructive lung diseases Status asthmaticus ..............................................................................................................................723 Exacerbated COPD .............................................................................................................................727 Interstitial lung diseases ........................................................................................................747 Bronchial hemorrhage ...........................................................................................................755
GASTROENTEROLOGY Gastrointestinal bleeding Upper gastrointestinal bleeding ...........................................................................................................765 Lower gastrointestinal bleeding ...........................................................................................................807 Acute pancreatitis ..................................................................................................................818 Gastrointestinal atony ............................................................................................................855 Complications of liver cirrhosis Portal hypertension ..............................................................................................................................865 Ascites .................................................................................................................................................870 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.........................................................................................................876 Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy .....................................................................................................................879 Hepatorenale syndrome ......................................................................................................................879 Hepatic encephalopathy ......................................................................................................................882 Hepatopulmonale syndrome ................................................................................................................887 Hepatic hydrothorax.............................................................................................................................890 Spontaneous bacterial empyema ........................................................................................................890 Acute liver failure ...................................................................................................................891 Acute mesenteric ischemia................................................................................................... 919 ENDOCRINOLOGY Endocrinological emergencies Diabetic coma ......................................................................................................................................934 Lactic acidosis .....................................................................................................................................937 Thyreotoxic crisis .................................................................................................................................940 Myxedema coma .................................................................................................................................943 Addison crisis.......................................................................................................................................945 Hypopituitarism (i.a. pituitary coma) ....................................................................................................950 Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)........................................................................................................952 Disorders of electrolytes Disorders of sodium .............................................................................................................................955 Disorders of potassium ........................................................................................................................966 Disorders of calcium ............................................................................................................................970 Disorders of magnesiums ....................................................................................................................978 Disorders of phosphate........................................................................................................................979 Disorders of acid-base balance Acidoses ..............................................................................................................................................984 Alkaloses ...............................................................................................................................................................990 NEPHROLOGY Acute kidney failure ...............................................................................................................996 Renal replacement therapy .................................................................................................1007
INFECTIOLOGY Sepsis ..................................................................................................................................1028 Pneumonia Community aquired pneumonia general .................................................................................................................................................................1090 special (special forms) Legionella pneumonia .................................................................................................................................................................1122 Swine flu (H1N1) .........................................................................................................................................................................1124 COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) ...........................................................................................................................................................1126 Hospital aquired pneumonia ..............................................................................................................1174 Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) ..............................................................................1187 Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) ..................................................................................1208 Fungal infections (mycoses) ................................................................................................1215 Malaria .................................................................................................................................1228 HEMATOLOGY Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) ....................................................................1242 Hyperfibrinolysis ..................................................................................................................1247 Blood products ....................................................................................................................1248 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) ...........................................................................1280 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) .........................................................................1287 Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) .....................................................................................1292 HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome) ....................................................................................................1295 HELLP syndrome ...............................................................................................................................1298 ONCOLOGY Upper venous congestion ....................................................................................................1305 Spinal compression syndrome ............................................................................................1307 Brain metastases .................................................................................................................1309 Tumor lysis syndrome .........................................................................................................1310 Hyperleukocytosis ...............................................................................................................1313 GvHD (graft versus host disease) .......................................................................................1313 Neutropenic fever ................................................................................................................1314 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ......................................................................................1317 Side effects of immunologic therapies Immune checkpoint inhibitors ............................................................................................................1320 CAR-T-cell therapy ............................................................................................................................1322 NEUROLOGY Stroke ..................................................................................................................................1328 Intracranial hemorrhage Epidural hemorrhage .........................................................................................................................1368 Subdural hemorrhage ........................................................................................................................1369 Subarachnoid hemorrhage ................................................................................................................1372 Intracerebral hemorrhage .................................................................................................................1381 Status epilepticus ................................................................................................................1390
Bacterial meningitis .............................................................................................................1396 Brain death (irreversible loss of brain function), organ donation .........................................1406 Neuromuscular diseases Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) ..................................................................................................1419 Critical illness myopathy (CIM) ..........................................................................................................1421 Guillain-Barré syndrome ....................................................................................................................1422 Malignant hyperthermia .....................................................................................................................1426 Tetanus ..............................................................................................................................................1428 Transient global amnesia (TGA) ..........................................................................................1432 Crises in movement disorders Acinetic crisis .....................................................................................................................................1433 Myasthenic crisis ...............................................................................................................................1434 Dystonic crisis ....................................................................................................................................1436 TOXICOLOGY General toxicology ...............................................................................................................1440 Special toxicology Intoxications with medicaments .........................................................................................................1457 Intoxications with drugs .....................................................................................................................1477 Intoxications with alcohols .................................................................................................................1489 Intoxications with chemicals ..............................................................................................................1499 Intoxications with metals ....................................................................................................................1516 Intoxications with gases .....................................................................................................................1527 Intoxications with mushrooms ...........................................................................................................1545 Intoxications with plants ....................................................................................................................1553 Intoxications with fish .........................................................................................................................1565 Intoxications with snakes ...................................................................................................................1569 TRAUMATOLOGY Electrical accident ...............................................................................................................1576 Drowning accident ...............................................................................................................1582 Diving accident ....................................................................................................................1586 Hypothermia ........................................................................................................................1588 Hyperthermia (heat stroke) ..................................................................................................1595 ETHICS & LAW 1600 APPENDIX 1610
