Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital

Written by the multidisciplinary intensive care unit staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Fourth 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 information on hemodynamic monitoring and management, respiratory monitoring, airway problems, new transfusion agents and infection control techniques, wound care, ventilator management, end-of-life issues, outcomes evaluation, and evidence-based practice. Appendices provide key information on drugs and blood laboratory values.

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Table Of Contents
I. Critical Care Principles


Hemodynamic Monitoring I
Sascha Beutler/Luca Bigatello


Hemodynamic Monitoring II
Edward Bittner/Frederic Michard


Respiratory Monitoring
Daniel Fisher/Dean Hess


Airway Management
Peter Dunn//Robert Goulet/Ken Haspel


Mechanical Ventilation
Fiona Gibbons/Dean Hess


Sedation, Analgesia and Neuro-Muscular Blockade
James Helstrom/Ulrich Schmidt


Fluid, Electrolytes, Acid Base
David Liu/David Steele


Hemodynamic management
Stacey Remchuck/Keith Baker/Luca Bigatello


Nutrition
Stephen Panaro/Thomas Felbinger


Transfusion Therapy and Anticoagulation
Richard Pino/Rae Allain


Infection: general condiserations
Catherine Valentine/Judith Hellman


Prophylaxis
Kathryn Brush/Ulrich Schmidt


Neuro Critical Care
Neeraj Badjatia/Lee Schwamm


Adult and Pediatric Resuscitation
Shyam Parek/Richard Pino


Ethical and Legal Issues
Sharon Brackett/Rae Allain


Outcomes/evidence based
Henry Thomas Stelfox/Edward Bittner

II. Specific Considerations


CAD
Richard Oeser/Michael Fitzsimons


Valvular Heart Disease
John Klick/Ted Alston


Arrhythmia
Harish Lecamwasam/Jagmeet Singh


Acute Respiratory Failure: ALI/ARDS
Sascha Beutler/Kris Davignon/Luca Bigatello


Acute Respiratory Failure: Asthma/COPD
Joseph Meltzer/Kenneth Shepherd


Pulmonary Embolism
Deborah Quinn/Taylor Thompson


Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Jean Kwo/Dean Hess


Acute Renal Failure
Harish Lecamwasam/Hasan Bazari


Acute Liver Failure
William Benedetto/Kenneth Haspel


Acute Gastrointestinal Disease
Patricia Bachiller/Jean Kwo


Endocrine Disorders
Theresa Chang/Robert Peterfreund


Infection: specific considerations
Roland Brusseau/Judith Hellman


Acute Brain Injuries & Tumors (not Trauma)
Leigh Hochberg/Lee Schwamm


Acute Weakness
Edward George/David Greer


Drug Overdose, Poisoning, etc.
John Klick/Richard Pino


Dermatology/Allergy
Bonnie MacKool

III. Surgical Critical Care


Trauma
Adrian Maung/Robert Sheridan


Neuro Trauma
Neeraj Badjatia/Brian Hoh/Lee Schwamm


Burns
Loreta Grecu/Robert Sheridan


Vascular Surgery
Lee Wesner/Peter Dunn


Thoracic Surgery
Kristopher Davignon/Kenneth Haspel


Cardiac Surgery
Ahmad Sheikh / Thomas MacGillivray


Transplantation
Andrew Cameron/Michael Fitzsimons


General Surgery (+Bariatric) Surgery
Patrick Jackson/Jean Kwo


OB Gyn
Jason Jenkins/ Kevin Dennehy

Appendices

Supplemental Drug Information
Robert Hallisey

Blood Laboratory Values
Richard Pino