Full Description
The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in 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 intensive care and emergency medicine, anesthesia, surgery, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Contents
Part I. Precision Medicine.- The role of transcriptomics in redefining critical illness.- Metagenomic sequencing in the ICU for precision diagnosis of critical infectious illnesses.- Risk stratification and precision medicine: is it feasible for severe infections?.- Interrogating the sepsis host immune response using cytomics.- Precision medicine in septic shock.- Part II. Sepsis Biomarkers And Organ Dysfunction Scores.- Host response biomarkers for sepsis In the emergency room.- Repetitive assessment of biomarker combinations as a new paradigm to detect sepsis early.- Organ dysfunction scores in the adult ICU.- Part III. ARDS.- Ex vivo lung perfusion models to explore the pathobiology of ARDS.- Interpretation of lung perfusion in ARDS.- A structured diagnostic algorithm for patients with ARDS.- Hemodynamic implications of prone positioning in patients with ARDS.- Part IV. Ventilatory Support.- Update on the management of acute respiratory failure using non-invasive ventilation and pulse oximetry.- Managing the physiologically difficult airway in critically ill adults.- Dyspnea in patients receiving invasivemechanical ventilation.- The potential risks of pressure support ventilation.- Advancing sedation strategies to improve clinical outcomes in ventilated critically ill patients.- Part V. Extracorporeal Support Setting and monitoring of mechanical ventilation during venovenous ECMO.- Early mobilization of patients receiving ECMO for respiratory failure.- Physiological adaptations during weaning from venovenous ECMO.-Novel strategies to enhance the efficiency of extracorporeal CO2.- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic approach.- Temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support in the ICU.- Part VI. Fluids and Transfusion.- Venous congestion: why examine the abdomen with ultrasound in critically ill patients?.- The most important questions in the current practice of transfusion of critically bleeding patients.- Part VII. Acute Renal Failure.- Fluid management and acute kidney injury.- Cardiorenal syndrome 1: what's in a name?.- Part VIII. The Microcirculation and Metabolism.- Update on the microcirculatoryassessment of the critically ill patient.- Intracellular measurements of micronutrients in critically ill patients.- Optimal glycemic targets in critically ill patients with diabetes.- Part IX: A Look Back at COVID-19.- Hydroxychloroquine: time for reappraisal of its effect in COVID-19 patients.- Blood purification in COVID-19 outside acute kidney injury.- Part X. Neurologic Considerations.- Epidemiology, outcomes and costs of pediatric traumatic brain injury patients treated in the ICU.- Quality improvements in the determination of death by neurologic criteria around the world.- Part XI. Obstetric Issues.- COVID-19-induced ARDS in pregnancy: implications for the non-COVID era.- Amniotic fluid embolism.- Part XII. Pre and Post-Intensive Care.- Remote telehealth aid during humanitarian crisis.- Boarding in the emergency department: challenges and success strategies to mitigate the current crisis.- Post-intensive care syndrome revisited in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.- Part XIII. Ethical Issues.-Rethinking the role of palliative care in the ICU.
