Description
Critical Care: A Problem-Based Learning Approach provides a comprehensive review of the dynamic and ever-changing field of critical care. Its problem-based format incorporates a vast pool of practical, ABA board-exam-style multiple-choice questions for self-assessment, and is an ideal resource for exam preparation as well as ongoing clinical education among trainees and clinicians. Each of its 35 case-based chapters is accompanied by questions and answers, accessible online in a full practice exam. The cases presented are unique, as each chapter begins with a case description, usually a compilation of several actual cases; it then branches out through case-based questions, to increasingly complex situations. This structure is designed to create an authentic experience that mirrors that of working through the nuances of a complicated clinical scenario. The discussion sections that follow offer a comprehensive approach to the chapter's subject matter, thus creating a modern, complete, and up-to-date medical review of that topic.
Table of Contents
1 Asthma2 Airway obstruction, bleeding, and pain control after tonsillectomy3 The Failing Fontan4 ARDS and Ventilator Management5 Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary hemorrhage6 Ventilator and Chest Tube Management for Pneumothorax in a patient with Bullous Emphysema7 Ruptured Esophageal Varices and Complications of Massive Blood Transfusion8 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage9 Motor vehicle accident with skull fracture and c-spine compromise10 NMDA Encephalitis11 Stroke treated with Mechanical Thrombectomy12 Elevated ICP with a sella turcica tumor with diplopia and panhypopituitarism 13 Post-operative Myocardial Ischemia Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock14 In-Hospital Acute Coronary Syndrome15 Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy with Systolic Anterior Motion of the Mitral Valve16 Refractory VT/VF to ECLS/ECMO: With discussion of VV vs VA and cannulation strategies17 Anaphylaxis Presenting from Home18 Severe Thermal Burn Injury, Greater Than 80% Total Body Surface Area19 Motor vehicle accident and abdominal pain20 Pre-Eclampsia and HELLP syndrome in the parturient21 Postpartum Hemorrhage22 Amniotic Fluid Embolism23 Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) with Hypercarpnia and Hypoxia after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery24 Mesenteric Ischemia with Dead Bowel after Major Abdominal Surgery25 Complications of bariatric surgery including rhabdomyolysis with acidosis and AKI26 Sepsis: Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery27 Abdominal Compartment Syndrome28 Cardiac Tamponade29 Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response post Mitral Valve Repair30 Ventricular Fibrillation / Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting31 LVAD Complicated by RV Failure32 Left Ventricular Assist Device with intracranial hemorrhage33 Vasoplegia Syndrome Management Post Cardiac Surgery34 Diagnosis of Brain Death and Management of the Brain Dead Patient35 Ethics in the ICU
