Critical Care Medicine Review: 1000 Questions and Answers

"Covering all four critical care board exams (anesthesiology, surgery, internal medicine, and neurology), Critical Care Medicine Review: 1000 Questions and Answers prepares you for exam success as well as clinical practice in today's ICU. This full-color, easy-to-use review tool provides challenging case studies, relevant images, multiple-choice board-style questions, rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and references for every question. Edited by instructors of anesthesia and critical care from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, this comprehensive resource is an ideal study guide for critical care fellows, recertifying practitioners, and CCRNs. Contains 1000 multiple-choice, case study questions and answers that mirror the four critical care exams in both content and distribution of questions and topics. Covers all body systems as well as Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Research, Administration, and Ethics; and miscellaneous topics such as pregnancy, dermatologic disorders, and thermoregulatory disorders. Answers include detailed rationales for both correct and incorrect responses, as well as references for further study and review"--Provided by publisher Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Table of Contents......Page 24 I. Neurologic Disorders......Page 38 1.Brain Death and Degenerative Diseases......Page 39 2.Cerebrovascular Diseases......Page 50 3.Seizure Disorder......Page 73 4.Neuromuscular Disorders......Page 87 5.Increased Intracranial Pressure......Page 98 6.Neurotrauma......Page 115 7.Spinal Cord Injury......Page 144 8.Encephalopathy and Delirium......Page 154 9.Clinical Syndromes......Page 170 10.Inflammatory and Demyelinating......Page 187 11.Neuro Oncology......Page 200 12.Analgesia, Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade......Page 209 13.Neuro Monitoring and Diagnostic Modalities......Page 221 14.Management Strategies......Page 239 II. Cardiovascular Disorders......Page 259 15.Acute Coronary Syndrome......Page 260 16.Arrhythmias and Pacemaker......Page 286 17.Heart Failure......Page 307 18.Vascular Disorders......Page 318 19.Valvular Heart Disease......Page 337 20.Pericardial Diseases......Page 360 21.Myocardial Disease......Page 378 22.Congenital Heart Disease in Adults......Page 392 23.Shock States......Page 402 24.Mechanical Circulatory Support and the Transplanted Heart......Page 421 25.Calculated Cardiovascular Parameters......Page 435 26.Life Support and Resuscitation......Page 446 27.Imaging and Diagnostic Modalities......Page 460 28.Imaging (Ultrasound)......Page 477 29.Management Strategies (Coagulation, Vasoactive Medications)......Page 498 III. Pulmonary Disorders......Page 512 30.Respiratory Failure......Page 513 31.Hypoxemia and Oxygen Delivery......Page 534 32.Mechanical Ventilation......Page 555 33.Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome......Page 576 34.Other Parenchymal Disease and Pulmonary Edema......Page 593 35.Airway Diseases......Page 610 36.Diseases of the Chest Wall......Page 630 37.Thromboembolic Disease and Hemoptysis......Page 643 38.Pleural Disorders......Page 655 39.Sleep Apnea......Page 662 40.Pulmonary Infections......Page 672 41.Neoplasm......Page 690 42.Lung Transplantation, Complications, and VV ECMO......Page 707 43.Respiratory Diagnostic Modalities and Monitoring......Page 724 IV. Renal, Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders......Page 752 44.Acute Renal Failure......Page 753 45.Oliguria and Polyuria......Page 770 46.Renal Replacement Therapy......Page 782 47.Drug Dosing in Renal Failure......Page 796 48.Renal Transplantation......Page 809 49.Diagnosis and Monitoring in Renal Failure......Page 817 50.Sodium......Page 833 51.Potassium......Page 852 52.Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium......Page 862 53.Acid Base Disorders......Page 875 V. Endocrine Disorders......Page 903 54.Diabetes Mellitus......Page 904 55.Thyroid......Page 918 56.Parathyroid and Calcium......Page 929 57.Pitutary......Page 938 58.Endocrine Tumors......Page 952 59.Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System......Page 961 60.Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis......Page 971 61.Management During Critical Illness......Page 986 VI. Infections and Immunologic Disease......Page 1003 62.Systemic Infections......Page 1004 63.CNS Infections......Page 1021 64.Head and Neck, Upper Airway Infections......Page 1044 65.Cardiovascular Infections......Page 1054 66.Gastrointestinal and Intra-abdominal Infections......Page 1063 67.Genitourinary Infection......Page 1084 68.Soft-Tissue, Bone, Joint Infections......Page 1093 69.Antimicrobial Therapy and Resistance......Page 1102 70.Immune Suppression: Congenital, Acquired, Drugs......Page 1118 71.Infections in the Immunocompromised Host......Page 1136 72.Immunological Effects of Infections......Page 1160 73.Bioterrorism......Page 1173 74.Hospital Infection Control, Hospital Acquired Infections......Page 1182 75.Immunological Diseases......Page 1197 VII. Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders......Page 1213 76.RBC Disorders......Page 1214 77.White Blood Cell Disorders......Page 1229 78.Platelet Disorders......Page 1244 79.Coagulopathies......Page 1255 80.Hypercoagulable States......Page 1270 81.Transfusion Medicine......Page 1280 82.Solid Tumors......Page 1290 83.Oncological Syndromes......Page 1300 84.Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation......Page 1311 85.Complications of Immunosuppressive Drugs and Chemotherapy......Page 1323 VIII. Gastrointestinal, Nutrition and Genitourinary Disorders......Page 1332 86.Esophagus......Page 1333 87.Stomach......Page 1343 88.Small Intestine......Page 1352 89.Large Intestine......Page 1363 90.Liver......Page 1375 91.Gallbladder and Biliary Tract......Page 1389 92.Pancreas......Page 1398 93.Genitourinary......Page 1413 94.Diagnostic and Management Modalities......Page 1422 95.Nutrition in Critical Illness......Page 1438 IX. Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation......Page 1448 96.Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery......Page 1449 97.Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Surgery......Page 1480 98.Skin, Soft Tissue, and Extremities......Page 1496 99.Polytrauma......Page 1512 100.Hemorrhage and Resuscitation......Page 1538 101.Environmental Injury......Page 1555 102.Burns......Page 1571 103.Disaster Management......Page 1587 104.Transplantation......Page 1606 X. Pharmacology and Toxicology......Page 1622 105.Basic Pharmacologic Principles......Page 1623 106.Adverse Effects of Drugs......Page 1638 107.Toxins and Poisoning......Page 1652 108.Drug Overdoses......Page 1679 109.Metabolism and Drug Interactions......Page 1691 110.Toxicology and Drugs of Addiction......Page 1708 111.Psychoactive Medications......Page 1727 XI. Research, Administration, and Ethics......Page 1736 112.Research and Biostatistics......Page 1737 113.Administration......Page 1754 114.Teaching......Page 1778 115.Psychosocial Issue Among Providers......Page 1785 116.Ethical Considerations......Page 1791 117.Patient Confidentiality, Healthcare Policy......Page 1801 118.Palliative Care and End of Life......Page 1811 119.Organ Donation......Page 1828 XII. Miscellaneous......Page 1836 120.Procedures......Page 1837 121.Pregnancy......Page 1860 122.Dermatological Disorders......Page 1873 123.Thermoregulatory Disorders......Page 1891 Appendix: Grab Bag......Page 1902 Index......Page 2027