Emergency Department Critical Care (Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine)

Critical care happens where it is needed, not just in the ICU. Patients with acute critical illness are often cared for initially in the ED, and the beginning actions can help alter outcomes hours, day and months later. This handbook targets selected common or high risk critical condition or therapies needed to optimize ED care, using the newest research and experiences from respected authors. Chapters are organized in a readable and user-friendly format, and each describes the topic, defines key terms, notes cutting edge and controversial aspects, and delivers pragmatic advice. Our goal is not to discuss every pathology and care option, but to focus on the key thoughts and actions that can drive care and improve the health of those in need. Approach to undifferentiated organ failure/shock ("blue or bad") / Lily Emlet -- Sepsis and shock with infection / Alan Jones -- Respiratory failure (including parenchymal, vascular, and central causes) / Dave Gaieski -- Acute heart failure / Frank Peacock -- Acute MI, acute coronary syndromes, dysrhythmias, pacemakers, and aicds / Robert O'Connor -- Acute kidney injury in the emergency department / John Kellum -- Coma and altered mental status / J. Stephen Huff -- Post-cardiac arrest care / Steve Trecziak -- Intracranial hemorrhage and acute ischemic stroke / Ed Jauch -- Management of the critically poisoned patient / Eric Lavonas -- Multisystem trauma and burns / Raquel Forsythe -- Massive bleeding including GI / Charles Wira -- Procedural analgesia and sedation : moderate and deep / John Burton -- Monitoring technology : invasive and non-invasive / Bryant Nguyen -- Airway management / Henry Wang -- Ultrasound for shock / Robert Hyde -- Blood product and procoagulant therapies / Ed Sloan.