Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review (Mayo Clinic Scientific Press)

Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review is a unique compellation of cases presented at the highly rated Mayo Clinic Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) Conference. Designed to cover rare cases in a short amount of time, these reviews are set up in what is called the "unknown" format: highlighting the clinically key elements of the patient's hospital course, singling out the diagnostic dilemmas, and concludes with a question and answer format that allows clinicians to take home relative points for clinical practice. Written by practicing intensivists and critical care fellows for practicing intensivists and critical care fellows, this book combines interesting reading experiences with critical care medicine review. Each chapter ends with questions and answers that provide a board style review for the readers. Each case begins on the left-hand page with the discussion on the right, written succinctly to provide quick diagnostic understanding. While most critical care review books focus solely on an organ-system format, Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review captures the spirit of the CPC Conference in its text and illustrations. Cover Series Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review Copyright Contents Section I: Cases 1 Dyspnea and Edema 2 An Electrical Problem 3 Hypertension 4 A Rare Cause of Liver Failure 5 Shortness of Breath 6 Acute Respiratory Failure in a Young Smoker 7 Shock 8 Diffuse Abdominal Pain in a 45-.Year-.Old Woman 9 An Over-.the-.Counter Intoxication 10 An Over-.the-.Counter Overdose 11 A Post–.Myocardial Infarction Complication 12 Massive Hemoptysis 13 Hypotension Following a Broken Hip 14 Extubation Failure 15 Hypotension and Right-.Sided Heart Failure After Left Pneumonectomy 16 More Than Meets the Eye 17 Reverse Apical Ballooning Syndrome Due to Clonidine Withdrawal 18 A Well-.Known Cardiac Condition With a Unique Presentation 19 Electrolyte Abnormalities During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy 20 A Disease Masquerading as Septic Shock 21 A Respiratory Infection 22 Infection in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia 23 Torsades de Pointes 24 The Kidneys Can See When the Eyes Cannot 25 Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review is based on cases presented by critical care faculty and fellows at the Mayo Clinic Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) Conference, capturing the attributes in text and pictures by reproducing the selected best case presentations.