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Textbook of Critical Care

  • 8th Edition - May 1, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jean-Louis Vincent, Frederick A. Moore, Rinaldo Bellomo, John J. Marini
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Critical Care**Bridging the gap between medical and surgical specialties in critical care, Text… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Critical Care**

Bridging the gap between medical and surgical specialties in critical care, Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition, offers a practical, multidisciplinary approach to the effective management of adult and pediatric patients in the ICU. An outstanding editorial team, led by world-renowned intensivist Dr. Jean-Louis Vincent, assisted by Dr. Frederick A. Moore and new editors Drs. Rinaldo Bellomo and John J. Marini, provides the evidence-based guidance you need to overcome a full range of practice challenges. A full-color art program, relevant basic science and key summary points in every chapter, and expert contributing authors from all over the world make this an indispensable resource for every member of the critical care team.

Key features

  • Provides a concise, readable understanding of the pathophysiology of critical illness and new therapeutic approaches to critical care
  • Addresses both medical and surgical aspects in critical care for adult and pediatric patients in one comprehensive, easy-to-use reference
  • Shares the knowledge and expertise of the most recognized and trusted leaders in the field, with more international contributing authors than in previous editions
  • Covers new information on procedural and diagnostic ultrasound, prone positioning, ECMO, and VADs
  • Discusses key topics such as organ support, telemedicine, echocardiography, antibiotic stewardship, antiviral agents, coagulation and anti-coagulation, and more
  • Features a wealth of tables, boxes, algorithms, diagnostic images, and key points that clarify important concepts and streamline complex information for quick reference
  • Includes companion videos and exclusive chapters online that cover commonly performed procedures
  • Takes a multidisciplinary approach to critical care, with contributions from experts in anesthesia, surgery, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of contents

PART I Common Problems

1 Sudden Deterioration in Neurologic Status

2 Agitation and Delirium

3 Management of Acute Pain in the Intensive Care Unit

4 Fever and Hyperthermia

5 Very High Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure

6 Low Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure

7 Tachycardia and Bradycardia

8 Arterial Hypoxemia

9 Acute Respiratory Failure

10 Hyperbaric Oxygen in Critical Care

11 Pulmonary Edema

12 Pleural Effusion in the Intensive Care Unit

13 Polyuria

14 Oliguria

15 Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis

16 Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia

17 Hyperphosphatemia and Hypophosphatemia

18 Hypomagnesemia

19 Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia

20 Disorders of Glucose Control or Blood Glucose Disorders

21 Anemia

22 Coagulopathy in the Intensive Care Unit

23 Jaundice

24 Ascites

25 Acute Abdominal Pain

26 Ileus in Critical Illness

27 Diarrhea

28 Chest Pain

29 Biochemical or Electrocardiographic Evidence of Acute Myocardial Injury

PART II Common Approaches for Organ Support, Diagnosis, and Monitoring

30 Point-of-Care Ultrasound

31 Echocardiography

32 Cardiovascular Monitoring

33 Bedside Monitoring of Pulmonary Function

34 Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation

35 Tracheal Intubation

36 Tracheostomy

37 Basic Principles of Mechanical Ventilation

38 Basic Principles of Renal Replacement Therapy

39 Target Temperature Management in Critically Ill Patients

40 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Venovenous and Venoarterial ECMO)

41 Nutritional Support

PART III Central Nervous System

42 Advanced Bedside Neuromonitoring

43 Coma

44 Use of Brain Injury Biomarkers in Critical Care Settings

45 Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation

46 Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke

47 Nontraumatic Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

48 Seizures in the Critically Ill

49 Neuromuscular Disorders in the Critically Ill

50 Traumatic Brain Injury

51 Spinal Cord Injury

52 Neuroimaging

PART IV Pulmonary

53 Core Principles of Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology in Critical Illness

54 Patient–Ventilator Interaction

55 Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation

56 Advanced Techniques in Mechanical Ventilation

57 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

58 Adjunctive Respiratory Therapy

59 Intensive Care Unit Imaging

60 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

61 Drowning

62 Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia

63 Severe Asthma Exacerbation in Adults

64 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

65 Pulmonary Embolism

66 Pneumothorax

67 Community-Acquired Pneumonia

68 Nosocomial Pneumonia

PART V Cardiovascular

69 Core Principles of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology in Critical Illness

70 Acute Coronary Syndromes: Therapy

71 Supraventricular Arrhythmias

72 Ventricular Arrhythmias

73 Conduction Disturbances and Cardiac Pacemakers

74 Myocarditis and Acute Myopathies

75 Pericardial Diseases

76 Emergency Heart Valve Disorders

77 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure

78 Hypertensive Crisis: Emergency and Urgency

79 Pathophysiology and Classification of Shock States

80 Resuscitation From Circulatory Shock

81 Inotropic Therapy

82 Mechanical Support in Cardiogenic Shock

PART VI Gastrointestinal

83 Portal Hypertension: Critical Care Considerations

84 Hepatorenal Syndrome

85 Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

86 Hepatic Encephalopathy

87 Acute Liver Failure

88 Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitis

89 Acute Pancreatitis

90 Abdominal Sepsis

91 Mechanical Bowel Obstruction

92 Toxic Megacolon and Ogilvie’s Syndrome

93 Severe Gastrointestinal Bleeding

PART VII Renal

94 Core Principles of Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology in Critical Illness

95 Clinical Assessment of Renal Function

96 Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury

97 Water Metabolism

98 Advanced Techniques in Blood Purification

99 Fluid and Volume Therapy in the ICU

100 Acute Kidney Injury

101 Urinary Tract Obstruction

102 Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

103 Glomerulonephritis

104 Interstitial Nephritis

PART VIII Infectious Diseases

105 Antimicrobial Stewardship

106 Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Pneumonia

107 Antimicrobial Agents With Primary Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria

108 Antimicrobial Agents With Primary Activity Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

109 Antimicrobial Agents Active Against Anaerobic Bacteria

110 Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract

111 Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections

112 Septic Shock

113 Infections of the Urogenital Tract

114 Central Nervous System Infections

115 Infections of Skin, Muscle, and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

116 Head and Neck Infections

117 Infectious Endocarditis

118 Fungal Infections

119 Influenza and Acute Viral Syndromes

120 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

121 Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient

122 Tuberculosis

123 Malaria and Other Tropical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

124 Clostridioides difficile Infection

PART IX Hematology

125 Anemia and RBC Transfusion

126 Guidelines for Blood Component Therapy

127 Venous Thromboembolism

128 Anticoagulation in the Intensive Care Unit

129 Monitoring of Coagulation Status

130 Critical Care of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

PART X Obstetrics

131 Cardiovascular and Endocrinologic Changes Associated With Pregnancy

132 Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

133 Acute Pulmonary Complications During Pregnancy

134 Postpartum Hemorrhage

PART XI Endocrine

135 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State

136 Adrenal Insufficiency

137 Thyroid Disorders

138 Diabetes Insipidus

PART XII Pharmacology and Toxicology

139 General Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

140 Poisoning: Overview of Approaches for Evaluation and Treatment

PART XIII Surgery/Trauma

141 Resuscitation of Hypovolemic Shock

142 Mediastinitis

143 Epistaxis

144 Management of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patient

145 Intensive Care Unit Management of Lung Transplant Patients

146 Perioperative Management of the Liver Transplant Patient

147 Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: The Ultimate Treatment for Intestinal Failure

148 Aortic Dissection

149 Mesenteric Ischemia

150 Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

151 Extremity Compartment Syndromes

152 Thromboembolization and Thrombolytic Therapy

153 Atheroembolization

154 Pressure Ulcers

155 Burns, Including Inhalation Injury

156 Thoracic Trauma

157 Abdominal Trauma

158 Pelvic Fractures and Long Bone Fractures

159 Determination of Brain Death and Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor

160 Donation After Cardiac Death (Non–Heart-Beating Donation)

PART XIV Ethical and End-of-Life Issues

161 Conversations With Families of Critically Ill Patients

162 Resource Allocation in the Intensive Care Unit

163 Basic Ethical Principles in Critical Care

PART XV Organization and Management

164 Building Teamwork to Improve Outcomes

165 Severity of Illness Indices and Outcome Prediction

166 Long-Term Outcomes of Critical Illness

167 Early Ambulation in the ICU

168 Mass Critical Care

169 Telemedicine in Intensive Care

170 Teaching Critical Care

Online Chapters
E1 Difficult Airway Management for Intensivists, 1370.e1
E2 Bedside Ultrasonography, 1370.e36
E3 Central Venous Catheterization, 1370.e67
E4 Arterial Cannulation and Invasive Blood Pressure Measurement, 1370.e71
E5 Bedside Pulmonary Artery Catheterization, 1370.e80
E6 Cardioversion and Defibrillation, 1370.e83
E7 Transvenous and Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing, 1370.e85
E8 Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, 1370.e87
E9 Pericardiocentesis, 1370.e90
E10 Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage, 1370.e95
E11 Thoracentesis, 1370.e99
E12 Chest Tube Placement, Care, and Removal, 1370.e101
E13 Fiber-Optic Bronchoscopy, 1370.e105
E14 Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Protected Specimen Bronchial Brushing, 1370.e111
E15 Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy, 1370.e114
E16 Esophageal Balloon Tamponade, 1370.e118
E17 Nasoenteric Feeding Tube Insertion, 1370.e120
E18 Lumbar Puncture, 1370.e122
E19 Jugular Venous and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Monitoring, 1370.e124
E20 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring, 1370.e130
E21 Indirect Calorimetry, 1370.e133
E22 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation, 1370.e134

Review quotes

"This book is one of the standard comprehensive texts in critical care medicine. This eighth edition is the most recent version of the book, which was originally released in 1984." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, David James Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital) Doody's Score: 5 Stars! Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"The Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition addresses common critical care conditions in depth, making it a thorough and detailed resource to aid in diagnosing and managing these complex patients. This review provides the perspective of a medical student and an anesthesiologist whose practice is at a quaternary hospital with a substantial patient population requiring critical perioperative care. Written by four experts in the field, the textbook is a well-organized, evidence-based reference that is suitable for trainees, generalists, and critical-care specialists. The textbook is divided into 15 parts, totalling 1,376 pages. It is easy to navigate its substantial volume as it is organized by organ system...The content of the book is clinically relevant and outlines landmark studies...The illustrations and flowcharts are appropriate and clear...This comprehensive textbook provides a wealth of evidence-based information from basic concepts to specific topics, such as transplants, neurologic care, and cardiac critical care. The ease of use of the e-book, combined with its additional reference material, adds substantial benefit to the user. We would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in critical care medicine." --Natalie Vankka, BSc, PhD & Vivian H. Y. Ip, MBChB, FRCA, Springer

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 26, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

JV

Jean-Louis Vincent

Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine

Universit é Libre de Bruxelles

Department of Intensive Care

Erasme University Hospital

Brussels, Belgium

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Universit é Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

FM

Frederick A. Moore

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Head, Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

RB

Rinaldo Bellomo

Affiliations and expertise
Chairman, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group; Director of Intensive Care Research, Department of Intensive Care, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

JM

John J. Marini

John J. Marini, MD

Professor of Medicine

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA