Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Rethinking Sepsis: New Insights from Gene Expression Profiling Studies
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   Chapter 2 Mitochondrial Genetics and Sepsis
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   Chapter 3 Lung Proteomics in Intensive Care
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   Chapter 4 The Host Response to Sepsis
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   Chapter 5 Endotoxin Tolerance:Mechanisms and Clinical Applicability
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   Chapter 6 Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction during Sepsis
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   Chapter 7 Measurement of Carbon Monoxide: From Bench to Bedside
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   Chapter 8 Monitoring Immune Dysfunction in Septic Patients: Toward Tailored Immunotherapy
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    Chapter 9 Source Control in the ICU
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    Chapter 10 IgM-enriched Immunoglobulins in Sepsis
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    Chapter 11 Clarithromycin: A Promising Immunomodulator in Sepsis
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    Chapter 12 High-flow Hemofiltration as an Adjunctive Therapy in Sepsis
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    Chapter 13 Economic and Social Burden of Severe Sepsis
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    Chapter 14 Lymphocyte Apoptosis in Sepsis and Potential Anti-apoptotic Strategies
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    Chapter 15 The Pivotal Role of Beta-adrenoreceptors in Critical Illness Pathophysiology
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    Chapter 16 Non-septic Acute Lung Injury and Inflammation: Role of TLR4
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    Chapter 17 Hydrogen Sulfide: A Metabolic Modulator and a Protective Agent in Animal Models of Reperfusion Injury
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    Chapter 18 ‘Myocardial Depression’ or’ Septic Cardiomyopathy’?
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    Chapter 19 Determinants of Tissue PCO2 in Shock and Sepsis: Relationship to the Microcirculation
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    Chapter 20 Refining the Tools for Early Goal-directed Therapy in Septic Shock
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    Chapter 21 Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis: More than Just a Simple Dilutional Effect
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    Chapter 22 Old versus New Starches: What do We Know about their Differences?
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    Chapter 23 Impact of Hydroxyethyl Starch on Renal Function
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    Chapter 24 Rational Approach to Fluid Therapy in Acute Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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    Chapter 25 Cardiac Filling Volumes and Pressures in Assessing Preload Responsiveness during Fluid Challenges
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    Chapter 26 Update on Preload Indexes: More Volume than Pressure
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    Chapter 27 Monitoring Arterial Blood Pressure and Cardiac Output using Central or Peripheral Arterial Pressure Waveforms
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    Chapter 28 Intrathoracic Pressure Regulation for the Treatment of Hypotension
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    Chapter 29 Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring: A Personal Perspective
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    Chapter 30 Endotracheal Intubation in the ICU
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    Chapter 31 Pediatric Advanced Airway Management Training for Non-anesthesia Residents
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    Chapter 32 Automatic Tube Compensation in the Weaning Process
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    Chapter 33 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiac and Pulmonary Indications: Improving Patient Safety
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    Chapter 34 Patient-ventilator Interaction during Noninvasive Ventilation
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    Chapter 35 Variable Mechanical Ventilation: Breaking the Monotony
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    Chapter 36 Life-threatening Asthma: Focus on Lung Protection
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    Chapter 37 Bedside Monitoring of Diaphragm Electrical Activity during Mechanical Ventilation
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    Chapter 38 Electrical Impedance Tomography
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    Chapter 39 Regional Ventilation Delay Index: Detection of Tidal Recruitment using Electrical Impedance Tomography
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    Chapter 40 Different Approaches to the Analysis of Volumetric Capnography
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    Chapter 41 Variation in Extravascular Lung Water in ALI/ARDS Patients using Open Lung Strategy
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    Chapter 42 Clinical Utility of Extravascular Lung Water Measurements
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    Chapter 43 Rationalizing the Use of Surgical Critical Care: The Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
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    Chapter 44 Advanced Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring of the High-risk Major Surgery Patient
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    Chapter 45 Post-pneumonectomy Pulmonary Edema
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    Chapter 46 The Role of Phenylephrine in Perioperative Medicine
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    Chapter 47 Role of the Calcium Sensitizer, Levosimendan, in Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine
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    Chapter 48 Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy in Adult Cardiac Surgery
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    Chapter 49 Use of Natriuretic Peptides in the Emergency Department and the ICU
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    Chapter 50 Abnormalities of the ST Segment
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    Chapter 51 Functional Mitral Regurgitation in the Critically III
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    Chapter 52 Feedback to Improve the Quality of CPR
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    Chapter 53 The Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome
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    Chapter 54 Use of a Standardized Treatment Protocol for Post-cardiac Resuscitation Care
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    Chapter 55 Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
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    Chapter 56 Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury in Critical Illness
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    Chapter 57 The Role of Biomarkers in Cardiac Surgery-associated Acute Kidney Injury
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    Chapter 58 Neutrophil Gelatinase- associated Lipocalin: An Emerging Biomarker for Angina Renalis
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    Chapter 59 How does Intra-abdominal Pressure Affect the Daily Management of My Patients?
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    Chapter 60 ICG Clearance Monitoring in ICH Patients
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    Chapter 61 Acute-on-Chrenic Liver Failure in Cirrhosis: Defining and Managing Organ Dysfunction
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    Chapter 62 The Curse of Overfeedinc and the Blight of Underfeeding
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    Chapter 63 Enterai Feeding during Circulatory Failure: Myths and Reality
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    Chapter 64 Enterai Nutrition with Anti-inflammatory Lipids in ALI/ARDS
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    Chapter 65 Glutamine Supplementation in ICU Patients
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    Chapter 66 Burn Causes Prolonged Insulin Resistance and Hyperglycemia
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    Chapter 67 Glucose Variability in Critically III Patients
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    Chapter 68 Corticosteroid Biology in Critical Illness: Modulatory Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
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    Chapter 69 Corticosteroid Treatment of Patients in Septic Shock
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    Chapter 70 New Anticoagulants: Anti-lla or Anti-Xa agents?
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    Chapter 71 Emergency Reversal of Anticoagulants
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    Chapter 72 The Role of Imaging in Acute Brain Injury
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    Chapter 73 Monitoring and Managing Raised Intracranial Pressure after Traumatic Brain Injury
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    Chapter 74 Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy
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    Chapter 75 Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management
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    Chapter 76 Life-threatening Neurological Complications in Patients with Malignancies
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    Chapter 77 Should We Admit Critically III Cancer Patients to the ICU?
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    Chapter 78 Optimizing Drug Dosing in the ICU
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    Chapter 79 Relevant CYP450-mediated Drug Interactions in the ICU
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    Chapter 80 Sedation and Pain Management in the ICU
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    Chapter 81 The Role of Dexmedetomidine in Intensite Care
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    Chapter 82 Monitoring Delirium in the ICU
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    Chapter 83 Intensite Care for the Elderly: Current and Future Concerns
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    Chapter 84 ICU Performance: Managing with Balanced Scorecards
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    Chapter 85 Towards a Neuro-scientific Explanation of Near-death Experiences?
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    Chapter 86 Managing Conflict at the End-of-Life
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    Chapter 87 Strengths and Weaknesses of Substitute Decision Making in the ICU