Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction to Critical Care Medicine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Evidence-Based Critical Care

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 3-6

   3. Classic Critical Care Papers

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 7-12

   4. Critical Care Medicine 101

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 13-16

   5. House Officers’ Guideline 1: Housekeeping

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 17-22

   6. Admission–Discharge Criteria

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 23-29

   7. House Officers’ Guidelines 2: Procedures

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 31-41

   8. Chronic Critical Illness

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 43-54

   9. Fluid Resuscitation and Volume Assessment

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 55-77

   10. Sedation and Analgesia

       • Paul Ellis Marik

       Pages 79-94

   11. Sepsis

       • Paul Ellis Marik

       Pages 95-116

   12. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

       • Paul Ellis Marik

       Pages 117-122

   13. Antibiotics

       • Paul Ellis Marik

       Pages 123-131

   14. Fever

       • Paul Ellis Marik

       Pages 133-150

3. Respiratory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Mechanical Ventilation 101

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 153-174

   3. Non-invasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 175-181

   4. Weaning (Liberation)

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 183-192

   5. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

      • Paul Ellis Marik

      Pages 193-204

This updated and revised edition of the classic bedside pocket reference remains the gold standard in critical care medicine. The new edition maintains Dr. Marik's trademark humor and engaging writing style, while adding numerous references to make this book the most current and thorough treatment of evidence-based critical care available. The handbook enables the clinician to find the evidence to support or refute an intervention and to help choose the most appropriate, cost-effective treatment. The analysis of treatment strategies is presented by organ system, and the handbook also covers miscellaneous ICU topics (such as sedation, toxicology, radiology, and sepsis) based on the most frequently found and difficult to solve problems in ICU patient management.

• ARDS
• COPD
• Critical Care Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• ICU
• Intensive Care Medicine
• airway management
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• mechanical ventilation
• sedation
• sepsis
• thromboembolism

From the reviews of the second edition:

“This is one of the most comprehensive handbooks on critical care medicine with a strong emphasis on evidence base. … The contents of this handbook cover many aspects of critical care medicine and some of the information is extremely useful for junior medical staff without prior exposure to critical care … . Overall, this book should be useful for junior doctors or intensive care trainees who are starting their term in an intensive care unit.” (K. M. Ho, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Vol. 39 (2), March, 2011)

• Dept. Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA

  Paul Ellis Marik

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