Apice 1998: Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Author: Antonio Gullo
Published: March 1999
Publisher: Springer Italia Srl
ISBN: 8847000513
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 786

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Disc. ethics & quality control in ICU, obstetric complications, acid-base disorders, etc.

Table of Contents
A Life in Critical Care 23
Clinics, Technology, Ethics, and Humane Patient-Physician Relationships and Critical Care (Monitoring, Diagnosis, Intervention Strategies) 29
Cerebral Resuscitation 2000 A.D. 47
Early Goal-Directed Invasive and Noninvasive Monitoring of High Risk Postoperative and Septic Surgical Patients Improves Outcome 59
Postresuscitation Myocardial Dysfunction 69
Telemedicine: Steps into the Future 77
Evidence-Based Medicine in the ICU 87
The Problem of Informed Consent in Critically Ill Patients 99
Progress in Scoring Systems, Safety and Quality of Care in the ICU 105
Is Mortality the Only Outcome Measure in ICU Patients? 113
Perioperative Care: Physiology and Practicality 121
Coagulation Disorders 135
Neuromuscular Disorders and Anaesthesia 141
Anaesthesia and Coexisting Diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 147
Optimization of the Perioperative Period in High-Risk Patients 157
Standards in Anaesthetic Practice 173
Hypnotics 185
Analgesics 193
Muscle Relaxants in Clinical Anaesthesia: An Update 217
Total Intravenous Anaesthesia 227
Perioperative Care of Cardiac Risk Patients: New Pharmacological Strategies 239
Biochemical Markers of Myocardial Cell Injury 245
Postoperative Intensive Care Therapy - In Which Patients and for How Long? 251
Diagnosis in the Early Phase of Aortic Dissection 261
Surgical Strategies in the Management of Acute Aortic Dissection 269
Early Complications and Management After Bypass Circulation 279
New Concepts of Antiarrhythmic Strategies 291
Emergency Treatment of Bradycardic and Tachycardic Arrhythmias 299
Perioperative Arrhythmias and Outcome 307
Therapeutic Monitoring in the Perioperative Period 313
Uncommon Diseases in Pregnancy 323
Complications of Obstetric Anaesthesia 335
Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section 343
Obstetric Complications: Consumption Coagulopathy 347
Perioperative Management of Hypertension 355
Maternal and Foetal Mortality Rates During Pregnancy, Delivery and Puerperium 367
Dimension of Fluid Compartments in Severely Ill Patients 375
Pathophysiology of Acid Base Regulation 383
Fluid and Electrolyte Management in Intensive Care 393
Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis 411
Metabolic Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis in the Critically Ill 421
Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Acidosis 429
Albumin: Is It a Play-Maker, a Carrier or Both? 441
Capnography 459
New Insights into Cardiovascular Monitoring: Continuous Arterial Thermodilution and Intrathoracic Blood Volume 471
Echo Doppler Monitoring for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Performances in Anaesthesia and in the Intensive Care Units 479
Pathophysiology of Brain Temperature 489
Exploring Cerebral Metabolism by Microdialysis 495
Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Polyneuropathy in Critical Illness 501
Polyneuropathy in Patients Undergoing a Neuromuscular Junction Blockade 509
Muscular Wasting as a Consequence of Sepsis 517
Epidemiology of Trauma 525
Nitric Oxide in Sepsis and ARDS 531
Management of Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction 549
Management of Acute Ischaemic Stroke 557
Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Cytoprotection 561
Evidence-Based Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 573
Intrinsically Safe Hyperbaric Centres 589
Lung Function Monitoring in the ICU: Available Techniques and Future Requirements 597
Mechanical Ventilation and Lung Mechanics 601
Pulmonary Gas Exchange in the Intensive Care Unit 611
Pulmonary Haemodynamics in the Intensive Care Unit 621
PET and Other Nuclear Medicine Techniques 629
Lung Function Monitoring: Data Provided by CT Scan 635
Bedside Replacement of Computed Tomography by Electrical Impedance Tomography 641
Volume Distribution and Ventilatory Modes in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 649
Problems Associated with Clinical Determination of Pulmonary Shunting 669
Pulmonary Hypertension 679
Pathophysiology of Unresolving ARDS: The Role of the Host Defense Response 693
Pathophysiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 711
How to Diagnose Ventilator Associated Pneumonia 721
Can Hygienic Measures Prevent Pneumonia? 727
Ventilatory Support in Different Stages of Lung Dysfunction 733
Strategies to Minimize Alveolar Stretch Injury During Mechanical Ventilation 739
Modes of Ventilation and Weaning Strategies 749
Proportional Assist Ventilation: Technique and Implementation 769
Index 777

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