Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

The book is designed to make you fit for the management of critically ill patients (among other things of  COVID-19 patients) in the intensive care unit. It contains all topics of critical care medicine:

- airway management

- ventilation principles and ventilation techniques

- weaning

- tracheotomy

- chest tube [thoracic drainage]

- analgosedation

- catecholamine therapy

- - hemodynamic monitoring

- shock

- nutrition

- resuscitation

- sepsis

- ECMO

- acute kidney injury

- renal replacement therapy

- acute coronary syndrome

- cardiogenic shock

- extracorporeal circulatory support

- cardiac arrhythmias

- inflammatory heart diseases [endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis]

- hypertensive crisis

- pulmonary embolism

- acute aortic syndrom

- ARDS

- pulmonary hypertension

- acute right heart failure

- obstructive lung diseases [status asthmaticus, exacerbated COPD]

- interstitial lung diseases

- bronchial hemorrhage

- gastrointestinal bleeding

- acute pancreatitis

- gastrointestinal atony

- complications of liver cirrhosis

- acute liver failure

- acute mesenteric ischemia

- pneumonia

- multi-drug-resistant organisms

- skin and soft tissue infections

- fungal infections (mycoses)

- malaria

- endocrinological emergencies

- disorders of the electrolytes

- disorders of the acid-base balance

- blood products

- DIC

- hyerfibrinolysis

- HIT

- ITP

- thrombotic microangiopathies

- oncological emergencies

- stroke

- intracranial hemorrhage

- status epilepticus

- meningitis

- brain death (irreversible loss of brain function)

- organ donation

- neuromuscular diseases

- crises in movement disorders

- toxicology

- electrical / drowning / diving accidents

- hypothermia

- hyperthermia (heat stroke)

- major trauma

- burns

- ethics & law

- a separate detailed chapter on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)practical presentation for the clinician (“from practitio­ner for practitioner”)

Textbook and reference book - no multi-author book (“made from one piece”) - ideal for the preparation for the exam in Intensive Care Medicine - everything compact and clear for daily work in the in­tensive care unit - didactically clearly structured

The book conveys the latest and current status in Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.

Numerous illustrations, schemes and memos are intended to make reading and learning easier.

Among all ICU books bestseller Lehmanns Media in Germany since 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Part

Accesses

Venous Accesses

Arterial Accesses

Airway Management

Mechanical Ventilation (basics, types)

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)

Weaning

Tracheotomy

Analgosedation

Hemodynamic monitoring

Circulatory therapy

Volume therapy

Catecholamine therapy

Shock

Nutrition of critically ill patients

Resuscitation

Resuscitation of children

Resuscitation of adults

Special Part

Cardiology

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

Cardiogenic shock

Cardiac arrhythmias

Inflammatory heart diseases (endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis [i.a. pericardial effusion, pericardial puncture])

Hypertensive crisis

Angiology

Acute pulmonary embolism

Acute aortic syndrome

Pulmonology

ARDS

Pulmonary hypertension

Acute right heart failure

Obstructive lung diseases

Status asthmaticus

Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Interstitial lung diseases

Bronchial hemorrhage

Gastroenterology

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Acute pancreatitis

Gastrointestinal atony

Complications of liver cirrhosis

Portal hypertension

Ascites

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy

Hepatorenal syndrome

Hepatic encephalopathy

Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Hepatic hydrothorax

Spontaneous bacterial empyema

Acute liver failure

Acute mesenteric ischemia

Endocrinology

Endocrinological emergencies

Diabetic coma (diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome)

Thyroid storm

Myxedema coma

Addison crisis (acute adrenocortical insufficiency)

Pheochromocytoma

Conn syndrome

Cushing syndrome

Hypopituitarism (i.a. pituitary coma)

Acute intermittent porphyria

Disorders of electrolytes

Disorders of sodium

Disorders of potassium

Disorders of calcium

Disorders of magnesium

Disorders of phosphate

Disorders of acid-base balance

Acidoses

Alkaloses

Nephrology

Acute kidney injury

Renal replacement therapy

Neurology

Stroke

Intracranial hemorrhage

Epidural hemorrhage

Subdural hemorrhage

Subarachnoidal hemorrhage

Intracerebral hemorrhage

Status epilepticus

Bacterial meningitis

Brain death (irreversible loss of brain function), organ donation

Neuromuscular diseases

Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP)

Critical illness myopathy (CIM)

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)

Malignant hyperthermia (MH)

Tetanus

Transient global amnesia (TGA)

Crises in movement disorders

Acinetic crisis

Myasthenic crisis

Dystonic crisis

Toxicology

General toxicology

Special toxicology

Intoxications with medicaments

Intoxications with drugs

Intoxications with alcohols

Intoxications with chemicals

Intoxications with metals

Intoxications with gases

Intoxications with mushrooms

Intoxications with plants

Intoxications with fish

Intoxications with snakes

Traumatology

Polytrauma

Electrical accident

Drowning accident

Diving accident

Hypothermia

Hyperthermia (heat stroke)

Burns

Ethics & Law

Appendix

This Critical Care Medicine book is written by senior physician Dr. med. Volker Herold, who already published the German version of this textbook, which became a bestseller in Germany and is regarded as a must-read in many intensive care units.

Dr. med. Volker Herold
Training as an internist and cardiologist
Additional designation: Emergency Medicine
Senior emergency physician in the emergency medical service (specialist certificate)
Senior physician of Clinic for Internal Medicine, St. Jo­seph Hospital Regensburg / Germany
Head of the compact course in Intensive Care Medicine