Critical Care Secrets

I. General ICU Care

1. Glycemic Control in the ICU
2. Early Mobility
3. Sedation, Analgesia, Delirium
4. Pain Management in the ICU
5. Ethics and Palliative Care
6. Fluid Therapy
7. Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
8. Mechanical Ventilation
9. Noninvasive Respiratory Support
10. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Extubation
11. Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the ICU

II. Monitoring

12. Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Blood Gas Analysis
13. Hemodynamic Monitoring
14. Neuromonitoring

III. Procedures

15. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
16. Arterial and Central Venous Catheters
17. Critical Care Ultrasound
18. Ventricular Assist Device
19. Percutaneous Assist Devices
20. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
22. Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
23. Tracheotomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
24. Chest Tubes and Pneumothorax
25. Bronchoscopy
26. Pacemakers and Defibrillators

IV. Pulmonary

27. Acute Pneumonia
28. Asthma
29. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
30. Acute Respiratory Failure/ARDS
31. Hemoptysis
32. Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism

V. Cardiology

33. Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
34. Acute Myocardial Infarction
35. Cardiac Arrhythmia
36. Aortic Dissection
37. Pericardial Disease (Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis)

VI. Infectious Disease

38. Sepsis and Septic Shock
39. Endocarditis
40. Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
41. Disseminated Fungal Infections
42. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
43. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
44. H1N1/Influenza
45. Immunocompromised Host

VII. Renal Disease

46. Hypertensive Crises
47. Acute Kidney Injury
48. Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
49. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
50. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia

VIII. Gastroenterology

51. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
52. Acute Pancreatitis
53. Hepatitis and Cirrhosis

IX. Endocrinology

54. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
55. Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
56. Thyroid Disease in the ICU

X. Hematology/Oncology

57. Blood Products and Coagulation
58. Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
59. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

XI. Neurology

60. Coma
61. Brain Death
62. Status Epilepticus
63. Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
64. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis
65. Alcohol Withdrawal

XII. Surgery and Trauma

66. Burns and Frostbite
67. Thoracic Trauma (Flail Chest and Pulmonary & Myocardial Contusion)
68. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
69. Organ Donation

XIII. Emergency Medicine

70. Disaster Medicine, Bioterrorism and Ebola
71. Allergy and Anaphylaxis
72. Hypothermia
73. Heat Stroke

XIV. Toxicology

74. General Approach to Poisonings
75. Analgesics and Antidepressants
76. Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
77. Cardiovascular Medications
78. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

XV. Unique Patient Populations

79. Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
80. Care of the Obese patient
81. Oncologic Emergencies
82. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome & Chronic Critical Illness
83. ICU Survivors

XVI. Emerging Therapies

84. Sepsis: Emerging Therapies

 

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