Research Catalog

Title

Surgical critical care / [edited by] John A. Weigelt, Frank R. Lewis, Jr.

Publication

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Lewis, Frank R., 1941-
• Weigelt, John A.

Description

xii, 458 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Surgical intensive care
• Surgical Procedures, Operative
• Critical Care

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. The Specialty of Surgical Critical Care. Ch. 1. Definition of Surgical Critical Care / John A. Weigelt. Ch. 2. Severity of Illness Indices / Samir M. Fakhry, Robert Rutledge and Anthony A. Meyer. Ch. 3. Decision Making for Critically Ill Patients / John R. Clarke and Thomas A. Santora. Ch. 4. Utilization of Resources / James M. Hassett and Fred A. Luchette -- Pt. II. Physiology of Surgical Critical Care. Ch. 5. Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Oxygen Delivery / David A. Provost, John A. Weigelt and Frank R. Lewis, Jr. -- Pt. III. General Management Principles, Techniques, and Technology. Ch. 6. Monitoring / Thomas Patrick English and James W. Holcroft. Ch. 7. Mechanical Ventilation / Blaine L. Enderson. Ch. 8. Removal of Mechanical Ventilation / John A. Weigelt. Ch. 9. Pharmacokinetic Alterations / Darwin E. Zaske and Diann M. Clarens. Ch. 10. Analgesia and Sedation / David B. Hoyt, Robert J. Winchell and Nan Ferris.
• Ch. 11. Fever, Infection, and Antibiotics / Robert G. Holman and E. Patchen Dellinger. Ch. 12. Sepsis / Robert C. Mackersie. Ch. 13. Hemostatic Problems / Edward A. Levine and Steven A. Gould. Ch. 14. Hypothermia / Larry M. Gentilello. Ch. 15. Nutritional Management of the Critically Ill Patient / Michael S. Hickey. Ch. 16. Adjunctive and Preventive Measures / Steven R. Shackford, Krista L. Kaups and Rodney M. Durham. Ch. 17. Important Aspects of Critical Care Nursing / Cathy Dyke, Henry Biddle, Melanie Cialone, Judy Davis, Jo-ell Lohrman, Pam O'Neill and Jamie Parker. Ch. 18. Critical Care of the Burn Patient / Gary F. Purdue and John L. Hunt -- Pt. IV. Organ Responses. Ch. 19. The Stress Response to Injury and Critical Illness / Robert H. Demling and Yeo-Kyu Youn. Ch. 20. The Inflammatory Response to Injury and Illness / Thomas T. Sato and Ronald V. Maier. Ch. 21. Critical Care of the Central Nervous System / R. Lawrence Reed II and Turner Osler.
• Ch. 22. Lung / Jan Horn. Ch. 23. Cardiovascular System / David W. Tuggle. Ch. 24. Kidneys / James R. Mault and Robert H. Bartlett. Ch. 25. Endocrine Problems / Gregory G. Stanford. Ch. 26. Hepatobiliary System / Evangeline Kontaki and Frank B. Cerra. Ch. 27. Gastrointestinal Response to Critical Illness / Mark R. Mainous and Edwin A. Deitch -- Appendices / Greg Beilman and John A. Weigelt.

ISBN

0721633684

LCCN

94044206

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries