Table Of Contents:

SECTION I COMMON PROBLEMS

Mitchell P. Fink

Sudden Deterioration in Neurologic Status 3(5)

Joseph M. Darby

Anupam Anupam

Agitation and Delirium 8(5)

Eric B. Milbrandt

E. Wesley Ely

Management of Acute Pain in the Intensive Care Unit 13(4)

Paul Jodka

Stephen O. Heard

Fever and Hypothermia 17(4)

Mitchell P. Fink

Very High Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure 21(6)

Michael Donahoe

Low Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure 27(4)

Kyle J. Gunnerson

Tachycardia and Bradycardia 31(4)

Arthur Boujoukos

Respiratory Distress with Arterial Hypoxemia 35(4)

Paul Rogers

Acute Respiratory Failure 39(4)

Lakshmipathi Chelluri

Polyuria 43(4)

Ramesh Venkataraman

John A. Kellum

Oliguria 47(4)

Sanjay Subramanian

Ramesh Venkatarman

John A. Kellum

Acid-Base Disorders 51(12)

John A. Kellum

Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia 63(4)

John K. Mcllwaine

Howard L. Corwin

Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia 67(4)

Sergio Zanotti-Cavazzoni

R. Phillip Dellinger

Hypophosphatemia and Hyperphosphatemia 71(4)

Stephen Trzeciak

R. Phillip Dellinger

Hypomagnesemia 75(4)

D. Patrick Bryant

Robert N. Cooney

Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia 79(3)

Richard J. King

Robert N. Cooney

Hypoglycemia 82(5)

Greet Van den Berghe

Anemia of Critical Illness 87(6)

Ali Hallal

Carl Schulman

Stephen Cohn

Thrombocytopenia 93(2)

William C. Aird

Coagulopathy 95(4)

William C. Aird

Hyperbilirubinemia 99(2)

Mitchell P. Fink

The Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding 101(8)

Omer Bajwa

Paul E. Marik

Ileus 109(2)

Vishal Bansal

Juan B. Ochoa

Diarrhea 111(2)

Juan B. Ochoa

Vishal Bansal

Rashes 113(7)

Burke A. Cunha

Chest Pain 120(7)

David T. Huang

SECTION II BASIC SCIENCE

Edward Abraham

Regulation of Gene Expression 127(6)

Edward Abraham

The Neutrophil: Balancing Antimicrobial Effectiveness and the Potential for Damage to the Host 133(8)

Theo J. Morales

Tomoko Suzuki

Gregory P. Downey

Macrophage Function 141(4)

Donna M. Paulnock

Stefanie N. Vogel

Endothelial Function 145(10)

Larry W. Kraiss

Mark L. Martinez

Stephen M. Prescott

Guy A. Zimmerman

Lung Epithelial Function 155(6)

Michael A. Matthay

Lymphocyte Function After Injury 161(4)

John A. Mannick

James A. Lederer

Coagulation 165(8)

Charles T. Esmon

Complement 173(8)

Niels C. Riedemann

Peter A. Ward

Cytopathic Hypoxia: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Sepsis 181(6)

Mitchell P. Fink

Oxidative Lung Injury 187(8)

Todd L. Astor

David Weill

Apoptosis in the Critically III 195(8)

Patricia S. Grutkoski

Chun-Shiang Chung

Jorge Albina

Walter Biffl

Alfred Ayala

Cellular Signaling 203(6)

Michael B. Fessler

Jerry A. Nick

Receptor Physiology 209(10)

Frederick J. Ehlert

Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, and Other Products of Arachidonic Acid 219(8)

James A. Cook

Hongkuan Fan

Perry V. Halushka

Nitric Oxide 227(8)

Sabah Hussain

Carbon Monoxide and Heme Oxygenase-1 235(10)

Augustine M. K. Choi

Jigme Sethi

Molecular and Biochemical Monitoring 245(8)

J. Perren Cobb

T. Philip Chung

Genetics of Critical Illness 253(10)

Richard G. Wunderink

SECTION III CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Patrick M. Kochanek

Biochemical, Cellular, and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Death and Secondary Brain Injury in Critical Care 263(12)

Robert S. B. Clark

Larry Jenkins

Yi-Chen Lai

Xiaopeng Zhang

Patrick M. Kochanek

Critical Neuropathophysiology 275(12)

W. Andrew Kofke

Advanced Bedside Neuromonitoring 287(8)

Roman Hlatky

Claudia Robertson

Coma 295(16)

Joerg-Patrick Stubgen

Fred Plum

Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation 311(14)

Clifton W. Callaway

Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke 325(16)

Lawrence R. Wechsler

Carol A. Barch

Nontraumatic Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 341(14)

Allyson R. Zazulia

Michael N. Diringer

Seizures in the Critically III 355(12)

Sarice L. Bassin

Thomas P. Bleck

Neuromuscular Disorders in the ICU 367(10)

Vern C. Juel

Thomas P. Bleck

Traumatic Brain Injury 377(14)

Steven M. Cohen

Donald W. Marion

Spinal Cord Injury 391(8)

Elizabeth A. Vitarbo

Allan D. O. Levi

Neuroimaging 399(18)

Fred J. Laine

Intensive Care After Neurosurgery 417(10)

Andrew I. R. Maas

Nino Stocchetti

Key Issues in Pediatric Neurointensive Care 427(18)

Patrick M. Kochanek

Robert W. Hickey

Hulya Bayir

Ericka L. Fink

Randall A. Ruppel

Robert S. B. Clark

SECTION IV RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

Edward Abraham

Bedside Monitoring of Pulmonary Function 445(8)

Richard H. Kallet

Julin F. Tang

Principles of Gas Exchange 453(10)

John J. Marini

Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation 463(8)

Robin L. Gross

R. Phillip Dellinger

Respiratory System Mechanics and Respiratory Muscle Function 471(12)

Sean M. Caples

Rolf D. Hubmayr

Heart-Lung Interactions 483(14)

Michael R. Pinsky

Assist-Control Mechanical Ventilation 497(8)

Neil R. Maclntyre

Patient-Ventilator Interaction 505(6)

Vincenzo Squadrone

Cesare Gregoretti

V. Marco Ranieri

Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation 511(8)

Belen Cabello

Olga Rubio

Jordi Mancebo

Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation 519(8)

Thomas Rajan

Nicholas S. Hill

High-Frequency Ventilation 527(8)

Jeffrey M. Singh

Thomas E. Stewart

Extracorporeal Life Support 535(4)

Stephen A. Rowe

Robert H. Bartlett

Adjunctive Respiratory Therapy 539(6)

Sanjay Manocha

Keith R. Walley

Indications for and Management of Tracheostomy 545(8)

Bradley D. Freeman

Timothy G. Buchman

Hyperbaric Oxygen in Critical Care 553(4)

Stephen R. Thom

Imaging of the Chest in the ICU 557(14)

Nisa Thoongsuwan

Jeffrey P. Kanne

Eric J. Stern

Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 571(10)

Lorraine B. Ware

Gordon R. Bernard

Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia 581(6)

Paul E. Marik

Severe Asthma Exacerbation 587(12)

Thomas C. Corbridge

Susan J. Corbridge

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 599(10)

Peter M. A. Calverley

Pulmonary Embolism 609(11)

Graham F. Pineo

Russell D. Hull

Other Embolic Syndromes 620(7)

Claus-Martin Muth

Erik S. Shank

Pulmonary Hypertension 627(6)

David B. Badesch

Lewis J. Rubin

Pleural Disease in the Intensive Care Unit 633(14)

John T. Huggins

Dov Weissberg

Steven A. Sahn

Community-Acquired Pneumonia 647(16)

Michael S. Niederman

Nosocomial Pneumonia 663(16)

Jean-Yves Fagon

Jean Chastre

Pulmonary Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient 679(4)

Carlos Agusti

Ana Rano

Antoni Torres

Lung Transplantation 683(8)

David Weill

Burns and Inhalation Injury 691(8)

Soman Sen

Richard L. Gamelli

Drowning 699(8)

David Szpilman

James P. Orlowski

Joost Bierens

Acute Parenchymal Disease in Infants and Children 707(12)

Kathleen M. Ventre

John H. Arnold

Pulmonary Edema 719(16)

Gad Cotter

Edo Kaluski

Zvi Vered

SECTION V CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS

Jean-Louis Vincent

Hemodynamic Monitoring 735(6)

A. Rhodes

R. M. Grounds

E. D. Bennett

Acute Coronary Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis 741(12)

William J. Brady

Chris A. Ghaemmaghami

Anna Baer

Andrew D. Perron

Acute Coronary Syndromes: Management and Complications 753(10)

Steven M. Hollenberg

Invasive Cardiac Procedures: Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, Mitral and Aortic Valvuloplasty 763(8)

Christian Spaulding

Olivier Varenne

Supraventricular Arrhythmias 771(12)

John Camm

Irina Savelieva

Ventricular Arrhythmias 783(12)

Raul J. Gazmuri

Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan

Conduction Disturbances and Cardiac Pacemakers 795(8)

Jason Knight

John Sarko

Sudden Cardiac Death: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators 803(10)

Michael McCready

Derek V. Exner

Severe Heart Failure 813(10)

Michael D. Sosin

Gregory Y. H. Lip

Myocarditis in the Intensive Care Unit 823(10)

Fredric Ginsberg

Joseph E. Parrillo

Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease in Children 833(18)

Duncan J. Macrae

Pericardial Diseases 851(10)

Bernhard Maisch

Arsen D. Ristic

Emergent Valvular Disorders 861(10)

Catherine M. Otto

Infectious Endocarditis 871(8)

Michel Wolff

Jean-Francois Timsit

Hypertensive Crisis and Urgency 879(10)

Catherine Lee Kelleher

Stuart L. Linas

Cardiac Surgery: Indications and Complications 889(8)

Jacques P. Goldstein

Pierre Wauthy

Pathophysiology and Classification of Shock States 897(8)

Mark E. Astiz

Resuscitation from Circulatory Shock 905(6)

Benoit Vallet

Eric Wiel

Gilles Lebuffe

Inotropic Therapy in the Critically III 911(8)

Jean-Louis Teboul

Xavier Monnet

Christian Richard

Mechanical Support in Cardiogenic Shock 919(12)

Thomas G. Gleason

Mariell Jessup

Peripheral Arteriopathies Including Embolism 931(8)

David Laithwaite

Krishna Lingam

Richard Donnelly

SECTION VI HEPATIC DISORDERS, GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS, AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Mitchell P. Fink

Critical Care Nutrition 939(12)

Stephen A. McClave

Daren K. Heyland

Nutrition Issues in Critically III Children 951(10)

David M. Steinhorn

Laura T. Russo

Portal Hypertension 961(6)

Julia Wendon

E. Sizer

Ascites 967(6)

Lena M. Napolitano

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 973(10)

Nathaniel L. Holzman

Clemens M. Schirmer

Stanley A. Nasraway, Jr.

Hepatorenal Syndrome 983(6)

Angels Escorsell

Vicente Arroyo

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome 989(2)

David Kaufman

Isabelle Michaud

Hepatic Encephalopathy 991(12)

Gregory T. Everson

Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Including Acetaminophen Toxicity 1003(12)

Murugan Raghavan

Peter K. Linden

Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitis 1015(6)

Samuel A. Tisherman

Acute Pancreatitis 1021(12)

Pamela A. Lipsett

Peritonitis and Intra-abdominal Abscess 1033(16)

Philip S. Barie

Addison K. May

Ajai K. Malhotra

Rao R. Ivatury

Ileus and Mechanical Small Bowel Obstruction 1049(6)

Vishal Bansal

Juan B. Ochoa

Acute Megacolon in Critically III Patients 1055(8)

H. M. Oudemans-van Straaten

SECTION VII RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS

Edward Abraham

Clinical Assessment of Renal Function 1063(6)

Todd W. B. Gehr

Anton C. Schoolwerth

Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis 1069(16)

Thomas D. DuBose, Jr.

Disorders of Water Balance 1085(12)

Tomas Berl

Jeremy Taylor

Disorders of Plasma Potassium Concentration 1097(16)

Kamel S. Kamel

Mitchell L. Halperin

Disorders of Calcium and Magnesium Metabolism 1113(18)

Mordecai M. Popovtzer

Fluids and Electrolytes in Pediatrics 1131(8)

Desmond Bohn

Acute Renal Failure 1139(12)

Brian D. Poole

Robert W. Schrier

Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU 1151(8)

Rinaldo Bellomo

Vincenzo D'Intini

Claudio Ronco

Urinary Tract Obstruction 1159(10)

Scott Liebman

Isaac Teitelbaum

Contrast Dye-Induced Nephropathy 1169(4)

Brendan J. Barrett

Glomerulonephritis and Interstitial Nephritis in the ICU 1173(8)

Debbie S. Gipson

David B. Thomas

Ronald J. Falk

SECTION VIII INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Edward Abraham

Antimicrobials in Chemotherapy Strategy 1181(10)

Douglas N. Fish

Beta-Lactam Drugs Used in Critical Care 1191(8)

Steven J. Martin

Aminoglycosides 1199(5)

Rose Jung

Fluoroquinolones 1204(7)

Douglas N. Fish

Macrolides 1211(4)

David T. Bearden

Agents with Primary Activity Against Gram-Positive Bacteria 1215(10)

Diane M. Cappelletty

Metronidazole and Other Antibiotics for Anaerobic Infections 1225(6)

Elizabeth D. Hermsen

John C. Rotschafer

Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Pneumonia 1231(8)

Richard G. Wunderink

Vascular Catheter-Related Infections 1239(10)

Scott Norwood

Clyde E. McAuley

Pathophysiology of Sepsis and Multiple Organ Dysfunction 1249(10)

K. Reinhart

F. Bloos

F. M. Brunkhorst

Septic Shock 1259(8)

Jean-Louis Vincent

Sepsis and Multiple Organ System Failure in Children 1267(8)

Joseph Carcillo

Jan A. Hazelzet

Acute Bacteremia 1275(10)

Philippe Eggimann

Didier Pittet

Infections of the Urogenital Tract 1285(10)

F. M. E. Wagenlehner

K. G. Naber

Central Nervous System Infections 1295(14)

Karen C. Bloch

Allen B. Kaiser

Infections of Skin, Muscle, and Soft Tissue 1309(10)

Weidun Alan Guo

Steven M. Steinberg

Head and Neck Infections 1319(6)

Jeremy D. Gradon

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 1325(6)

Alison Morris

John M. Luce

Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient 1331(10)

Andrew Githaiga

Magdaline Ndirangu

David L. Paterson

Infectious Endocarditis 1341(4)

Helen Giamarellou

Anastasia Antoniadou

Fungal Infections 1345(14)

Paul O. Gubbins

Tuberculosis 1359(8)

Kathryn Lee Springer

Edward D. Chan

Malaria and Other Tropical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit 1367(16)

Daniel G. Bausch

Rickettsial Diseases 1383(6)

Florence Fenollar

Didier Raoult

Acute Viral Syndromes 1389(8)

Fernanda Silveira

Mesut Yilmaz

David L. Paterson

Clostridium difficile Colitis 1397(4)

John G. Bartlett

Tetanus 1401(4)

C. Louise Thwaites

Lam M. Yen

Botulism 1405(6)

Vern C. Juel

Thomas P. Bleck

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever 1411(10)

Jeremy Farrar

SECTION IX HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS

Jean-Louis Vincent

Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically III Patients 1421(6)

Paul C. Hebert

Alan Tinmouth

Blood Component Therapy 1427(10)

James P. Isbister

Management of Neutropenic Cancer Patients 1437(6)

Michael Darmon

Elie Azoulay

Venous Thromboembolism in Medical-Surgical Critically III Patients 1443(6)

Deborah J. Cook

Mark A. Crowther

Hematologic Malignancies in the Intensive Care Unit 1449(6)

Delphine Moreau

Elie Azoulay

Benoit Schlemmer

The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patient 1455(6)

Vinay Maheshwari

Alexander C. White

Organ Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapy 1461(10)

Lionel Karlin

Sophie Rigaudeau

Elie Azoulay

Hematology and Oncology in Children 1471(8)

Guillaume Emeriaud

Jacques Lacroix

SECTION X ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

Jean-Louis Vincent

Hyperglycemic Comas 1479(6)

P. Vernon van Heerden

Hyperglycemia and Blood Glucose Control in the Intensive Care Unit 1485(6)

Dieter Mesotten

Greet Van den Berghe

Adrenal Insufficiency 1491(14)

Herwig Gerlach

Thyroid Gland Disorders 1505(10)

Alan P. Farwell

Diabetes Insipidus 1515(4)

Serge Brimioulle

Metabolic and Endocrine Crises in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 1519(16)

Andrew C. Argent

SECTION XI THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT

Mitchell P. Fink

Cardiovascular and Endocrinologic Changes Associated with Pregnancy 1535(8)

Marie R. Baldisseri

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy 1543(8)

Marie R. Baldisseri

Acute Pulmonary Complications in Pregnancy 1551(6)

Cornelia R. Graves

Postpartum Hemorrhage 1557(8)

Marie R. Baldisseri

Trauma in the Gravid Patient 1565(8)

Samuel A. Tisherman

SECTION XII PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

Mitchell P. Fink

General Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 1573(14)

Richard C. Brundage

Henry J. Mann

Poisoning: Overview of Approaches for Evaluation and Treatment 1587(6)

Donna Seger

Ethanol, Methanol, and Ethylene Glycol 1593(14)

James A. Kruse

Anticonvulsants in the Intensive Care Unit 1607(12)

Marek Mirski

Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity 1619(4)

Daniel E. Brooks

Kenneth D. Katz

Drug Dosing in the Patient with Renal Failure 1623(10)

Gary R. Matzke

Antidepressant Drug Overdose 1633(8)

John W. Kreit

Clinical Use of Immunosuppressants 1641(12)

Kristine S. Schonder

Robert J. Weber

John J. Fung

Thomas E. Starzl

Digitalis 1653(6)

Emily E. Castelli

Jill A. Rebuck

Heavy Metals 1659(10)

Leo J. Sioris

Hydrocarbons 1669(8)

F. Kay Seymour

John A. Henry

Lithium 1677(6)

Rasheed A. Balogun

Mark D. Okusa

Theophylline and Other Methylxanthines 1683(4)

Keith M. Olsen

Antipsychotics 1687(4)

Mark Dershwitz

Principles of NSAID Therapy in Critical Care Medicine 1691(12)

Nicole Ansani

Terence Starz

Opioids 1703(8)

Nicole C. Bouchard

Lewis S. Nelson

Pesticides and Herbicides 1711(4)

Rick Kingston

Sedatives and Hypnotics 1715(10)

Debra J. Skaar

Craig R. Weinert

Toxic Inhalations 1725(7)

Beatrice Nyakonu-Schwake

Suzanne J. Tschida

Pharmacoeconomics in Critical Care 1732(11)

Joseph F. Dasta

Amy J. Durtschi

Sandra Kane-Gill

SECTION XIII PROCEDURES

Mitchell P. Fink

Difficult Airway Management for Intensivists 1743(14)

John J. Schaefer

Rene Gonzales

Bedside Ultrasonography 1757(28)

Yanick Beaulieu

John Gorcsan

Central Venous Catheterization 1785(6)

Judith Pepe

Arterial Cannulation and Invasive Blood Pressure Measurement 1791(10)

Phillip D. Levin

Yaacov Gozal

Bedside Pulmonary Artery Catheterization 1801(6)

Karen Ashworth

Michelle Hayes

Cardioversion and Defibrillation 1807(10)

Raul J. Gazmuri

Vasundhara Vidyarthi

Transvenous and Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing 1817(8)

Raul J. Gazmuri

Iyad M. Ayoub

Ventricular Assist Devices 1825(8)

Amit N. Patel

Robert L. Kormos

Pericardiocentesis 1833(8)

Stefano Maggiolini

Giovanni Vitale

Alessandro Bozzano

Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage 1841(4)

Louis H. Alarcon

Thoracentesis 1845(4)

Peter Doelken

Steven A. Sahn

Chest Tube Placement, Care, and Removal 1849(10)

Gregory A. Watson

Brian G. Harbrecht

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy 1859(6)

Massimo Antonelli

Giuseppe Bello

Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Protected Specimen Bronchial Brushing 1865(6)

Jean Chastre

Jean-Ives Fagon

Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy 1871(5)

Daniel R. Margulies

M. Michael Shabot

Ballon Tamponade 1876(3)

Howard R. Doyle

Placement of Feeding Tubes 1879(6)

Eric L. Marderstein

Juan B. Ochoa

Lumbar Puncture 1885(2)

Sarice L. Bassin

Thomas P. Bleck

Jugular Venous and Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension Monitoring 1887(6)

Roman Hlatky

Claudia S. Robertson

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 1893(2)

Sarice L. Bassin

Thomas P. Bleck

Indirect Calorimetry and Metabolic Monitoring 1895(4)

Pierre Singer

Jonathan D. Cohen

Cannulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation 1899(6)

Kenneth R. McCurry

M. Charlene Fabrizio

Bedside Laparoscopy in the ICU 1905(4)

Christina G. Rehm

Pediatric Intensive Care Procedures 1909(24)

Michele Moss

Adriana M. Lopez

Brian K. Eble

Dennis E. Schellhase

SECTION XIV SURGERY AND TRAUMA

Mitchell P. Fink

Resuscitation of Hypovolemic Shock 1933(12)

Juan Carlos Puyana

Mediastinitis 1945(6)

Barry G. Crowe

Robert G. Johnson

Epistaxis 1951(4)

Karen Calhoun

Management of the Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patient 1955(14)

Daniel Talmor

Alan Lisbon

Management of Patients with Heart and Lung Transplants 1969(6)

Arthur J. Boujoukos

Management of Patients with Kidney, Pancreas, or Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation 1975(11)

Gregory J. Beilman

Liver Transplantation 1986(15)

David J. Kramer

Intestinal and Multiple Organ Transplantation 2001(12)

George Mazariegos

Jorge Reyes

Kareem Abu-Elmagd

Thomas E. Starzl

Aortic Dissection 2013(8)

Frank W. Sellke

Splanchnic Ischemia 2021(10)

Jeroen J. Kolkman

Robert H. Geelkerken

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome 2031(8)

Zsolt Balogh

Frederick A. Moore

Thrombolytics 2039(8)

Joel Edward Barbato

Edith Tzeng

Atheromatous Embolization 2047(6)

Yasir Abu-Omar

David P. Taggart

Pressure Ulceration 2053(4)

Courtney H. Lyder

Management of Pain, Anxiety, and Delirium 2057(8)

Eric B. Millbrandt

E. Wesley Ely

Burns 2065(12)

Robert L. Sheridan

Thoracic Trauma 2077(12)

Daniel Herzig

Walter L. Biffl

Abdominal Trauma 2089(8)

Vaishali Dixit Schuchert

Andrew B. Peitzman

Pelvic and Major Long Bone Fractures 2097(6)

Anatole Besman

Orlando Kirton

Pediatric Trauma 2103(16)

Bradley Peterson

Susan Duthie

Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor 2119(10)

Robert Chavko

Akhtar S. Khan

Joseph M. Darby

Non-Heartbeating Organ Donation (Donation After Cardiac Death) 2129(18)

Lawrence Scott Wilner

Michael A. DeVita

SECTION XV ETHICAL AND END-OF-LIFE ISSUES

Edward Abraham

Beyond Technology: Caring for the Critically III 2147(6)

Phillip D. Levin

Charles L. Sprung

Resource Allocation in the Intensive Care Unit 2153(6)

Gordon D. Rubenfeld

Ethical Issues in the Intensive Care Unit 2159(4)

Thomas A. Bledsoe

Mitchell M. Levy

Ethical Controversies in Pediatric Critical Care 2163(6)

Jeffrey P. Burns

Robert D. Truog

End-of-Life Issues in the Intensive Care Unit 2169(4)

Nicholas S. Ward

Mitchell M. Levy

Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria 2173(6)

Teresa L. Smith

Thomas P. Bleck

SECTION XVI ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION

Patrick M. Kochanek

Building Bedside Collaborative Practice 2179(8)

Connie Jastremski

Maurene A. Harvey

The Pursuit of Performance Excellence 2187(8)

Josh Ettinger

Joel Ettinger

Peter J. Pronovost

Thomas G. Rainey

Severity of Illness Indices and Outcome Prediction: Development and Evaluation 2195(12)

Thomas L. Higgins

Evaluating Pediatric Critical Care 2207(10)

Anthony D. Slonim

Murray M. Pollack

Key Issues in Critical Care Nursing 2217(8)

Franco A. Carnevale

Transport Medicine 2225(8)

Richard Orr

John Cole

Kimberly Roth

Disaster Medicine for the ICU Physician 2233(18)

Raghu S. Loganathan

Rakesh Alva

Manoj Karwa

Vladimir Kvetan

Evidence-Based Critical Care 2251(10)

Mary E. Hartman

John A. Kellum

Derek C. Angus

Teaching Critical Care 2261(8)

Paul Rogers
Index 2269