ICU Management and Protocols / / edited by Nissar Shaikh, Theodoros Aslanidis.

• TeilnehmendeR: Shaikh, Nissar,; Aslanidis, Theodoros,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, 2022.; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (118 pages)

This book discusses some aspects of adult and pediatric intensive care in day-to-day practice. The updated and evidence-based medical knowledge contained herein is useful in early diagnosis and better management of acute and critically ill patients. The chapters discuss comprehensive and systemic approaches for the management of critically ill adult, trauma, and pediatric patients. Topics addressed include professionalism and teamwork; the management of delirium, bleeding, and thrombosis in pediatric patients; renal replacement therapy; and the management of critically ill trauma patients and mass causality patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This book provides essential medical knowledge for all grades of physicians working in intensive and critical care as well as clinical pharmacists, nurses, and technicians.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Chapter 1 Professionalism, Teamwork and Regulation in the Intensive Care Unit by Suzanne Crowe and Maeve McAllister -- Chapter 2 Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure by Dhruv Talwar, Sunil Kumar and Deepak Talwar -- Chapter 3 Renal Replacement Therapies in the Intensive Care Unit by Dominic Godbout, Philippe Lachance and Jean-Maxime Côté -- Chapter 4 Trauma Resuscitation, Mass Casualty Incident Management and COVID 19: Experience from a South African Trauma Unit by Naadiyah Laher -- Chapter 5 ICU Management of Tetanus by Ballah Abubakar, Jacob Dunga, Yusuf B. Jibrin, Hassan Maina, Bordiya G. Buma and Ibrahim Maigari -- Chapter 6 Protocols for Bleeding and Thrombosis in Pediatric Intensive Care Units by Rungrote Natesirinilkul -- Chapter 7 Delirium in Children after Cardiac Surgery: Brain Resuscitation by Evgeny V. Grigoriev and Artem A. Ivkin.