The Critical Care Clinical Companion is written in a bulleted outline format that provides easily accessible information concerning patient management on the wards for the critical care component of clerkship rotations. It focuses not so much on underlying causes of conditions but rather the most appropriate diagnostic workup and appropriate patient management. The book contains many tables, charts and treatment algorithms that assist the student in the decision-making and patient management process

Table of Contents

I: Preoperative Evaluation of the Surgical PatientPreoperative Evaluation of the Noncardiac Surgery Patient II: Principles of ManagementAirway ManagementAnesthesia in the ICUCardiac Surgery Cardiovascular ManagementDermatologic DisordersEndocrine DisordersFluids and ElectrolytesGastrointestinal DisordersHematology and Coagulation ManagementHepatobiliary DiseasesInfectious DiseasesMultiorgan FailureNeurologic DisordersNutritionObstetrical DisordersOncologic EmergenciesOrthopaedic ManagementPulmonary DisordersRadiology in the ICURenal DisordersThermoregulation DisordersThoracic Disorders and Thoracic ManagementToxicologyTransplantationTraumaVascular Diease III: ProceduresAbscess:Incision and DrainageAnkle-Brachial IndicesBronchoscopy and Bronchoalveolar LavageChest tube Placement and RemovalCricothyrotomyElectrocardiogram EvaluationGastrointestinal TubesIntracranial Pressure MonitoringIntubationLocal Anesthetic BlocksLumbar PunctureMini Menatal Status ExaminationNeedle BiopsiesParacentesisPericardiocentesisPeritoneal Lavage, DiagnosticPulmonary Artery Catheter PlacementSuprapubic Cystostomy Tube PlacementThoracentesisThoracotomy, EmergentTracheostomy, PercutaneousVascular AccessAppendicesInde