ICU Quick Drug Guide 1st Edition Jennifer Pai Lee

ICU Quick Drug Guide – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780323680479,032368047X

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 032368047X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323680479
• Author(s): Jennifer Pai Lee

Offering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format. This portable handbook provides fast, accurate drug therapy information needed at the point of care, including expert advice throughout to help clinicians determine optimal pharmacological therapy.

• Offers a quick summary of current clinical guidelines to experienced clinicians while providing a simplified, focused guide to all entry level clinicians.
• Covers the wide variety of issues seen in the ICU, including sepsis and septic shock, venous thromboembolism, acute heart failure, anaphylaxis, arrhythmias, asthma and COPD, pain, infections, pancreatitis and liver failure, stroke, and many more.
• Begins each topic with a brief discussion of the disease state followed by drug tables that compare and contrast different treatment regimens, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, contraindications, and hepatic/renal dosing. 
• Contains clinical pearls organized by the top disease states seen in the critical/acute care setting. 
• Provides practical and essential drug information from Dr. Jennifer Pai Lee, a clinical pharmacist with expertise in critical care and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. 

Table contents:

SECTION 1. CARDIOVASCULAR CRITICAL CARE
1. Acute coronary syndromes
2. Acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF)
3. Adult advanced cardiovascular life support
4. Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
5. Hypertensive crisis
SECTION 2. ENDOCRINE, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND HEPATIC DISORDERS
6. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)
7. Other endocrine emergencies
8. Gastroenterology
9. Severe acute pancreatitis and liver failure
SECTION 3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
10. Abdominal infections
11. Other infections
12. Sepsis and septic shock
SECTION 4. NEUROCRITICAL CARE
13. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS)
14. Other neurocritical care
15. Status epilepticus
SECTION 5. PULMONARY DISORDERS
16. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation
17. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (group 1 pulmonary hypertension)
SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS
18. Acute alcohol and drug poisoning
19. Anaphylaxis
20. Drug-induced hyperthermia
21. Fluids and electrolyte disorders
22. Pain, agitation, delirium, and neuromuscular blockade in the intensive care unit (ICU)
23. Rapid sequence induction
24. Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
References
Index

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