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Critical Care Secrets,
Edition 7Editors: By Renee D. Stapleton, MD, PhD and Lorenzo Berra, MD
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05 May 2026
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Description
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Critical Care Secrets, Seventh Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.Key Features
- The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
- Fully revised and updated throughout, covering all aspects of today’s practice of critical care, including anatomy, physiology, immunology, and inflammation—fundamentally important topics for in-training and practicing professionals
- New chapters on Antibiotic Stewardship and COVID-19
- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
- Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
- Written and fully updated by clinical and thought leaders in critical care who have contributed chapters in their areas of expertise
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
About the author
By Renee D. Stapleton, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, USA; Lorenzo Berra, MD, Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
SECTION 1 GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CARE
CHAPTER 1 Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 2 Early Mobility
CHAPTER 3 Sedation and Delirium
CHAPTER 4 Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 5 Ethics and Palliative Care
CHAPTER 6 Fluid Therapy
CHAPTER 7 Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
CHAPTER 8 Mechanical Ventilation
CHAPTER 9 Noninvasive Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen
CHAPTER 10 Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning and Extubation
CHAPTER 11 Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 2 MONITORING
CHAPTER 12 Pulse Oximetry Capnography and Blood Gas Analysis
CHAPTER 13 Hemodynamic Monitoring
CHAPTER 14 Neuromonitoring
SECTION 3 PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CHAPTER 16 Central Lines Arterial Lines Line Infections
CHAPTER 17 Critical Care Ultrasound
CHAPTER 18 Durable Ventricular Assist Devices
CHAPTER 19 Percutaneous Assist Devices
CHAPTER 20 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
CHAPTER 21 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
CHAPTER 22 Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
CHAPTER 23 Tracheostomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
CHAPTER 24 Chest Tubes/Catheters and Pneumothorax
CHAPTER 25 Bronchoscopy
CHAPTER 26 Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices CIEDs
SECTION 4 PULMONARY
CHAPTER 27 Acute Pneumonia
CHAPTER 28 Asthma
CHAPTER 29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CHAPTER 30 Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
CHAPTER 31 Hemoptysis
CHAPTER 32 Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
SECTION 5 CARDIOLOGY
CHAPTER 33 Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
CHAPTER 34 Acute Myocardial Infarction
CHAPTER 35 Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias
CHAPTER 36 Aortic Dissection
CHAPTER 37 Pericardial Disease Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis
SECTION 6 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
CHAPTER 38 Sepsis and Septic Shock
CHAPTER 39 Endocarditis
CHAPTER 40 Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 41 Disseminated Fungal Infections
CHAPTER 42 Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
CHAPTER 43 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
CHAPTER 44 Antimicrobial Stewardship
CHAPTER 45 Management of Influenza Virus Infection in the ICU
CHAPTER 46 Immunocompromised Host
CHAPTER 47 COVID-19
SECTION 7 RENAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 48 Hypertensive Crises
CHAPTER 49 Acute Renal Failure
CHAPTER 50 Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
CHAPTER 51 Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
CHAPTER 52 Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
SECTION 8 GASTROENTEROLOGY
CHAPTER 53 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
CHAPTER 54 Acute Pancreatitis
CHAPTER 55 Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
SECTION 9 ENDOCRINOLOGY
CHAPTER 56 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
CHAPTER 57 Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 58 Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 10 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
CHAPTER 59 Blood Products and Coagulation
CHAPTER 60 Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
CHAPTER 61 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
SECTION 11 NEUROLOGY
CHAPTER 62 Coma
CHAPTER 63 Brain Death
CHAPTER 64 Status Epilepticus
CHAPTER 65 Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
CHAPTER 66 Guillain-Barré Syndrome GBS and Myasthenia Gravis MG
CHAPTER 67 Alcohol Withdrawal
SECTION 12 SURGERY AND TRAUMA
CHAPTER 68 Burns and Frostbite
CHAPTER 69 Thoracic Trauma Flail Chest and Pulmonary and Myocardial Contusion
CHAPTER 70 Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
CHAPTER 71 Organ Donation
SECTION 13 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
CHAPTER 72 Disaster Medicine Bioterrorism and Pandemics
CHAPTER 73 Allergy and Anaphylaxis
CHAPTER 74 Hypothermia
CHAPTER 75 Heat Stroke
SECTION 14 TOXICOLOGY
CHAPTER 76 General Approach To Poisonings
CHAPTER 77 Analgesics and Antidepressants
CHAPTER 78 Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
CHAPTER 79 Cardiovascular Medications
CHAPTER 80 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
SECTION 15 UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS
CHAPTER 81 Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
CHAPTER 82 Care of the Patient With Obesity
CHAPTER 83 Oncologic Emergencies
CHAPTER 84 Post–Intensive Care Syndrome and Chronic Critical Illness
CHAPTER 85 Intensive Care Unit Survivors
SECTION 16 EMERGING THERAPIES
CHAPTER 86 Sepsis Emerging Therapies
Index
CHAPTER 1 Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 2 Early Mobility
CHAPTER 3 Sedation and Delirium
CHAPTER 4 Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 5 Ethics and Palliative Care
CHAPTER 6 Fluid Therapy
CHAPTER 7 Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
CHAPTER 8 Mechanical Ventilation
CHAPTER 9 Noninvasive Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen
CHAPTER 10 Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning and Extubation
CHAPTER 11 Quality Assurance and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 2 MONITORING
CHAPTER 12 Pulse Oximetry Capnography and Blood Gas Analysis
CHAPTER 13 Hemodynamic Monitoring
CHAPTER 14 Neuromonitoring
SECTION 3 PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CHAPTER 16 Central Lines Arterial Lines Line Infections
CHAPTER 17 Critical Care Ultrasound
CHAPTER 18 Durable Ventricular Assist Devices
CHAPTER 19 Percutaneous Assist Devices
CHAPTER 20 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
CHAPTER 21 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
CHAPTER 22 Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
CHAPTER 23 Tracheostomy and Upper Airway Obstruction
CHAPTER 24 Chest Tubes/Catheters and Pneumothorax
CHAPTER 25 Bronchoscopy
CHAPTER 26 Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices CIEDs
SECTION 4 PULMONARY
CHAPTER 27 Acute Pneumonia
CHAPTER 28 Asthma
CHAPTER 29 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CHAPTER 30 Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
CHAPTER 31 Hemoptysis
CHAPTER 32 Venous Thromboembolism and Fat Embolism
SECTION 5 CARDIOLOGY
CHAPTER 33 Heart Failure and Valvular Heart Disease
CHAPTER 34 Acute Myocardial Infarction
CHAPTER 35 Dysrhythmias and Tachyarrhythmias
CHAPTER 36 Aortic Dissection
CHAPTER 37 Pericardial Disease Pericardial Tamponade and Pericarditis
SECTION 6 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
CHAPTER 38 Sepsis and Septic Shock
CHAPTER 39 Endocarditis
CHAPTER 40 Meningitis and Encephalitis in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 41 Disseminated Fungal Infections
CHAPTER 42 Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
CHAPTER 43 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
CHAPTER 44 Antimicrobial Stewardship
CHAPTER 45 Management of Influenza Virus Infection in the ICU
CHAPTER 46 Immunocompromised Host
CHAPTER 47 COVID-19
SECTION 7 RENAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 48 Hypertensive Crises
CHAPTER 49 Acute Renal Failure
CHAPTER 50 Renal Replacement Therapy and Rhabdomyolysis
CHAPTER 51 Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
CHAPTER 52 Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
SECTION 8 GASTROENTEROLOGY
CHAPTER 53 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patient
CHAPTER 54 Acute Pancreatitis
CHAPTER 55 Hepatitis and Cirrhosis
SECTION 9 ENDOCRINOLOGY
CHAPTER 56 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
CHAPTER 57 Adrenal Insufficiency in the Intensive Care Unit
CHAPTER 58 Thyroid Disease in the Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 10 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
CHAPTER 59 Blood Products and Coagulation
CHAPTER 60 Thrombocytopenia and Platelets
CHAPTER 61 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
SECTION 11 NEUROLOGY
CHAPTER 62 Coma
CHAPTER 63 Brain Death
CHAPTER 64 Status Epilepticus
CHAPTER 65 Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
CHAPTER 66 Guillain-Barré Syndrome GBS and Myasthenia Gravis MG
CHAPTER 67 Alcohol Withdrawal
SECTION 12 SURGERY AND TRAUMA
CHAPTER 68 Burns and Frostbite
CHAPTER 69 Thoracic Trauma Flail Chest and Pulmonary and Myocardial Contusion
CHAPTER 70 Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
CHAPTER 71 Organ Donation
SECTION 13 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
CHAPTER 72 Disaster Medicine Bioterrorism and Pandemics
CHAPTER 73 Allergy and Anaphylaxis
CHAPTER 74 Hypothermia
CHAPTER 75 Heat Stroke
SECTION 14 TOXICOLOGY
CHAPTER 76 General Approach To Poisonings
CHAPTER 77 Analgesics and Antidepressants
CHAPTER 78 Toxic Alcohol Poisoning
CHAPTER 79 Cardiovascular Medications
CHAPTER 80 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
SECTION 15 UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS
CHAPTER 81 Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
CHAPTER 82 Care of the Patient With Obesity
CHAPTER 83 Oncologic Emergencies
CHAPTER 84 Post–Intensive Care Syndrome and Chronic Critical Illness
CHAPTER 85 Intensive Care Unit Survivors
SECTION 16 EMERGING THERAPIES
CHAPTER 86 Sepsis Emerging Therapies
Index
Title Reviews
Review of the previous edition:
"Teachers and their students will find this book edifying and enjoyable. This edition has been appropriately enhanced from previous editions. For example, the considerations related to obesity are a welcome addition." --David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)
"Teachers and their students will find this book edifying and enjoyable. This edition has been appropriately enhanced from previous editions. For example, the considerations related to obesity are a welcome addition." --David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)
ISBN:
9780443115264
Page Count:
640
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