Critical care secrets

I. General ICU care. -- Glycemic control in the ICU -- Early mobility -- Sedation, analgesia, delirium -- Pain management in the ICU -- Ethics and palliative care -- Fluid therapy -- Nutrition in critically ill patients -- Mechanical ventilation -- Noninvasive respiratory support -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation and extubation -- Quality assurance and patient safety in the ICU -- II. Monitoring. Pulse oximetry, capnography, and blood gas analysis -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Neuromonitoring -- III. Procedures. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Arterial and central venous catheters -- Critical care ultrasound -- Ventricular assist device -- Percutaneous assist devices -- Intra-aortic balloon pumps -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) -- Tracheal intubation and airway management -- Tracheotomy and upper airway obstruction -- Chest tubes and pneumothorax -- Bronchoscopy -- Pacemakers and defibrillators -- IV. Pulmonary. Acute pneumonia -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Acute respiratory failure/ARDS -- Hemoptysis -- Venous thromboembolism and fat embolism -- V. Cardiology. Heart failure and valvular heart disease -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiac arrhythmia -- Aortic dissection -- Pericardial disease (pericardial tamponade and pericarditis) -- VI. Infectious Disease. Sepsis and septic shock -- Endocarditis -- Meningitis and encephalitis in the intensive care unit -- Disseminated fungal infections -- Multidrug-resistant bacteria -- Skin and soft tissue infections -- H1N1/influenza -- Immunocompromised host -- VII. Renal disease. Hypertensive crises -- Acute kidney injury -- Renal replacement therapy and rhabdomyolysis -- Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- VIII. Gastroenterology. Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the critically ill patient -- Acute pancreatitis -- Hepatitis and cirrhosis -- IX. Endocrinology. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state -- Adrenal insufficiency in the intensive care unit -- Thyroid disease in the ICU -- X. Hematology/oncology. Blood products and coagulation -- Thrombocytopenia and platelets -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation -- XI. Neurology. Coma -- Brain death -- Status epilepticus -- Stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Guillain-Barre syndrome and myasthenia gravis -- Alcohol withdrawal -- XII. Surgery and trauma. Burns and frostbite -- Thoracic trauma (flail chest and pulmonary & myocardial contusion) -- Acute abdomen and peritonitis -- Organ donation -- XIII. Emergency medicine. Disaster medicine, bioterrorism and Ebola -- Allergy and anaphylaxis -- Hypothermia -- Heat stroke -- XIV. Toxicology. General approach to poisonings -- Analgesics and antidepressants -- Toxic alcohol poisoning -- Cardiovascular medications -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- XV. Unique patient populations. Care of the critically ill pregnant patient -- Care of the obese patient -- Oncologic emergencies -- Post-intensive care syndrome & chronic critical illness -- ICU survivors -- XVI. Emerging therapies. Sepsis: emerging therapies"