Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: El Solh, Ali

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides health professionals with sound clinical advice on management of the obese patient admitted into hospital. It addresses all aspects of the patient's care, as well as serving as a resource to facilitate the management of services, use of clinical information, and negotiation of ethical issues that occur in intensive care. As the number of obese patients in intensive care continues to grow, this book will serve as a comprehensive clinical resource for everyday use by both obesity specialists and emergency medicine physicians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119962052
• Artikelnr.: 38262945

Autorenporträt

Ali El Solh, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Social and Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a practicing physician and has been Director of the Critical Care Unit for more than 12 years. Dr El Solh has numerous publications on the subjects of obesity and critical care (59 articles listed in PubMed) plus several monographs on the subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
viii Preface
xiii Part I Physiology and Consequences of Obesity 1 Cardiovascular Physiology in Obesity
3 Eric J. Chan and Martin A. Alpert 2 Effects of Obesity on Respiratory Physiology
13 Philippe Abou Jaoude
Jahan Porhomayon
and Ali A. El Solh 3 Gastrointestinal Physiology in Obesity
21 Alexander D. Miras and Carel W. le Roux 4 Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology in Obesity
28 Paula Alvarez-Castro
Susana Sangiao-Alvarellos
and Fernando Cordido 5 Renal Physiology in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
38 Eric A.J. Hoste and Jan J. De Waele Part II Positive Pressure Ventilation 6 Sedation
Paralysis
and Pain Management of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
47 Christopher G. Hughes
Lisa Weavind
and Pratik P. Pandharipande 7 Upper Airway Management in the Morbidly Obese Patient
58 Michael Tielborg and Anthony Passannante 8 Mechanical Ventilation of the Obese Patient
67 Mohammed Mogri and M. Jeffery Mador 9 Management of Acute Lung Injury in the Obese Patient
74 Hallie C. Prescott and James M. O'Brien Jr Part III Management of Obesity Complications in Critical Care 10 Management of Infectious Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
85 Kristin Turza Campbell
Laura H. Rosenberger
Amani D. Politano
Tjasa Hranjec
and Robert G. Sawyer 11 Management of Gastrointestinal Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
93 Benjamin H. Levy III and David A. Johnson 12 Management of Endocrine Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
102 Joseph Varon and Ilse M. Espina 13 Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
108 Terence K. Trow and Richard A. Matthay 14 Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
116 Margaret E. McAtee Part IV Hemodynamic Monitoring and Radiological Investigations 15 Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
125 Wim K. Lagrand
Eline R. van Slobbe-Bijlsma
and Marcus J. Schultz 16 Diagnostic Imaging of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
135 Venkata S. Katabathina
Neeraj Lalwani
Carlos S. Restrepo
and Srinivasa R. Prasad Part V Postsurgical Management 17 Postoperative Care of the Obese Patient
149 Hui Sen Chong and Robert L. Bell 18 Management of the Obese Patient with Trauma
159 Hadley K. Herbert and Therèse M. Duane 19 Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation in the Obese Patient
169 Erin C. Hall and Dorry L. Segev 20 Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient after Bariatric Surgery
179 Scott E. Mimms and Samer G. Mattar 21 Nutritional Requirements of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
186 Bikram S. Bal
Frederick C. Finelli
and Timothy R. Koch Part VI Pharmacology 22 Drug Dosing in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
197 Brian L. Erstad Part VII Prognosis and Ethics 23 Prognosis and Outcome of the Critically Ill Obese Patient
211 Yasser Sakr
Mohamed Zeiden
and Juliana Marques 24 Ethical Considerations in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
218 Mark D. Siegel Multiple Choice Questions
225 Answers to Multiple Choice Questions
234 Index
236