Intensive Care Fundamentals

This book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, is a graphical, dense and concise text describing fundamental theoretical concepts needed for doctors and other professionals new to the field of Intensive Care Medicine.

The book serves two main purposes: as study material for any junior doctor, nurse or other allied healthcare professional who is time-pressured and wants to quickly learn the essentials; and as a course volume of new ESICM educational initiative called Intensive Care Fundamentals © . The overarching goal of this initiative is to offer standardised high-quality introductory education to all starters in intensive care.

There are two key elements of this initiative: the book, which is the prerequisite reading for attending the two day face-to-face course and the materials, registration of candidate and training and certifying the trainers that will be provided by ESICM.

Formative assessments throughout the book covering the fundamentals of intensive care medicine Intended learning outcomes have been determined using a modified Delphi method Case-based learning: the explanations of fundamental concepts are based on decision making in real clinical settings

Auteur
Series Editors Prof. Maurizio Cecconi is Head of Department Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Units, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (MI), Italy and Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy. His main fields of research are haemodynamic monitoring, haemodynamic optimisation and physiology of the critically ill patient. He has published extensively and has specific interest in haemodynamic monitoring and fluid management of the critically ill.

Prof. Daniel De Backer is Professor of Intensive Care at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Head of Intensive Care Departments of CHIREC Hospitals (Brussels and Braine l'Alleud-Waterloo). His main fields of investigation are severe sepsis, organ dysfunction, acute circulatory failure and its treatment (in particular vasoactive agents), haemodynamic monitoring, hepato-splanchnic circulation and microcirculatory disorders.

Volume editors

Frantisek Duska is a head of Intensive Care and associate professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Charles University, Third Medical Faculty and FNKV University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.

Mo Al-Haddad is a consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care and Honorary Professor of School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow. Mo has been an editor in chief of the ESICM Academy.

Maurizio Ceccioni is the director of the Residency School of Anaesthesia at Humanitas University in Rozzano, Italy and Head of the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department at Humanitas Research Hospital. He is also the President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2020-2022).

Contenu
Part 1: Introduction.- Ch 1: How to use this book (Prof. Maurizio Cecconi, Dr Frantiek Duka, Dr Mo Al-Haddad).- Part 2: Key concepts in intensive care medicine.- Ch 2: Identification and Initial Stablization of Acutely Deteriorated Patients (Dr. Nicholas F. Parchim, Dr Nathan D. Nielsen).- Ch 3: ICU routines and bundles of care (Dr Anne Mecklenburg, Dr María Martinez Martinez, Dr Nathan D. Nielsen, Dr Sabrina Grossenbacher-Eggmann, Dr Carole Boulanger).- Ch 4: Intra-hospital transport (Dr Anne Mecklenburg).- Ch 5: Human factors and non-technical skills (Dr Rahul Costa-Pinto, Dr C Boullanger).- Ch 6: Approach to difficult decisions and end-of-life care (Dr Frauke Weidanz).- Part 3: Organ dysfunction and support.- Ch 7: Respiratory failure and respiratory support (Dr. Eumorfia Kondili, Dr Athanasia Proklou, Dr Georgos Prinianakis).- Ch 8: Shock and Haemodynamic Monitoring (Dr Mo Al-Haddad).- Ch 9: Disorders of consciousness (Dr Frauke Weidanz).- Ch 9: Internal environment and acid basebalance (Dr Frantiek Duka).- Ch 10: Acute Kidney Injury (Dr Mo Al-Haddad, Dr Karin Belch).- Ch 11: Sepsis and septic shock (Dr Anne Le Roy).- Part 4: Common challenges and troubleshooting in ICU.- Ch 12: Hypoxia and ventilator asynchronies (Dr. Eumorfia Kondili, Dr Maria Mpolaki).- Ch 13: Arrhythmias (Dr Katie Duncan, Dr Mo Al-Haddad).- Ch 14: Bleeding (Dr Nathan D. Nielsen).- Ch 15: Analgesia and Sedation (Dr Anne Mecklenburg, Dr Joana Berger-Estilita, Dr Ligia Pires).- Ch 16: Delirium, agitation and sleep disturbances (Dr Joana Berger-Estilita, Dr Ligia Pires).- Ch 17: Common Electrolyte Disturbances (Dr Niels Van Regenmortel, Dr Frantiek Duka).- Ch 18: Failure to wean from mechanical ventilation (Dr Anne Mecklenburg). Back Matter.- Appendix 1: ICU drug chart (Dr Milada Halaová, Dr Carole Boulanger).- Appendix 2: Useful checklists and algorhithms (Dr Anne Le Roy).- Appendix 3: ICU trainee survival guide (Dr. Gabriel Garcia Rosenbaum).