Intensive Care Medicine

The Microcirculation.- The Microcirculation and Oxidative Stress.- Diagnosis and Treatment of the Septic Microcirculation.- Targeted Treatment of Microvascular Dysfunction.- Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Diagnosing Hypovolemia in Critically III Patients.- Measuring Stroke Volume Using Electrical Impedance Tomography.- Direct Arterial Pressure Monitoring: Pattern Recognition in the Management of Circulatory Failure.- Choosing Patient-tailored Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Resuscitation Issues.- Airway and Ventilation during CPR.- The Role of Gasping in Resuscitation.- Recent Concepts in Burn Resuscitation.- Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in Cardiogenic Shock.- IV Inflammatory Responses in the Lung.- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Acute Lung Injury.- Role of CD14 in Lung Inflammation and Infection.- V Mechanical Ventilation.- Measurement of Functional Residual Capacity during Mechanical Ventilation.- New and Conventional Strategies for Lung Recruitment in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Consequences of Pleural Effusions for Respiratory Mechanics in Ventilated Patients.- Weaning Failure of Cardiac Origin: Recent Advances.- Respiratory Failure.- The Effects of Pleural Effusion.- Fluid Management in Acute Lung Injury and ARDS.- Life-threatening Respiratory Failure from H1N1 Influenza: Lessons from the Southern Cone Outbreak.- Infections.- Cytomegalovirus Infections in Non-immunocompromised Critically III Patients.- Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-related Infection in the Intensive Care Unit.- Standardization of Care to Improve Outcomes of Patients with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia and Severe Sepsis.- Strategies for Implementation of Evidence-based Guidelines for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infection.- Antibiotic Stewardship: Possibilities when Resources Are Limited.- Metabolic Support.- Vitamin D in Critical Illness.- Anticoagulant Therapies.- Update on Antithrombin for the Treatment of Burn Trauma and Smoke Inhalation Injury.- Update on

From the reviews: "This is the latest volume in an annual collection of review presentations in critical care medicine. ... Practitioners and senior trainees in critical care medicine are an appropriate audience for this work. ... Chapters contain a reference list of 10 to 30 citations. ... This is a worthwhile update for ... practitioners in intensive care medicine. ... Use of faculty from an international critical care conference supports overall strength of this work." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, July, 2010)