Now reflecting a greater focus on today’s multidisciplinary approach to care, Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 6th Edition, remains your go-to guide for practical, complete, and current information on medical and surgical critical care. The user-friendly, outline format is designed for rapid reference, providing reliable, hospital-tested protocols that reflect today's most advanced critical care practices.

Key Features◾Heavily revised to reflect today’s need to include all care providers to optimize treatment
◾New section on Health Care Services, with chapters on handovers and transitions, long-term outcomes of ICU patients, EICU and electronic systems, quality improvement, and more
◾New chapters on critical care management of Ebola virus disease, ECMO and ventricular assist devices, and critical care of the obstetrical patient
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Section I: General Principles
1. Hemodynamic Monitoring
Christina Jelly, Daniel Saddawi-Konefka
2. Respiratory Monitoring
Marcos Vidal Melo, Hovig Chitilian
3. Use of Ultrasound to Assess Critical Illness
Kate Richards and Kenneth Shelton
4. Airway Management
John Nichols, Jonathan Charnin
5. Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Kathryn Hibbert, Dean Hess
6. Hemodynamic Management of Pathologic States
Milad Sharifpour, Edward Bittner
7. Sedation and Analgesia
Hsin Lin, Matthias Eikermann
8. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Management
Yvonne Lai, Aranya Bagchi
9. Critical Care of the Trauma Patient
David Fink, Peter Fagenholz
10. Critical Care of the Neurologic Patient and Neurologic Trauma
Sarah Wahlster, Ala Nozari
11. Nutrition
Rebecca Kalman and Daniel Yeh
12. Infectious Disease -- Concepts Regarding Microbiome
Craig S. Jabaley, Jeanine Wiener-Kronish
13. Critical Care Management of Ebola Virus Disease
Daniel W. Johnson,
14. Transport of the ICU Patient
Matt Sigakis and Jeremi Mountjoy
15. Coronary Artery Disease
Stephen Wilkins and Michael Fitzsimons
16. Valvular Heart Disease
Justin Poltak, Alexander Kuo, and Michael Andrews

Section II: Specific Considerations
17. Cardiac Dysrhythmias
Yasuko Nagasaka and Kenneth Shelton
18. ECMO and Ventricular Assist Devices
Gaston Cudemus Deseda and Jose Garcia
19. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lorenzo Berra, Taylor Thompson
20. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Robert Scott Harris and Guido Musch
21. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis
Richard Channick and Alison Witkin
22. Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
Ednan Bajwa
23. Acute Kidney Injury
William Sauer and Andrew Lundquist
24. Liver Dysfunction-Treatment of Pre and Post Transplants
Hovig Chitilian and Parsia A. Vagefi
25. Coagulopathy and Hypercoagulability
Young Ahn and Klaus Goerlinger
26. Acute Gastrointestinal Diseases
David Fink and Mark DeMoya
27. Endocrine Disorders and Glucose Management
Kevin Zhao and Elizabeth Williams
28. Infectious Diseases -- Empiric and Emergency Treatment
Alex Levine and Sameer Kadri
29. Advances and Challenges in Sepsis
Aranya Bagchi and Perren Cobb
30. Stroke, Seizures, and Encephalopathy
Pratik Patel and Brandon Westover
31. Acute Weakness
Karen Waak and Sanjay Menon
32. Drug Overdose, Poisoning, and Adverse Drug Reactions
Jarone Lee and Kevin Blackney
33. Adult and Pediatric Resuscitation
Somaletha Bhattacharya, Richard Pino, Peter Bekker
34. Burns and Wounds
Benjamin Levi and Robert Sheridan
35. Transfusion Medicine
Kit Tainter and Kenneth Shelton
36. Critical Care of the Obstetrical Patient
Olof Viktorsdottir and Rebecca Minehart

Section III: Health Care Services
37. Handovers and Transitions in the ICU
Daniel Yagoda, Fiona Roberts, Jeffrey Bruckel
38. Long Term Outcomes of ICU Patients
Laurie Mark and Ronald Hirschberg
39. Economics and ICU Administration
Barrett Kitch and Andrea Tull
40. EICU and Electronic Systems to Closely Watch Patients
Sanjeev Chhangani, Phoebe Yagan, and Shawn Fagan
41. Quality Improvement and Standardization of Practice
Brian Cummings
42. Ethical and Legal Issues in ICU Practice
Alexandra Cist, Rebecca Kalman, and Sharon Brackett
43. When to Adopt New Practices; Assessment of Data
Duncan McLean and Brian Bateman