SYSTEMS
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology & Oncology
- Infectious diseases
- Nephrology
- Neurology (IBNCC)
- Obstetrics
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Toxicology & Temperature
intro
- Overview: Guide to supportive care in critical illness
- About this book
- How to create your own IBCC smartphone app 📲
cardiology
Arrhythmia
- Atrial fibrillation & flutter
- Bradycardia
- Ventricular tachycardia:
Endocarditis
LV failure
- SCAPE (Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema)
- Cardiogenic shock & severe heart failure
- LV outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO)
- Takotsubo syndrome
Hypertensive emergency
MI
Pericardial tamponade
Post arrest
RV failure
Shock
- Undifferentiated shock
- Cardiogenic shock due to LV or BiV failure
- Shock due to RV failure
- Septic shock
Vasopressors
⇒ more cardiology at PulmCrit
endocrinology
Adrenal crisis
Glucose & insulin
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS)
- Glycemic control in the ICU
- Hypoglycemia
Thyroid
⇒ more endocrinology at PulmCrit
gastroenterology
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Biliary
- Acalculous cholecystitis
- Community-acquired biliary sepsis (ascending cholangitis & calculus cholecystitis)
GI hemorrhage
Intestine
- Nausea & antiemetics
- C. difficile
- Motility disorders
Liver
- Acute Liver Failure (ALF)
- Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF)
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Coagulopathy in liver failure
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Nutrition
Pancreatitis
⇒ more gastroenterology at PulmCrit
heme/onc
Anemia & transfusion
- Anemia & hemoglobin transfusion targets
- Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP)
- Sickle cell anemia – acute chest syndrome
Anticoagulation, therapeutic
Coagulopathy
- Coagulation studies (conventional & TEG)
- Coagulopathy in liver failure
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Malignancy
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
- Immune-related adverse events from checkpoint inhibitors
- Tumor lysis syndrome
Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS)
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
- Thrombotic microangiopathies (including TTP and HUS)
⇒ more heme/onc at PulmCrit
infectious diseases
General approach
Specific infections
- Biliary sepsis (ascending cholangitis & calculus cholecystitis)
- Candidiasis
- C. difficile
- COVID-19
- Endocarditis
- Epiglottitis
- Influenza
- Line infection
- Meningitis & encephalitis
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Pneumonia
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Tickborne illnesses
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Urologic
⇒ more infectious diseases at PulmCrit
nephrology
Acid-base disorders
- Diagnosis: approach to pH analysis
- Metabolic acidosis
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Respiratory acidosis (hypercapnia)
- Respiratory alkalosis (hypocapnia)
Acute kidney injury
Electrolytes
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Phosphorous
Fluids & diuretics
⇒ more nephrology at PulmCrit
Internet Book of Neurocritical Care
About the Internet Book of Neurocritical Care
General
- Approaches to problems:
- Diagnostics
- EEG 🔜
- Neuro exam & lesion localization 🔜
- Neuroimaging 🔜
- Cranial ultrasonography 🔜
- Therapeutics
Anoxic brain injury
Effects on other organ systems
Infectious diseases
- Approach to CNS infection 🔜
- Sites of infection
- Meningitis/encephalitis
- Brain abscess 🔜
- Spinal Epidural Abscess (SEA)
- Specific pathogens
- Viruses 🔜
- Fungi 🔜
- Bacteria & mycobacteria 🔜
- Parasites 🔜
Inflammatory
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Acute demyelinating disorders 🔜
Movement disorders
- Movement disorders 🔜
- Baclofen withdrawal & toxicity
- Catatonia
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Neuromuscular weakness
- Neuromuscular conditions 🔜
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Myasthenic crisis
- Rhabdomyolysis
Neurosurgery
- External Ventricular Drain (EVD) 🔜
- Post-craniectomy management & complications 🔜
Oncological
- Neuro-oncologic emergencies 🔜
- Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis 🔜
Seizures
- Convulsive status epilepticus
- EEG & Ictal-Interictal Continuum 🔜
- NonConvulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE) 🔜
Spinal Cord
- Spinal cord disorders 🔜
- Spinal Epidural Abscess (SEA)
- Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) 🔜
Toxic / metabolic
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Wernicke encephalopathy
- (More on toxicology 👇 below)
Traumatic
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH)
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) 🔜
Vascular
- Occlusion
- Hemorrhage
- Vascular tone abnormality
⇒ more neurology at PulmCrit
obstetrics
- Neurological emergencies in pregnancy
- Preeclampsia & HELLP syndrome
- Thrombotic microangiopathy in pregnancy
pulmonology
General
- Diagnostics
- Approaches to common problems
- Therapeutics
Airway disorders
Cardiovascular & Pulmonary vascular
- PE (submassive & massive)
- RV failure due to pulmonary hypertension
- SCAPE (Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema)
- Sickle cell acute chest syndrome
Infectious
- Aspergillosis, invasive
- Candidia pneumonia
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
- COVID-19
- Influenza
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP)
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Inflammatory & interstitial lung diseases
Neuromuscular weakness
⇒ more pulmonology at PulmCrit
rheumatology
Allergy
Inflammatory
- Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS)
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
- Pulmonary vasculitis
⇒ more rheumatology at PulmCrit
tox & temp
Basic toxicology
- Approach to the poisoned patient
- Dysthermias:
Common intoxications & withdrawals
- Acetaminophen
- Alcohol et al.
- Anticholinergics
- Baclofen withdrawal & toxicity
- Beta-blockers
- Bupropion
- Calcium channel blockers
- Carbon monoxide
- Digoxin
- Lithium
- Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST)
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA)
- Methemoglobinemia
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
- Opioid
- Salicylate
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Sodium channel blockers
- Sympathomimetics
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Valproic Acid
