Cardiopulmonary critical care

Description

Content: Pathogenesis of acute lung injury -- Pulmonary gas exchange -- Pathohysiology of the pulmonary vascular bed -- Mechanical cardiopulmonary interactions in critical care -- Peripheral control of venous return in critical illness : role of the splanchnic vascular compartment -- The muscles of respiration -- Cardiac function -- Oxygen transport and utilization -- The microcirculation and tissue oxygenation -- Pulmonary mechanics in critical care -- Principles of mechanical ventilation and weaning -- Ventilatory control in the critical care setting -- Critical care radiology -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Pharmacologic and ventilatory support of the circulation in critically ill patients -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiac rhythm disorders in the critical care setting : pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Heart-lung interactions in sepsis -- Community-acquired pneumonia -- Hospital-acquired pneumonia and pneumonia in the immunosuppressed host -- Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Status asthmaticus -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Smoke inhalation injury -- Hyperbaric medicine -- Pulmonary failure caused by high altitude.