Handbook of Intensive Care Medicine: A Clinical Textbook Covering Sepsis, Shock, Mechanical Ventilation, AKI, and Multi-Organ Failure for Residents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798257912801)

The patient in Bed 4 is on three vasopressors, the ventilator alarm is firing, and the overnight fellow is asking you what to do next.

One wrong decision in that moment - the wrong fluid, the wrong sedative, the wrong intubation threshold - does not delay recovery. It ends it.

This handbook puts the physiological reasoning, the trial evidence, and the clinical decision framework for every major ICU emergency directly into your hands, so you act with precision when precision is the only thing that matters.

Inside this book:

- Sepsis Hour-1 Bundle executed correctly - not just initiated, but titrated, de-escalated, and discontinued using procalcitonin-guided protocols that reduce antibiotic exposure without increasing mortality
- Ventilator settings that protect lungs - driving pressure targets, ARDSNet PEEP-FiO₂ tables, prone positioning thresholds, and the EOLIA evidence for VV-ECMO applied in clinical sequence
- RRT timing decisions settled - AKIKI, IDEAL-ICU, and STARRT-AKI synthesized into a single watchful-waiting framework that stops you from dialyzing patients who will recover without it
- Shock classification at the bedside - hemodynamic profiles, vasopressor pharmacology, and POCUS integration so you identify cardiogenic from distributive before the second liter of fluid goes in
- Brain death determined with legal precision - AAN criteria, apnea test protocol, and ancillary testing indications in a step-by-step clinical algorithm
- Goals-of-care conversations that actually work - the VALUE framework and SPIKES protocol translated into specific phrases for the family meeting that cannot be avoided
- PADIS sedation applied every shift - RASS targets, analgesia-first sequencing, and SAT eligibility criteria that reduce delirium, ventilator days, and ICU-acquired weakness simultaneously

Written for ICU nurses, residents, fellows, intensivists, hospitalists, and advanced practice providers who carry the weight of critical care decisions and need evidence they can trust at the speed the ICU demands.

Add it to your cart - your next critically ill patient will not wait for you to look it up somewhere else.

Author: Eric M. Braun
ISBN-13: 9798257912801
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2026
Pages: 436
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.21lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d