This book is an up-to-date guide to the most widely debated practical and management issues in anesthesia and intensive care. It provides validated information on the state of the art regarding a wide range of topics, including choice of imaging techniques in the management of ARDS patients, the value and limits of continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care, the prevention and treatment of postoperative shivering, the diagnosis and treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus, ways to prevent acute lung injury, the prevention of perioperative myocardial ischemia, and the management of invasive candidiasis in intensive care. All subjects are addressed in a lively and straightforward manner by recognized experts in the field. Anesthetists and intensivists, including trainees, will find Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2013 to be an ideal source of rapidly retrievable practical information¿.

Addresses issues of great interest in a lively and straightforward manner

1 Perioperative fluid therapy and fluid therapy in patients with sepsis. In search of clarification.- 2 Enough has been written about the treatment of ALI, but has enough been said about how to prevent it?.- 3 Prevention of perioperative myocardial ischemia.- 4 Respiratory complications after major abdominal surgery: causes, diagnosis, and prevention.- 5 Positive and negative aspects of aerosol therapies in ventilated patients.- 6 Update on lung imaging to select ventilation management in ARDS patients.- 7 Chest X-ray in ICU: an examination in which there is too much confidence. Possible alternatives.- 8 Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in intensive care.- 9 Loss of autoregulation of interstitial fluid dynamic in patients with sepsis and mechanisms causing edema.- 10 How to prevent and effectively treat postoperative shivering.- 11 Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus in intensive care.- 12 Which adult patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery should be monitored postoperatively in ICU?.- 13 Invasive candidiasis in the intensive care setting.