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Table of Contents:
Section 1 Introduction

1. Emergency Critical Care – Robert Rodriguez

1. Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output – Catherine S. Reid, Geoffrey K. Lighthall
2. Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring – Chad Myers
3. Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring – Vidya Rao, John E. Arbo
4. The Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheter – Carlos Brun, Geoffrey K. Lighthall

1. Principles of Critical Care Ultrasonography – Philips Perera, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Thomas Mailhot, Sarah Williams, Diku P. Mandavia
2. Pulmonary Ultrasonography – Feras Khan, Anne-Sophie Beraud

1. Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation – John-Emile Kenny, Stephan J. Ruoss
2. Ventilation Strategies in COPD, Asthma, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – Jey Chung, Paul Mohabir, Stephen J. Ruoss
3. Acute Pulmonary Edema – Nina Patel, Margaret Neff
4. High Risk Pulmonary Embolism – Tsuyoshi Mitari
5. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – Darryl Abrams, Daniel Brodie
6. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation – Vidya Rao, Darryl Abrams, Cara Agerstrand, Daniel Brodie

1. Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock – Daniel Sedehi, Venu Menon
2. Right Ventricular Failure – Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, Anne-Sophie Beraud
3. Hypertensive Crises – Anand Swaminathan, Michael P. Jones
4. Controversies in Arrhythmia Management – Sam Senturia
5. Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Joseph Hsu, Rachel Dotson
6. Management of the Post-Cardiac Arrest Patient – Cappi Lay

1. Acute Ischemic Stroke – Mohamed Teleb, Paul Sing
2. Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel , David Turkel-Parrella, Cappi Lay, Albert Goffi, Joshua Stillman
3. Seizure and Status Epilepticus – Brandon Foreman, Anil Mendiratta
4. Myasthenic Crisis and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disorders – Christina Ulane

1. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage – Parvathi Myer, Shai Freidland
2. Acute Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy – Robert Wong, Glen Lutchman
3. Pancreatitis – Susan Quan, Walter Park
4. Leukemia – Martina Trinkaus,
5. Sickle Cell Disease – Richard Ward
6. Platelet Disorders and Hemostatic Emergencies – Shawn Kaku, Catherine T. Jamin
7. Transfusion Therapy – Michael P. Jones, John E. Arbo

1. Sepsis – Michael Scott, Michael Winters
2. Vasopressors and Inotropes – Matthew Strehlow
3. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas
4. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host – Maria Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet, Joshua Mooney, Joseph Hsu
5. Burns and Soft Tissue Infections – Carla M. Carvalho, Paul Maggio
6. Biomarkers in Sepsis – David M. Maslove

1. Acid-Base Disorders – Tara Scherer, Corey Slovis
2. Electrolytes Disorders – Katy Deljoui, Michael McCurdy
3. Rhabdomyolysis – Audrey Wagner, Deborah M. Stein
4. Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy – Emilee Ruth Willhem-Leen, Glen Chertow

1. Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill – Daniel Runde, Jarone Lee
2. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State – Catherine T. Jamin, Jeffrey Manko
3. Adrenal Insufficiency – Thomas B. Perera
4. Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma – James Lantry III, John E. Arbo Geoffrey K. Lighthall

1. Cardiotoxins – Nicholas Connor, Silas W. Smith
2. Pulmonary Toxins – Hong Kim, Rama B. Rao
3. Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes – Mai Takematsu, Rama B. Rao
4. Metabolic Inhibitors – Lauren Shawn, Lewis S. Nelson
5. Caustics – Payal Sud, Mark Su
6. Anticoagulants – Betty Chen, Lewis S. Nelson
7. Drugs of Abuse – Rana Biary, Jane Marie Prosser
8. Alcohol Withdrawal – Nicole Bouchard

1. Hypothermia – Morgan Eutermoser, Jay Lemery
2. Altitude Emergencies - Zina Semenovskaya, Christopher Davis, Jay Lemery
3. Drowning and Dive-Related Emergencies – Samuel Gerson, Jose Evangelista III

1. Delirium – Jin H. Han, Eduard E. Vasilevsis,E. Wesley Ely
2. Sedation of the Agitated Patient – Randall Wood, Jin H. Han
3. Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient – Jin H. Han, Pratik Pandharipande

1. The Geriatric Patient – Mary Mulcare, Alexis Halpern, Michael Stern
2. Palliative Care in the Emergency Department – Lawrence Ho, J. Randall Curtis

1. Emergency Department Evaluation of the Critical Ill Patient – Geoffrey K. Lighthall, John E. Arbo
2. Severity of Illness Scores and Prognostication – David Maslove
3. Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation – Chanu Rhee, Michael Klompas