Critical care medicine - part 6 pdf

... 4 5 -6 5 <40 4 5- 65 3 0-4 5 3 0- 45 4 5 -6 5 CSF: blood glucose ratio 0 .6 <0.4 0 .6 <0.4 <0.4 0 .6 Protein (mg/dL) 2 0-4 5 >150 5 0- 100 10 0-5 00 10 0- 500 >50 Open- ing press- ure ... Normal Bacterial Viral Fungal TB Para- menin- geal Focus or Ab- scess WBC count (WBC/ :L) 0-5 >1000 10 0- 1000 10 0-5 00 10 0-...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... Dosage of long-acting theophylline (Slo-bid, Theo-Dur) is 20 0-3 00 mg bid. Theophylline preparations with 24-hour action may be administered once a day in the early evening. Theo-24, 10 0-4 00 mg qd ... 104(2):50 0-5 . Tobin MJ. Mechanical Ventilation. NEJM, 1994, 330(15): 105 6- 6 1 Esteban A et al. A Comparison of four methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. N...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... exacerbate the pancreatitis. Meperidine (Demerol), 2 5-1 00 mg IV/IM q 4 -6 h, is favored. Ketorolac (Toradol), 60 mg IM/IV, then 1 5-3 0 mg IM/IV q6h, is also used. E. Antibiotics. Routine use of antibiotics ... pancreatitis, treatment with cefoxitin ( 1-2 g IV q6h), cefotetan ( 1-2 g IV q12h), imipenem (1.0 gm IV q6h), or ampicillin/sulbactam (1. 5-3 .0 g IV q6h) may be app...

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... becoming important in critical care. Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine (third edition) remains the only book exclusively dedicated to infectious diseases in critical care. Importantly, ... 188: 166 – 168 . 60 . Kluger MJ, Kozak W, Conn CA, et al. The adaptive value of fever. Infect Dis Clin North Am 19 96; 10:1–20. 18 Cunha 27. Antimicrobial Therapy of VRE and MRSA...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 06:20

... and fi brinopep- tide A (FPA) levels are also increased, although reports are con- fl icting [1 86] . Factor XI decreases and levels of prothrombin and factor V are unchanged [1 86] . In contrast, ... in pregnancy [1 86] . The observed decrease in fi brinolytic activity in pregnancy is likely due to the marked increase in the plasminogen activator inhibi- tors, PAI - I and PAI - 2 [18...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 16:20

... will lower the COP to one - third of normal [62 ] ). Albumin is a highly water - soluble polypeptide with a molecu- lar weight ranging from 66 300 to 69 000 daltons [62 ] and is distributed unevenly ... is the direct β 2 - adrenergic stimulation [ 167 ] . Renal excre- tion does not seem to be a factor in β 2 - agonist - induced hypoka- lemia [ 166 ] . patient ’...

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... These are the self - infl ating bag, the fl ow - infl ating bag and a T - tube device with CPAP and PEEP capability. Regardless of what device is used, those who participate as part of the neonatal ... requir- ing critical care to support and maintain a pregnancy may require resuscitation. Thus, preparation is the fi rst step to assure neonatal resuscitation. A careful revie...

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... Respir Crit Care Med 1998 ; 158 : 164 4 – 165 5 . 60 MacIntyre NR . Current issues in mechanical ventilation for respira- tory failure . Chest 2005 ; 128 ( 5 ): S 561 – S 567 . 61 Tobin MJ . ... 1993 ; 61 ( 2 ): 170 – 174 . 47 Stock MC , Downs JB , Frolicher DA . Airway pressure release ventila- tion . Crit Care Med 1987 ; 15 : 462 – 466 . 48 Habashi N . Other approaches to op...

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... Stroke in preg- nancy . Brit J Hosp Med 20 06 ; 67 : 129 – 131 . 13 Cantu C , Baringarrementeria F . Cerebral venous thrombosis associ- ated with pregnancy and the puerperium: review of 67 cases ... given to continuing low - dose aspirin during the post- partum period. Although the effi cacy of this in postpartum stroke prevention has not been studied, the use of low - dose aspir...

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... : 62 6 – 62 9 . 28 Rodriguez RH , Masaki DI , Phelan JP , Diaz FG . Uterine rupture: are intrauterine pressure catheters useful in the diagnosis? Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989 ; 161 : 66 6 – 66 9 ... Management of severe post- partum hemorrhage with a prostaglandin F2 α analogue . Obstet Gynecol 1984 ; 63 : 8 06 – 808 . 77 Toppozada M , El - Bossaty M , El - Rahman HA , El -...

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