The Pharmacist's Expanded Role in Critical Care Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide for Practitioners and Trainees 2025th Edition

There are few textbooks aimed specifically at critical care pharmacists, particularly in terms of their potential role in diagnosis. Recognizing this important gap, the editors of this comprehensive book have gathered together 55 chapters that provide an overview of core aspects of critical care patient management from the pharmacist’s perspective. The chapters, written by an international team of more than 100 experts, provide an important update on the physiological and pathological mechanisms of key areas of critical illness and the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to these conditions for the pharmacist. There are chapters focusing on specific diseases or conditions, including shock, acute liver failure, acute kidney injury, delirium, and acute pulmonary embolism; chapters on interpretation of diagnostic tests, such as radiology and electrocardiography; chapters on therapeutic interventions, including mechanical ventilation, intravenous fluids, renal replacement therapy, ECMO, nutrition, and blood transfusion; and chapters on specific groups of ICU patients, including obstetric, oncology, transplant, and burn patients. Two of the chapters, on the approach to clinical reasoning in critical care and sustainable pharmacy practice in the ICU, are unique chapters to pharmacy education and training.

Providing an up-to-date overview of topics related to critical care and emphasizing the importance of correct diagnosis in providing appropriate and optimal treatment, this collection will help prepare ICU pharmacists for their multifaceted responsibilities as members of the ICU team, including an expanded role in limiting misdiagnosis. This book will serve as a useful resource for all pharmacists involved in the management of critically ill patients, whatever their level of experience and training.

Table of contents (55 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xxvii
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Clinical and Diagnostic Approach
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Approach to Clinical Reasoning in Critical Care
Yasir Alzaidi
Pages 3-28
Approach to ECG Interpretation in Critical Care
Miguel H. Vicco, Danilo Weir Restrepo, Shyla Gupta, Juan M. Farina, Leandro Luis Pozzer, Fernanda Tavares-Da-Silva et al.
Pages 29-64
The Role of Chest Radiography in the Critical Care Unit
Fabio Macori
Pages 65-81
Pulmonary Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 83-83
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The Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
Tyler Peck, Richard M. Schwartzstein
Pages 85-100
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lingye Chen, Bryan D. Kraft
Pages 101-119
Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Laura C. McNamara, Alyse Reichheld, Camille R. Petri
Pages 121-152
Acute Asthma Exacerbation in the Intensive Care Unit
Kevin G. Correa, Lauren E. Eggert
Pages 153-169
Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Soyoung Kristi Kim, Lauren A. Igneri
Pages 171-218
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Stephanie Davis, Alana Ciolek, Atul Dilawri
Pages 219-266
Cardiovascular Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 267-267
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
Nicholas Barker, Dusty Lisi, Adele Robbins
Pages 269-290
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Caitlin E. Kulig
Pages 291-315
Right Ventricular Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension in the ICU
Ada Selina Jutba
Pages 317-327
Cardiac Arrhythmias
GwangYee J. Hu, Cavan O’Kane
Pages 329-358
Shock
Lucas R. Goss, Annette Esper, Seema S. Tekwani
Pages 359-377
Cardiac Arrest
Alyson M. Esteves
Pages 379-394
Neurocritical Care
Front Matter
Pages 395-395
Neurocritical Care
Traumatic Brain Injury
Lesly V. Jurado Hernández, Teresa A. Allison
Pages 397-436
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Brooke Barlow, Andrew J. Webb, Karen Berger
Pages 437-470
Status Epilepticus and Refractory Status Epilepticus
Morgan Trammel, Cina Sasannejad, Beverly Tomita, Cherylee W. J. Chang
Pages 471-509
Delirium in the ICU: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
Neil Glassford, Robert Olver, Yahya Shehabi
Pages 511-554
Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 555-555
Acute Pancreatitis
Kaitlin M. Alexander, Bethany R. Shoulders
Pages 557-570
Acute Liver Failure
Sajjadh M. J. Ali, Sanjiv Chopra
Pages 571-582
Decompensated Cirrhosis
Mauro Bernardi, Giacomo Zaccherini
Pages 583-611
Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Adults
Alicia H. Muratore, Lisa M. Gangarosa
Pages 613-624
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Poornima Lakshmi Tamma, Yuhamy Curbelo-Pena, Emaad J. Iqbal, Mona K. Patel, Beth Hochman
Pages 625-638
Critical Care of the Abdominal Surgery Patient
Malerie Pratt, Grace Lee, Alex Panuccio, Aulina Chowdhury, Kristin Madenci
Pages 639-653
Critical Care Nephrology
Front Matter
Pages 655-655
Acute Kidney Injury
Andrea M. Nei, Nikitha Yagnala, Hailey A. Thompson, Brandy N. Hernandez, Erin F. Barreto
Pages 657-681
Acid-Base Disorders
Haven Nisly, Elias H. Pratt, Craig R. Rackley
Pages 683-697
Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
Fiorenza Ferrari, Giovanna Landi, Claudio Ronco, Alberto Zanella, Giacomo Grasselli
Pages 699-709
Critical Care Infectious Diseases
Front Matter
Pages 711-711
Common Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
Ahmed A. Mahmoud, Hala Halawi, Mahmoud M. Sabawi, Max W. Adelman
Pages 713-777
Severe Infections Early After Solid-Organ Transplantation
Francisco Machiavello Roman, Maricar Malinis, Fionna Feller
Pages 779-791
Pulmonary Infections in People with HIV
Megan Grammatico, Sheela V. Shenoi, Steven M. Lemieux, Kathleen M. Akgün
Pages 793-819
Invasive Fungal Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
Jonathan Friedman, Andrej Spec, Patrick Mazi
Pages 821-834
Specific Emergencies in Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 835-835
Hypertensive Emergencies
Andrew Posen, Scott Benken
Pages 837-856
Diabetes Emergencies
Mehrnaz Sadrolashrafi
Pages 857-867
Oncologic Emergencies
Christopher Bell, Ryan Chaffee, Uvette Lou, Samantha Luk, Erica Tavares
Pages 869-911
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Adrian Wong
Pages 913-930
Management of Drug Overdose and Intoxications in the ICU
Lauren R. Calnan, Jennifer A. Gass
Pages 931-983
Specific Populations in Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 985-985
The Management of Critical Illness in Obstetric Patients
Kayla Popova
Pages 987-1022
Critical Care of the Burn Patient
Zachary Drabick
Pages 1023-1046
Management of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the Intensive Care Unit
Sarah Bova, Chelsey Song, Heather Johnson
Pages 1047-1062
Pharmacotherapy of Trauma and the Role of the Pharmacist
Ruben Santiago, Brian Gilbert, Lance Ray, Erin Reichert
Pages 1063-1118
Special Considerations in Critical Care
Front Matter
Pages 1119-1119
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Prescription for Prevention: A Focus on Preventing Complications in the ICU
Katherine Spezzano
Pages 1121-1141
Comprehensive Fluid Therapy in Critical Care: Guidelines and Best Practices for Fluid Stewardship
Manu L. N. G. Malbrain
Pages 1143-1163
Approach to Thrombocytopenia in the ICU
Nidhi Kataria, Justin Kreuter
Pages 1165-1174
Sustainable Pharmacy Practice in the ICU
Nicole G. M. Hunfeld, Amy L. Dzierba
Pages 1175-1192
Supportive Care in Critical Illness
Front Matter
Pages 1193-1193
Pain and Sedation: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment in the Intensive Care Unit
Joanna L. Stollings, Sybil E. Watkins
Pages 1195-1214
Neuromuscular Blockade in Critically Ill Adults
Omar Elnaggar, Michael Chen, Hassan Farhan
Pages 1215-1247
Rapid Sequence Intubation
Alyson M. Esteves
Pages 1249-1269
Supportive Care in Critical Illness
Anticoagulation in the Intensive Care Unit
Natasha D. Lopez, Kristine N. Schwietz, Christine S. Ji
Pages 1271-1364
Vasopressor Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
Fanny Li, Dexter Wimer
Pages 1365-1382
Antimicrobial Management in the Intensive Care Unit
Gabrielle Gibson, Lauren Kolodziej, Sarah Matuszak, Lauren Sutton
Pages 1383-1423
Glycemic Control in the Intensive Care Unit
Traci M. Grucz, Michael A. DiCesare, David Sugrue
Pages 1425-1450
Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit
Michael T. Kenes, Nicholas Farina
Pages 1451-1462
Rational Use of Blood Products in the Intensive Care Unit
Ethan Garrigan, Sachin Mehta, Sharon L. McCartney
Pages 1463-1491
Clinical Nutrition in Critical Illness
Kathleen M. Gura
Pages 1493-1516
Back Matter
Pages 1517-1541