"Highly Infectious Diseases in Critical Care: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is an excellent, concise resource that provides valuable information about the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management of various infectious diseases and helps critical care practitioners to manage the current pandemic and to be 'ready for the next epidemic.'" (Mohamed Mohamed Tawfik and Amal Ahmed Nour, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (3), September, 2020)
1 How Infectious Diseases Have Influenced our Culture
Laila Woc-Colburn, Ajay Hotchandani
2 Evolution and Globalization of Antimicrobial Resistance
Laila Woc-Colburn, Daniel Gondinez
3 Emergency Triage of Highly Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism
Sarah Bezek, Michael Jaung, Joy Mackey
4 Diagnostics: The Role of the Laboratory
Azka Afzal, Holland Kaplan, Tina Motazedi, Talha Qureshi, Laila Woc-Colburn
5 Influenza, Measles, SARS, MERS, and Smallpox
Daniel S. Chertow, Jason Kindrachuk
6 Zoonotic Infections and Biowarfare Agents in Critical Care: Anthrax, Plague, and Tularemia
Ryan C. Maves, Catherine M. Berjohn
7 Hemorrhagic Fevers
James Sullivan, Stephen Brannan
8 Multidrug Resistance Bacterial Infection
Laila Woc-Colburn, Denise Marie A. Francisco
9 Central Nervous System Infection
Ahmed Reda Taha
10 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management in Bacterial Meningitis
Ignacio J. Previgliano
11 Rabies
Gerald Marin-Garcia, Javier Perez Fernandez, Gloria Rodriguez Vega
12 Tetanus
Javier Perez Fernandez, Gerald Marin-Garcia, Gloria Rodriguez Vega
13 Malaria
Jorge Hidalgo, Pedro Arriaga, Bruno Alvarez Concejo
14 Tuberculosis Multidrug Resistance (MDR-TB)
Juan Ignacio Silesky-Jiménez
15 Preparing the ICU for a Highly Infectious Disease
Alex Dagoberto Loarca Chávez, Jorge Hidalgo, Adel Mohamed Yasin Alsisi
16 Pandemic Declaration and Preparation
Michael J. Plotkowski
Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP
Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Division of Critical Care
Princess Margaret Dr.
Belize City
Belize
Laila Woc-Colburn, MD, DTM&H, FACP, FIDSA
Baylor College of Medicine
National School of Tropical Medicine
Houston, TX
USA
This book provides a comprehensive overview of highly infectious diseases (HIDs) in the ICU. The text is designed to help critical care specialists and other healthcare practitioners prepare and plan for potential outbreaks of emerging or resurgent HIDs, lead a team in the ICU, perform emergency triage, and provide care for patients with a HID. The book also reviews some of the most prevalent highly infectious diseases, including influenza, SARS, plague, anthrax, and malaria.
Written by experts in the field, Highly Infectious Diseases in Critical Care: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for critical care and infectious disease specialists who treat patients afflicted with a highly infectious disease in the ICU.