The aim of this comprehensive encyclopedia is to provide detailed information on intensive care medicine contributing to the broad field of emergency medicine. The wide range of entries in the Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine are written by leading experts in the field.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• A
• A1M
• AAA
• AAST Spleen Injury Scale
• Abbreviated Injury Scale
• Abbreviated Laparotomy
• ABCDEs
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Diagnosis and Management
• Abdominal Cavity Infections
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
• Abdominal Pain
• Abdominal Pressure
• Abdominal Sepsis
• Abdominal Trauma
• Abdominal Trauma, Damage Control
• ABG
• Abscess
• Abscess, Epidural
• Accelerated Recovery
• Accessory Splenic Tissue
• Acetaminophen Overdose
• Acetylsalicylic Acid Overdose
• Ache
• Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB)
• Acid–Base
• Acid–Base Assessment
• Acid–Base Evaluation
• Acinetobacter Bacteremia
• Acinetobacter Central Venous Catheter Infection
• Acinetobacter Cholangitis
• Acinetobacter ICU-Acquired Infection
• Acinetobacter Infections
• Acinetobacter Meningitis
• Acinetobacter Peritonitis
• Acinetobacter Skin Infection
• Acinetobacter Urine Tract Infection
• Acinetobacter Urosepsis
• Acinetobacter Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Acinetobacter Wound Infection
• Acquired Aneurysm
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• ACT Analyzer
• Active Surveillance Cultures
• Acute Abdomen
• Acute Abdominal Pain: General Approach
• Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis
• Acute Asthma
• Acute Bacterial Prostatitis
• Acute Brain Dysfunction
• Acute Brain Failure
• Acute Calculous Cholecystitis
• Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (ACPE)
• Acute Care Surgery
• Acute Cholecystitis
• Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma
• Acute Confusional State
• Acute Coronary Syndrome: Risk Stratification
• Acute Heart Failure
• Acute Heart Failure: Risk Stratification
• Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Acute Iron Poisoning
• Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Acute Kidney Disease
• Acute Kidney Diseases and Disorders (AKD)
• Acute Kidney Dysfunction
• Acute Kidney Failure
• Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
• Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers, Concept of
• Acute Kidney Injury During Pregnancy
• Acute Kidney Insufficiency
• Acute Myocardial Dysfunction
• Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI)
• Acute Myocardial Inflammation
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Acute Phase Proteins
• Acute Pulmonary Edema
• Acute Pulmonary Embolism
• Acute Quadriplegic Myopathy
• Acute Radiation Syndrome
• Acute Renal Dysfunction
• Acute Renal Failure
• Acute Renal Failure of the Newborn
• Acute Renal Injury
• Acute Renal Insufficiency
• Acute Renal Insufficiency in Pregnancy
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Lung Injury
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Acute Respiratory Failure, Mechanisms of
• Acute Respiratory Insufficiency
• Acute Salicylate Toxicity
• Acute Severe Asthma
• Acute Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathy
• Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)
• Adenosine 2A Agonists in Acute Kidney Injury
• Adhesion Molecules
• Adrenal Conditions, Hypercortisolism/Hyperaldosteronism
• Adrenal Conditions, Insufficiency/Failure
• Adrenal Failure
• ß-Adrenergic Antagonist Toxicity
• Adrenocortical Insufficiency
• Adsorption
• Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• Aerosolized Antibiotics
• Afterload
• AH
• AIDS
• Air Embolus
• Air Hunger
• Airborne Transmission
• Airflow Obstruction
• Airway Assessment
• Airway Control
• Airway Management
• Airway Pharmacology
• Airway Protection
• AIS 2005 Military
• AKD/AKI, Approach to the Patient with
• AKI in the Newborn
• AKI, Concept of
• AKI, Epidemiology of
• Alanyl-Glutamine Dipeptide
• Alcohol Intoxication
• Alkaline Phosphatase
• Allergic Interstitial Nephritis
• Allergic Shock
• “All-in-One” Solutions
• ALP
• Alpha-1-Microglobulin
• Alterations in Coagulation in Acute Renal Failure
• Altered Mental Status
• Alternative Airways
• Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE)
• Alveolar Hydatid Disease
• Amb-d
• American College of Surgeons Resources Document
• An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Anaerobic Infections
• Analgesia
• Anaphylactic Shock
• Anaphylaxis
• Anatomic Resection
• Anemia Management
• Anesthesia, Local
• Anesthesia, Regional
• Angio Embolization
• Angioembolization, Hepatic
• Angioembolization, Splenic
• Angiography with Therapeutic Embolization
• Angiotensin II
• Animal Bite Wounds
• Anoxic Hypoxia
• ANP
• Anterior Scalene Syndrome
• Anterior Spinal Cord Syndrome
• Anthozoa
• Anthrax
• Anthrax Pneumonia
• Anti-arrhythmic Therapy
• Antibiotic Tolerance
• Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
• Antibiotics via the Respiratory Tract
• Antibiotics: Resistance Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance
• Anticoagulant Medication
• Anticoagulation in Extracorporeal Circuits (CVVH, ECMO)
• Anticoagulation Reversal in the ED
• Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
• Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Disease
• Antimicrobial Administration in Critical Infections
• Antioxidants, Clinical Importance
• Antithyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
• Antivenom
• Anuria
• Anxiolytics
• Aortic Counterpulsation
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Injury
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Aortic Stenosis
• Aortic Syndrome
• Aortic Transection
• Aortic Ulcer
• APAP
• Apheresis
• Arbovirus
• ARDS
• Arenaviruses
• Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever
• Arginine
• Arginine Metabolism
• Arginine Vasopressin (AVP)
• Argipressin
• Arrhythmic Disease in Children
• Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
• Arterial Blood Gases Interpretation
• Arterial Desaturation
• Arterial Hemoglobin Oxygen Saturation
• Arterial Hypoxemia
• Arterial Pulse Cardiac Output (APCO)
• Arterial Pulse Power Analysis
• Arteriobiliary Fistula
• Arteriography with Therapeutic Embolization
• Arterioles
• Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)
• Arteriovenous Graft (AVG)
• Arthritis, Septic
• Artificial Kidney
• Artificial Nutrition
• Ascending Mediastinitis
• Ascending Part of the DO2/VO2 Relationship
• Aseptic Meningitis
• Aspergillosis (Invasive)
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Aspirin Overdose
• Asplenia Infection
• Assessment of Preload Responsiveness or Fluid Responsiveness
• Asthma Attack
• Asthma Exacerbation
• ATA
• Atherosclerotic Aneurysm
• Atlantoaxial Dislocation
• Atlantoaxial Subluxation
• Atlantooccipital Dislocation
• Atlantooccipital Dissociation
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)
• Atrial Natriuretic Hormone (ANH)
• Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)
• Atriopeptin
• ATS
• Atypical HUS
• Atypical Pneumonia Syndrome
• Auriculin
• Auricular Fibrillation
• Autochthonous
• Autoimmune Disorder of the Neuromuscular Junction
• B
• B2M
• Bacillus anthracis
• Bacillus anthracis Infection
• Bacteremia, Primary of Unknown Origin
• Bacterial Endocarditis
• Bacterial Meningitis
• Bacterial Pneumonia
• Bacteriuria
• Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation
• Bailout Surgery
• BAL
• Bang's Disease
• Barlow's Disease
• Barotrauma
• Basic Life Support
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Bed Sore
• Bedside Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Bedside Ultrasonography
• Bedside Ultrasound
• Being the Active Part of “Fish Oil”
• Beta-2-Microglobulin
• Beta-Blockers
• Beta-Trace-Protein
• BG
• Bilemia
• Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
• Bilhemia
• Biliary-Venous Fistula
• Biliovenous Fistula
• Bioincompatible Membrane
• Biological Terrorism
• Biological Terrorism, Anthrax
• Biological Terrorism, Botulinum Toxin
• Biological Terrorism, Hemorrhagic Fever
• Biological Terrorism, Plague
• Biological Terrorism, Smallpox
• Biological Terrorism, Tularemia
• Biomarkers
• Biopsy by Thoracotomy
• Bioreactance®
• Bioterrorism
• Bioterrorism Agent
• BIS Monitoring System
• Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring
• Bite Injuries
• Biventricular Assist Device (BVAD)
• Blackout
• Black-out
• Blakemore Tube
• Blast Injuries
• Blast Injury
• Blast Lung
• Blast Lung Injury
• Blast Trauma
• Blastomycosis
• Bleeding
• Bleeding and Hemostasis in Acute Renal Failure
• Bleeding Patient
• Bleeding Time
• ß-Blocker Toxicity
• Blood and Body Fluid Exposures
• Blood and Body Fluid Exposures and Postexposure Prophylaxis
• Blood Gas Analysis
• Blood Gases
• Blood in Urine
• Blood Pressure Support
• Blood Purification
• Blood Transfusion
• Blunt Abdominal Trauma
• Blunt Avulsion of the Scapula
• Blunt Cardiac Injury
• Blunt Carotid Injury (BCI)
• Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
• Blunt Chest Trauma
• Blunt Injury
• Blunt Injury Thoracic Aorta
• Blunt Vertebral Artery Injury (BVI)
• BMT
• BMT Infections
• BNP
• Body Fluid Exposure
• Body Fluids Noninfectious for HIV
• Body Fluids Possibly Infected with HIV
• Boerhaave's Syndrome
• Bomb Explosions
• Bomb Injuries
• Bone Infections
• Bone Marrow Transplant: Infectious Complications
• Borderline Patient
• Botulism
• Bovine Heparin
• Box Jellyfish
• Brain Abscess
• Brain Death
• Brain Injury Prognosis
• Brain Natriuretic Peptide
• Brain Trauma
• Brainstem Death
• Brazilian Hemorrhagic Fever
• Breakbone Fever
• Bright's Disease
• Bronchial Endoscopy
• Bronchial Fibroscopy
• Bronchial Fibroscopy and Lung Biopsy
• Bronchitis and Bronchiectasis
• Bronchopleural Fistula
• Bronchopneumonia
• Bronchoscopy
• Bronchoscopy, Role in Suspected Infection
• Bronchovenous Air Embolism
• Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape
• Brown Sequard Syndrome
• Brucellosis
• BTP
• B-Type Natriuretic Peptide
• Bubonic Plague
• Bumetanide
• Bunyaviruses
• Burn Fluid Resuscitation
• Burn Injury
• Burn Injury, Compartment Syndromes
• Burn Injury, Inhalation Injury
• Burn Injury, Primary Wound Excision
• Burn Injury, Rule of Nines
• Burn Sepsis
• Burn Skin Infection
• Burn Wound Cellulitis
• Burn Wound Impetigo
• Burn Wound Infection
• Burn Wound Sepsis
• “Burning Hands” Syndrome
• Burns Infections
• Burns, Pneumonia
• Burns, Sepsis
• Burst Abdomen
• C
• C2/C3 Traumatic Spondylolisthesis
• Calcium Channel Antagonist Poisoning
• Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
• Calcium Heparin
• California Valley Fever
• Candida Infection
• Candidemia
• Candidiasis
• CAP
• Capillaries
• Capillary Refill
• Capnograph
• Capnography
• Capnometry
• Capsaicin- 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide
• Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
• Cardiac and Endovascular Infections
• Cardiac Contractility
• Cardiac Disease
• Cardiac Doppler
• Cardiac Failure in Children
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Cardiac Markers for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac MR
• Cardiac MRI
• Cardiac Output (CO)
• Cardiac Output Monitor
• Cardiac Output Monitoring
• Cardiac Output, Measurements
• Cardiac Steroids and Glycoside Toxicity
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Cardiac Troponin I
• Cardiac Troponin T
• Cardiac Ultrasound
• Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Cardiomyopathy in Children
• Cardioparacentesis
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• CardioQ
• Cardiorenal Syndrome
• Carukia barnesi
• Carybdeid Jellyfish
• Catabolism
• Catheter and Line/Tubing/Administration Sets Change
• Catheter Port Allocation
• Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection
• Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
• Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
• Catheter-Related Infection
• Cauda Equina Syndrome
• C-Collar
• CCS
• Celiotomy
• Central Cord Injury Syndrome
• Central Cord Syndrome
• Central Line Infection
• Central Spinal Cord Syndrome
• Central Venous Access Catheter (CVC)
• Central Venous Catheter Infection
• Central Venous Pressure
• Central Venous, Arterial, and PA Catheters
• Cerebral Abscess
• Cerebral Concussion
• Cerebral Malaria
• Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
• Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP)
• Cerebral Trauma
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Monitoring
• Cervical Rib Syndrome
• Cervicobrachial Syndrome
• Change
• Chelator
• Chemical and Physical Forces
• Chest Bleeding
• Chest Compression (CC)
• Chest Discomfort
• Chest Infection
• Chest Pain: Differential Diagnosis
• Chest Tube: Chest Drain or Thoracostomy Tube
• Chest Wall Stabilization
• Chicago Disease
• Childbed Fever
• Child-Pugh
• Chirodropid Jellyfish
• Chironex fleckerfi
• Choice of Catheter Lumen
• Cholangiopathy
• Cholecystitis
• Chronic Bronchial Sepsis
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Chronic Lung Disease
• Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
• Chronic Salicylate Toxicity
• Churg–Strauss Syndrome
• Chylothorax
• Chylous Pleural Effusion
• Circulation
• Circulatory Assist Devices
• Circulatory Collapse
• Cl H2O
• Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension
• Clearance
• Clenched-Fist Injury
• Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS)
• Closed Forequarter Amputation
• Closed Head Injury (CHI)
• Clostridium botulinum
• Clostridium difficile Diarrhea
• Clostridium difficile Infection
• Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
• Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease
• Closure Time (PFA)
• CMR
• Cnidaria
• CO (Cardiac Output)
• Coagulation, Monitoring at the Bedside
• Coagulopathy
• Cocaine
• Cocaine Toxicity
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Coelenterata
• Coelenterate
• Cold Sore
• Collapse
• Collapsed Lung
• Colloid Challenge
• Colloids
• Colonization
• Colonoscopy
• Coma
• Coma depasse
• Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
• Compliance
• Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
• Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion
• Computed Tomography
• Confirmed STSS
• Confusion
• Congenital Heart Disease in Children
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Conscious Sedation
• Consumption Coagulopathy
• Contact Precautions
• Continuous Arterio-venous Hemofiltration (CAVHF)
• Continuous Cardiac Output (CCO)
• Continuous Hemodialysis (CVVHD)
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Continuous Veno-venous Hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF)
• Continuous Veno-venous Hemofiltration (CVVHF)
• Contrast Medium-Induced Nephropathy
• Contrast Nephropathy
• Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
• Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
• Conus Medullaris Syndrome
• Convection
• Convective Clearance
• Corlopam®
• Coronary Computerized Tomographic Angiography
• Coronary CTA
• Coronary Syndromes, Acute
• Coronavirus
• Correction of Burn Shock
• Corticosteroid Insufficiency
• Counteracting Anticoagulation
• Coxiella burnetii
• Coxiellosis
• CPP
• Craniectomy
• Craniectomy for Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Control
• Craniocervical Dislocation
• Craniocervical Dissociation
• Craniocervical Vertical Displacement
• Craniocervical Vertical Distraction Injury
• Craniospinal Dislocation
• Craniospinal Dissociation
• Craniotomy
• Creatine Kinase-MB
• Creatinine and Creatinine Clearance in Children
• Creatinine Clearance, Measurement, Metabolism
• Cretinism
• Critical Illness Myopathy
• Critical Illness Myopathy and/or Neuropathy (CRIMYNE)
• Critical Illness Neuromuscular Abnormalities (CINMA)
• Critical Illness Polyneuropathy (CIPN)
• Critical Illness Polyneuropathy/Myopathy
• Critical Illness Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency
• Critical Illness–Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI)
• Crowning
• Crush Injury
• Crushed Limb
• Cryptococcosis
• Cryptococcus gattii
• Cryptogenic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
• Crystalloid Challenge
• Crystalloids
• CST3
• CT Coronary Angiography
• Cubozoa
• Cyanide Toxicity
• Cycling-off
• Cystatin 3
• Cystatin C
• Cystic Echinococcosis (CE)
• Cystic Hydatidosis
• Cystitis
• D
• Damage Control
• Damage Control Laparotomy
• Damage Control Orthopedics (DCO)
• Damage Control Surgery
• Damage Controlpulmonary Surgery
• Darling's Disease
• Death
• Death by Neurologic Criteria
• Decelerative Aortic Injury
• Decerebration
• Decolonization
• Decompensated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Decompression Sickness
• Decompressive Craniectomy
• Decorticate/Decerebrate Posturing
• Decorticate/Decerebrate Rigidity
• Decortication
• Decreased Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR): Interpretation in Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Decreased Kidney Function
• Decreased Urine Output
• Decubitus Ulcer
• Deep Sedation
• Deep Sternal Wound Infection
• Deer Fly Fever
• Deerfly Fever
• Defibrillation
• Definitive Airway
• Delayed Thoracotomy
• Delirium
• Dengue
• Dengue Fever
• Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
• Dengue Shock Syndrome
• Dengue Vasculopathy
• Dermatome
• Descending Cervical Mediastinitis
• Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
• Desert Fever
• Designated Trauma Center
• Desmopressin: DDAVP, 1-Desamino-Cys-8-d-Arginine-Vasopressin
• Diabetes Mellitus Types 1 and 2
• Diabetes, Insulin Therapy/Glycemic Control
• Diabetes, Others (Acute Conditions/Emergencies)
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Diagnostic Laparotomy
• Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
• Diagnostic Peritoneal Tap
• Diagnostic Study
• Dialysate
• Dialysis
• Dialysis Catheter
• Dialysis Fluid
• Dialysis Membranes
• Diastolic Dysfunction
• Difficult Airway
• Diffusate
• Diffuse Alveolar Damage
• Diffuse Intravascular Coagulation
• Diffusion
• Diffusive Clearance
• Digoxin Toxicity
• 2,6-Diisopropylphenol
• Diisopropylphenol
• Disaster Management
• Disaster Preparedness
• Disaster Triage
• Discontinuation
• Disembowelment
• Disruption of the Pelvic Ring
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
• Disseminated Strongyloidiasis
• Diuretics
• Diuretics for Management of AKI
• Diuretics for Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury
• Diving Illness
• Diving Sickness
• Domestic Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Dopamine
• Dressing
• Drug Induced Hepatitis
• Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST)
• Drug-Induced AKI
• DVT, Limited Compression Ultrasonography
• Dynamic Index of Preload Responsiveness
• Dysbarism
• Dysphagia
• Dyspnea: Differential Diagnosis
• E
• EAdi
• Early Administration of Antibiotics
• Early Fixation of Unstable Spine Fractures
• Early Goal-Directed Therapy
• Early Total Care (ETC)
• Ebola
• Ebola and Marburg Virus
• 12-Lead ECG
• ECG
• Echinococcosis
• Echinococcosis, Alveolar
• Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcosis
• Echocardiography
• Echography
• Echography of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC)
• Eclampsia
• ED
• ED-ICU Handoffs
• EDM
• EDV
• EEG Monitoring
• eGFR, Concept of
• Elastance
• Electrical Injury – High-Voltage Current
• Electrical Injury: Cataracts
• Electrical Injury: Compartment Syndrome
• Electrocardiogram
• Electrocution
• Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies
• Electro-Neurophysiology
• Elevated Blood Pressure
• Emergency Airway Management
• Emergency Burr Holes
• Emergency Delivery
• Emergency Department
• Emergency Department Thoracotomy
• Emergency Medical Services
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Room
• Emergency Thoracotomy
• Emphysema
• Empiric Antibiotics
• Empyema
• Empyema Necessitatis
• EMS Triage Criteria
• EMTALA Regulations
• EMT-Basic
• Encephalopathy
• Encephalopathy and Delirium
• End Diastolic Volume
• End Tidal CO2 Monitoring
• Endocarditis
• Endogenous Infections
• Endogenous Natriuretic Hormones
• Endometritis
• Endomyometritis
• Endomyoparametritis
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
• Endothelial Cell Dysfunction
• Endothelial Cell Injury
• Endothelialitis
• Endotracheal Intubation
• End-Tidal CO2
• Energy Deficit
• Energy Expenditure
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Intervention
• Enteral
• Enteral and Parenteral Feeding in Acute Renal Failure
• Enteral Feeding
• Enteral Nutrition
• Enteral Tube Feeding
• Enteroscopy
• Envenomation
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Epidermoid Cysts of the Spleen
• Epidural Hematoma
• Epidural Monitor
• Epiglottitis
• Epithelial Cell Injury
• Equation of Motion
• ERCP
• ESBLs
• Eschar
• Esophageal Balloon
• Esophageal Doppler
• Esophageal Doppler Monitor
• Esophageal Manometry
• Esophageal Pressure
• Esophagitis
• Esophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (EGD)
• Estimation of Burn Size
• Estrogen
• ETA
• État de mal épileptique (French)
• Ethacrinic Acid
• Ethanol Intoxication
• Ethylene Glycol
• EVD-Associated Infection
• Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
• Evisceration
• Evoked Potentials
• (Excessive) Blood Loss
• Ex-lap
• Exogenous Infections
• Exotoxic Shock
• Exploratory Laparotomy
• Explosion-Induced Trauma
• Explosion-Induced Tympanic Membrane Rupture
• Explosive Barotrauma
• Explosive Injuries
• Explosive Injury
• Exsanguinate
• Extended Hepatectomy
• Extended Right/Left Hepatectomy
• Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
• External Fixation (EF)
• External Ventricular Drain (EVD)
• External Ventricular Drainage (EVD)-Related CNS Infection
• Extra Renal Therapy
• Extracorporeal Lung Assist (ECLA)
• Extracorporeal Lung Support
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Extradural Abscess
• Extravascular Lung Water
• Extravascular Lung Water (EVLW)
• Extreme Lateral Posture
• Extremity Compartment Syndrome
• Extremity, Ischemia
• Extrinsic Risk Factors for HAI
• Extubation Failure
• Exudative Phase
• F
• Fainting
• Fanconi Syndrome
• FAST
• Fast-Track Surgery
• [18F]FDG
• Febrile Leukopenia
• Febrile Neutropenia (FN)
• Femoral Artery Aneurysm
• FeNa
• Fenoldopam
• FeUN
• Fibrinopurulent Phase
• Fibrobronchoscopy
• Field Medicine
• Field Triage
• Field Triage Scoring
• Filoviral Hemorrhagic Fever
• Filoviruses
• Filters
• Finger Fracture
• First Responder
• First Response
• First Rib Syndrome
• First-Degree Burn
• Fixation or Repair
• Flail Chest
• Flail Chest Stabilization
• Flaviviruses
• Flexor/Extensor Posturing
• Flow Distribution
• Flow-Directed Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
• Fluid Challenge
• Fluid Excess
• Fluid Overload
• Fluid Responsiveness
• Fluid Resuscitation
• Fluid Therapy
• FN
• FOB
• Focused Assessment for the Sonographic Examination for Trauma
• Foley-Catheter Infection
• Fournier's Gangrene
• Foxglove Toxicity
• Fractional Excretion of Sodium (Na) and Urea Nitrogen (UN)
• Fracture Classification
• Francisella tularensis
• Free Radical Scavenger
• Free-Water Clearance
• Full-Thickness Burn
• Functional and Structural Markers of Renal Impairment in Serum and Urine
• Functional Hemodynamics
• Fungal Endocarditis
• Fungal Meningitis
• FUO
• Furosemide
• G
• Gag Reflex
• Gamma Trace
• Gas Gangrene
• GAS in Gynecology
• Gastric Residual Cutoff Value
• Gastric Residual Volumes
• Gastric Residuals
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Gastro-intestinal Bleeding
• Gastro-intestinal Bleeding in ICU Patients
• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• Gastro-intestinal Hemorrhage
• Gastroscopy
• Gelfoam
• Gender
• Geriatric Trauma
• GGT
• Gibraltar Fever
• Gift-of-Life Management
• Gilchrist's Disease
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• GLN
• Global End-Diastolic Volume (GEDV)
• Glomerular Filtration
• Glomerular Filtration Rate
• Glomerulonephritis
• Glucose Control
• Glucose Modulation
• Glutamine
• Glutamine Metabolism
• γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase
• α-Glutathione S-Transferase
• π-Glutathione S-Transferase
• Goal-Directed Resuscitation
• Goal-Directed Therapy
• “Golden Hour” in Trauma Management
• Goodpasture's Disease
• Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock in Gynecology
• GRVs
• αGST
• πGST
• Guideline-Based Sepsis Therapy
• Guidelines
• Gustilo-Anderson Type IIIB or IIIC Open Fracture
• Gut Dysfunction
• GVHD
• Gynecological Infections
• H
• Hamman's Crunch
• Hand Hygiene
• Hangman's Fracture
• Hantavirus
• HAP
• Hare Fever
• HBO
• HBO2T
• HC
• HCAP
• Head Injury
• Head Trauma
• Health-Care Personnel
• Healthcare Personnel Exposures
• Health-Care-Acquired Pneumonia
• Health-Care-Associated Infection (HAI)
• Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia (HCAP)
• Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Heart Failure Syndromes, Treatment
• Heart Failure, Acute
• Heart Failure, Biomarkers
• Heart–Kidney Interaction
• Heat Shock Proteins
• Heaviness
• Hematemesis
• Hematobilia
• Hematochezia
• Hematologic Complications of Children on the ICU
• Hematuria
• Hemihepatectomy
• Hemi-splenectomy
• Hemobilia
• Hemodialysis
• Hemodialysis in ICU
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Hemodynamic optimization
• Hemofiltration
• Hemofiltration in the ICU
• Hemolytic Anemia
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• Hemoperfusion
• Hemorrhage
• Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
• Hemorrhagic Hypoperfusion
• Hemorrhagic Shock, Classification
• Hemorrhagic Shock, Fluid Resuscitation
• Hemorrhagic Stroke
• HemoSonic 100
• Hemothorax
• Heparin
• Heparin-Associated Thrombocytopenia
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Type II
• Heparinoid
• Heparinoids and Synthetic Heparinoids
• Hepatic Inflow Occlusion
• Hepatic Lobectomy
• Hepatic Trisegmentectomy
• Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Hepatotomy
• Heroin Overdose
• Herpes Genitalis
• Herpes Labialis
• Herpes Simplex
• Herpes Zoster
• HH
• HIF1α
• High Altitude Syndromes
• High-Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV)
• High-Frequency Oscillation (HFO)
• High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)
• High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation (HFPV)
• High-Frequency Ventilation
• Histoplasmosis
• HIV
• HIV Infections
• HIV, Disseminated Tuberculosis
• HIV, Fungal Infection
• HIV, Generalized Tuberculosis
• HIV, GI Infections
• HIV, Hematogenous Tuberculosis
• HIV, Miliary Tuberculosis
• HIV, Pneumonic Complications
• HIV-Related Cholecystitis
• HIV-Related Diarrhea
• HIV-Related Disease of the Oral Cavity and Esophagus
• HIV-Related Diseases of the Pancreas, Biliary Tract, and Liver
• HIV-Related Diseases of the Stomach, Intestines, and Colon
• HIV-Related Gastrointestinal Obstruction
• HIV-Related Hepatitis
• HME
• HMEF
• Holdsworth Slice Rotational Shearing Injury
• Hollow Fiber Membranes
• Hospital or Facility-Acquired Prevalence
• Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
• Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia = Nosocomial Pneumonia
• HRS
• HSPs
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Humidification
• Humoral Immune Response
• Hydatid Disease
• Hydration and Volume Expansion
• Hydraulic Flux
• Hydrophobia (Greek, Water-Fear)
• Hydrozoa
• Hyperbaric Oxygen
• Hyperbaric Therapy
• Hyperbaricist
• Hyperbarics
• Hyperinsulinemic Euglycemia Therapy (HIET)
• Hypertension
• Hypertensive Crisis
• Hypertensive Emergency
• Hypertensive Encephalopathy
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypnotics
• Hypothalamic-Pituary-Adrenal (HPA) Disorder
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypoxic Hypoxia
• I
• IC
• ICH
• ICP Monitoring
• ICU
• ICU Psychosis
• ICU Ultrasound
• ICU, Infection Control
• ICU-Acquired Weakness
• ICU-Acquired Weakness (ICU-AW)
• IDSA
• IL-18
• Iliac Artery Aneurysm
• Imaging for Acute Abdominal Pain
• Immediate Thoracotomy
• Immune Compromised Hosts
• Immunocompromised Patient = Immunosuppressed Patient
• Immunofluorescence Assay
• Immunosuppression
• Impact of Renal Replacement Therapy on Coagulation
• Incidence
• Incomplete Prone Position
• Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD)
• Indirect Calorimeters
• Indirect Calorimetry
• Induced Hypothermia
• Infected Pancreatic Necrosis
• Infected Pancreatic Pseudocyst = Pancreatic Abscess
• Infected Pseudocyst
• Infection
• Infection Control in the ICU: Gram-Negative Bacteria
• Infection Control in the ICU: MRSA Control
• Infection Control in the ICU: Respiratory
• Infection of Mediastinum
• Infectious Induced Hepatitis
• Infectious Mass Lesion in the Central Nervous System
• Infectious Sources of Sepsis
• Inflammation
• Inflammation of the Myocardium
• Inflammation of the Pericardium
• Influenza
• Information Bias
• Inhalation Injury
• Inhalational Antibiotics
• Initial Assessment
• Initial Trauma Management, ABCs
• Initial Trauma Management, Resuscitative Thoracotomy
• Initial Trauma Management, Spine Precautions
• Initial Trauma Management: Primary Survey
• Injury
• Injury Scale
• Injury Severity Indices
• Injury Severity Score
• Injury Severity Score (ISS)
• Injury Severity Scoring
• Innate Immune Response
• Inotropes
• Inotropic Therapy
• Inotropy
• Insertion of Nasogastric Tube
• Insertion Site Cover
• Intensive Care Unit Acquired Paresis (ICUAP)
• Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness (ICUAW)
• Intensive Care Unit Discharge
• Intensive Care Unit Dismissal
• Intensive Care Unit–Treated Community-Acquired Pneumonia
• Intensive Care-Associated Infection (ICU-HAI)
• Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs)
• Interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-Inducing Factor (IGIF)
• Intermittent Hemodialysis
• Internal Decapitation
• Interruption of Anticoagulation
• Interstitial Nephritis, Acute
• Interventional Lung Assist (iLA) (= pECLA)
• Interventional Radiology
• Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction
• Intestinal Failure
• Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
• Intoxication
• (Intra) Gastric Pressure
• (Intra) Bladder Pressure
• Intra-abdominal Hypertension
• Intra-abdominal Infection
• Intra-abdominal Infections
• Intra-abdominal Pressure
• Intraabdominal Pressure Monitoring
• Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation
• Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping
• Intra-aortic Balloon Support
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Intracranial Decompression
• Intracranial Epidural Abscess
• Intracranial Pressure
• Intraluminal Block
• Intramural Hematoma
• Intraparenchymal Cerebral Hematoma
• Intraparenchymal Fiberoptic Monitor
• Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
• Intraperitoneal Infection
• Intrapleural Blood
• Intrarenal Microcirculation
• Intrathoracic Bleeding
• Intrathoracic Blood Volume (ITBV)
• Intravascular and Extravascular Volume Monitoring at the Bedside
• Intravascular Volume Assessment by Inferior Vena Cava Sonography
• Intravenous Fluids
• Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy
• Intravenous Nutrition
• Intraventricular Catheter (IVC)
• Intraventricular Monitor
• Intra-vesicular Pressure
• Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEPi)
• Intrinsic Risk Factors for HAI
• Intropin®
• Intubation
• Intubation-Associated Pneumonia
• Invasive Candidiasis
• Ionizing Radiation Exposure
• IPH
• Iron Overdose
• Irukandji Syndrome
• Ischemic Renal Failure
• Isopropanol
• Isotherm
• ISS
• IV
• IVIG
• J
• Jellyfish
• Jellyfish Envenomation
• Joint Disassociation
• Joint Separation
• Jugular Thrombophlebitis
• K
• Kaliuresis
• Ketosis-Prone Diabetes
• Ki
• Kidney Failure
• Kidney Function
• Kidney Injury, Acute
• L
• Lactate Dehydrogenase
• L-Amb
• Laparotomy
• Laparotomy, Non-Therapeutic
• Laryngitis Supraglottica
• Lassa Fever
• LDH
• Leaky Gut
• Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
• Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS)
• Left Ventricular Dysfunction
• Legionella
• Lemierre Syndrome
• Lemierre's Syndrome
• Lemming Fever
• Leopold Maneuver
• Leptomeningitis
• Liberation
• LiDCO
• Life Support
• Lightning Strike
• Line Probe Assays (LiPAs)
• Line Sepsis
• Lipid Peroxidation
• Lipocalin-2 (LCN2)
• Lithium Dilution Cardiac Output Measurement
• Lithium Toxicity
• Liver Embolization
• Liver Grade
• Liver Injury Grading
• Liver Organ
• Liver Tamponade
• LMWH
• Lobar Pneumonia
• Locked Facet Joint Dislocation
• Lockjaw
• Log Roll
• Log-Roll Precautions
• Loop Diuretics
• Loop Diuretics in Acute Kidney Injury
• Loss of Consciousness
• Loss of Muscle Mass
• Loss of Sympathetic Tone
• Low Molecular Weight Heparin
• Low Urine Output
• Lower Tract Infection
• Ludwig's Angina
• Lund and Browder Chart
• Lung
• Lung Mechanics
• Lung Recruitment
• Lung Sparing Pulmonary Repair
• Lung Ultrasonography
• Lung Ultrasound
• Lung Water
• Lyme Disease
• Lyssa/Lytta (Greek, Spirit of Rage)
• M
• Major Radiation Exposure
• Makler's Triad
• Malignant Hypertension
• Malnutrition
• Malta Fever
• Management of Pre-transplant Organs
• Mangled Extremity
• Mannitol in the Critically Ill Patient with Acute Kidney Injury
• Marburg
• Market Men's Disease
• MASCC Index
• Mass Casualty Incident
• Mass Separation
• Mass-Casualty Event (MCE)
• Mass-Casualty Triage
• Massive Pulmonary Embolism
• Massive Transfusion
• Maximum AIS (MAIS)
• MBI
• MDR
• Meat-Cutter's Disease
• Mechanical Circulatory Assist
• Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS)
• Mechanical Function of the Respiratory System
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Mechanical Ventilation, Principles of
• Mechanical Ventilators
• Mediansternotomy
• Mediastinal Hematoma
• Mediastinal Infections
• Mediastinal Sepsis
• Mediastinitis
• Mediastinitis, Postoperative
• Medical Management of Brain Death
• Mediterranean Fever
• Melena
• Meningitis
• Metabolic Acidosis, Renal Causes
• Metabolic Concerns in Acute Renal Failure
• Metabolic Disorders, Other
• Metabolic Impact of Renal Replacement Therapy
• Methadone Intoxication
• Methanol
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Metroperitonitis
• MIC and MBC
• Microcirculation
• Microcoils
• 25 kDa Alpha-2-Microglobulin-Related Subunit of MMP-9 (p25)
• Microvascular Perfusion
• Microvasculature
• Miniaturized Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Mini-ECMO)
• Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring System
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction
• Mitochondrial Therapy in Critical Illness
• Mitral Valvular Disease
• MLSB Resistance
• Mobility/Exercise, Early in ICU
• MostCare Monitor
• Motor Vehicle Collision
• Motor Vehicle Crash Kinematics
• MRSA
• MRSA Infection Control
• MRSA Prevention
• MRSA Surveillance
• Multi-casualty Triage
• Multidimensional Injury
• Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)
• Multimodal Perioperative Care
• Multiparin
• Multiplate® Analyzer
• Multiple Dosed Activated Charcoal (MDAC)
• Multiple Organ Dysfunction
• Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Multiple Organ Failure
• Multiple Organ Failure (MOF)
• Multisystem Organ Failure
• Muscle Atrophy
• Muscle Compartment Syndrome
• Muscle Necrosis
• Muscle Wasting
• Musculoskeletal Trauma, Damage Control, and Pelvic Binder
• Musculoskeletal Trauma, Dislocation
• Musculoskeletal Trauma, Pelvic Angioembolization
• Musculoskeletal Trauma, Pelvic Ring Disruption
• Musculoskeletal Trauma, Preperitonal Pelvic Packing
• Mushroom Toxicity
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myasthenic Crisis
• Mycobacterial Infections in the non-HIV–Infected Patient
• Mycobacterial Tuberculosis Complex
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Tuberculosis, TB
• Mycoses
• Mycosis, Endemic
• Mycosis, Opportunistic
• Myocardial Concussion
• Myocardial Contusion
• Myocarditis and Acute Cardiomyopathies
• Myocarditis in Children
• Myocarditis, Infectious
• Myoglobin
• Myonecrosis
• N
• n-3 Fatty Acids
• NAC
• N-Acetyl Cysteine (Renal)
• N-Acetyl-beta-D-Glucosaminidase (NAG)
• N-Acetyl-β-(d)-Glucosaminidase
• NAG
• Nasogastric Feeding
• National Trauma Data Bank
• Natriuresis
• Natriuretic Peptides
• Natural and Synthetic Sorbents
• NAVA
• Near Amputation
• Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy
• Near-Syncope
• Necrobacillosis
• Necrotizing Fasciitis
• Necrotizing Fasciitis in Gynecology
• Necrotizing Myopathy
• Needle Stick Exposure
• Negative Exploratory Laparotomy
• Negative Laparotomy
• Negative Nitrogen Balance
• Negative or Non-therapeutic Celiotomy
• Negative Pressure Ventilation (NPV)
• Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury
• Neonatal Acute Renal Failure
• Nephrocalcinosis
• Nephrotoxic AKI
• Nephrotoxicity
• Nephrotoxins
• Nerve Contusion
• Nerve Injury
• Nerve Laceration
• Nerve Transection
• Neuroendocrine Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Dysfunction (NED)
• Neurogenic Shock
• Neurologic Death
• Neurological Scale
• Neuroma
• Neuropraxia
• Neurotmesis
• Neutropenia and Fever
• Neutropenic Fever
• Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL)
• Nexfin CO-Trek
• NEXFIN HD Monitor
• NGAL as a Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury
• Nice-Sugar
• NIRS
• Nitric Oxide
• Nitril
• Nitrile
• Nitrogen Balance
• Nonaneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
• Non-intact Skin
• Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV, NPPV)
• Noninvasive Ventilation
• Non-ketotic State
• Nonoperative Management of Splenic Injury
• Nonpenetrating Trauma
• Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)
• Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)
• Non-thyroidal Illnesses Syndrome
• Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
• Noradrenaline
• Norepinephrine
• North American Blastomycosis
• Nosocomial Pneumonia
• Nosocomial Pneumonia, Overview
• Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT)
• Nutrition Assessment
• Nutrition Support
• Nutrition Support Therapy
• Nutrition, Burns
• Nutrition, Caloric Requirements
• Nutrition, Combined Enteral/Parenteral
• Nutrition, Enteral
• Nutrition, Pediatric
• Nutrition, Trauma
• Nutritional Support in ARF
• O
• Occipitoatlantal Dislocation
• Occipitoatlantal Dissociation
• Occipitocervical Dislocation
• Occipitocervical Dissociation
• Occipitospinal Dislocation
• Occipitospinal Dissociation
• Occupational Exposures
• OD
• ODM
• Odynophagia
• Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD)
• Oleander Toxicity
• Oligura
• Oliguria in Children
• Oliguria, Clinical Significance
• Oliguria, Investigation and Management
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Oncogene 24p3
• Open Abdomen
• Open Lung Biopsy
• Opioid Toxicity
• Opioid/Opiate Poisoning
• Opportunistic Infection
• Optimal Hospital Resources for Care of the Injured Patient (1976)
• Oral Pain
• Organ Donation
• Organ Donation: Management of the Potential Donor
• Organic Brain Syndrome
• Organizing Phase
• Orogastric Lavage
• OSHA
• Osmotic Diuretics
• Osteomyelitis
• Out-of-Hospital Care
• Overnutrition (or Overfeeding or Hyperalimentation)
• Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection
• Overwhelming Post-splenectomy Infection (OPSI)
• Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Sepsis
• “Oxy”Contin/Codeine Overdose
• Oxygen Delivery (DO2) Dependency
• Oxygen Supply Dependency
• Oxygen Therapy
• Oxygen Uptake (VO2) Below the Metabolic Needs (or Demand)
• P
• Pachymeningitis Abscess
• Pain Control
• Pain Management
• Palliation
• Paludism
• Pancreatic Infections
• Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Pancreatic Necrosis
• Pancreatitis
• Pancreatitis, Acute
• Panendoscopy
• Paramedicine
• Parapneumonic Effusion and Pleural Space Infections
• Parapneumonic Effusions
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Partial Sternotomy
• Partial Thickness Burn
• Passive Leg Raising Test
• Patient–Ventilator Asynchrony
• Patient–Ventilator Interaction
• Patient–Ventilator Interactions
• Patient–Ventilator Synchrony
• Patterns of Injury
• PAV
• PCR
• Pediatric Trauma
• PEEP
• Pelvic Arterioemblization
• Pelvic Binders
• Pelvic Fracture Packing
• Pelvic Packing
• Pelvic Ring Fracture
• Pelvic Ring Injury
• Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
• Penetrating Injuries
• Penetrating Trauma
• Penetrating Wounds
• Perched Facet Joint Dislocation
• Percutaneous Needle Aspiration/Tube Pericardiostomy
• Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis
• Percutaneous Tracheostomy
• Percutaneous Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
• Perfusion
• Pericardial Aspiration
• Pericardial Drainage Procedure
• Pericardial Tamponade
• Pericardial Tap
• Pericardial Window
• Periocardiocentesis
• Pericardiocentesis
• Pericardiotomy
• Pericarditis, Acute
• Perihepatic Packing
• Peritoneal Fever
• Peritoneal Lavage, Diagnostic
• Peritoneal Pressure
• Peritonitis
• Peritonitis: Definitions of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Perthes Syndrome
• PET
• PET/CT
• Pharmaconutrition
• Pharyngeal Reflex
• Phlebitis, Septic
• Physalia physalis
• Physalia utriculus
• Physiology of Urine Volume
• PiCCO
• PiCCO Monitor
• Pigment Nephropathy
• Plasma Separation
• Plasma Substitutes
• Plasma Volume Expander (PVE)
• Plasmapheresis
• Plateau Pressure
• Platelet Function Analyzer 100 (PFA-100®)
• Plethysmography
• Pleural and Lung Ultrasound
• Pleural Blood
• Pleural Disease and Pneumothorax
• Pleural Effusions
• Pleural Peel
• Pleural Space Infection
• Pleural Ultrasonography
• Pneumoccocal HUS
• Pneumomediastinum
• Pneumonia
• Pneumonia, Aspiration
• Pneumonia, Aspiration due to Acinomycosis
• Pneumonia, Community-Acquired
• Pneumonia, Empiric Management
• Pneumonia, Healthcare-Acquired
• Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
• Pneumonic Tularemia
• Pneumothorax
• Point of Care (POC) Coagulation Analyzers
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Popliteal Artery Aneurysm
• Population Based
• Porcine Heparin
• Port Designation
• Port Selection
• Portal Hypertension
• Portal Triad Clamping
• Portuguese Man-of-War
• Positive Pressure Ventilators
• Positron Emission Tomography
• Post Traumatic Pneumatocele
• Postanginal Septicaemia
• Postdilution
• Posterior Spinal Cord Syndrome
• Postexposure Prophylaxis
• Post-gamma Protein
• Post-neurosurgical Brain Abscess and Subdural Empyema
• Post-neurosurgical CNS Infection
• Post-neurosurgical Meningitis
• Postoperative or Post-procedure Meningitis
• Postsplenectomy Overwhelming Sepsis
• Postsplenectomy Sepsis
• Postsplenectomy Sepsis Syndrome
• Postsplenectomy Vaccination
• Posttraumatic DIC
• Potassium-Sparing Diuretics
• Poxvirus
• PRAM (Pressure Recording Analytical Method)
• Pre-/Postdilution
• Predicted Body Weight (PBW)
• Prediction Models
• Predilution
• Pregnancy, Infectious Complications
• Pregnancy, Precipitous Delivery
• Pregnancy-Related Acute Renal Failure
• Prehospital – Emergency Medical Services
• Prehospital Care, Triage Criteria
• Prehospital Care
• Preload
• Preload Responsiveness
• Prerenal Azotemia
• Prerenal Disease
• Prerenal Failure
• Prerenal Insufficiency
• Prerenal Ischemia
• Pressors
• Pressure Monitoring
• Pressure Sore
• Pressure Ulcer Evaluation, Prevention and Treatment
• Pre-syncope
• Prevalence
• Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections
• Primary Survey
• Pringle Maneuver
• Probable STSS
• Procedural Sedation
• Proctoscopy
• Progressive Withdrawal
• Prolonged Epileptic Seizures
• Prone Position Technique
• Prone Positioning
• Prophylaxis
• Propofol
• Prostate Infection
• Prostatic Abscess
• Prostatitis
• Protective Cover
• Protein Metabolism
• Protein-Energy Wasting
• PSB
• Pseudoaneurysm
• Pseudocyst
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism
• Pseudomembranous Colitis
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Puerperal Sepsis
• Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
• Pulmonary Artery Floatation Catheterization
• Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure
• Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
• Pulmonary Barotrauma
• Pulmonary Contusion
• Pulmonary Edema
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Function Tests at the Bedside
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Hypertension in Children
• Pulmonary Infections = Respiratory Tract Infections
• Pulmonary Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
• Pulmonary Mechanics
• Pulmonary Regurgitation
• Pulmonary Thromboembolism
• Pulmonary Tractotomy
• Pulmonary Tractotomy with Selective Vascular Ligation
• Pulmonary Valve Disease
• Pulmonary Vascular Permeability Index
• Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
• Pulmonary Venous Air Embolism
• Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome
• Pulse Contour (Invasive) Continuous Cardiac Output
• Pulse Contour Analysis
• Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PCCO)
• Pulse Contour Method
• Pulse Oxymetry and CO2 Monitoring
• Pulse Pressure Variation (PPV)
• PulseCO System
• Pulse–Temperature Dissociation
• Pumpless Extracorporeal Lung Assist (PECLA)
• Pupillary Light Reflex
• Pupillary Light Response
• Pupillary Response
• Pure Red Cell Aplasia
• PWA (Pulse Wave Analysis)
• Pyelonephritis
• Q
• Q Fever
• Quadriplegia
• Quality Assurance and Improvement (QA and QI, Respectively)
• Quantitative Resuscitation
• R
• Rabbit Fever
• Rabhas (Sanskrit, to Do Violence)
• Rabid (Latin, Rabere, to Rave)
• Rabies
• Radiation Poisoning
• Ragpicker's Disease
• Ragsorter's Disease
• Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
• Rapid Sequence Induction
• Rapid Sequence Intubation
• RBG
• Reactive Oxygen Species
• Readiness Testing
• Red-ox Reactions
• Refeeding Syndrome
• Regional Anticoagulation
• Regional Citrate Anticoagulation
• Relative Adrenal Insufficiency
• Renal Angioembolization
• Renal Arterial Embolization
• Renal Arterioembolization
• Renal Blood Flow
• Renal Blood Flow Regulation
• Renal Circulation
• Renal Injury Scoring
• Renal Insufficiency and Renal Failure
• Renal Laceration
• Renal Replacement
• Renal Replacement Therapy
• Renal Replacement Therapy, Indications
• Renal Replacement Therapy, Intensity
• Renal Replacement Therapy, Timing
• Renal Trauma
• Renal Tubular Acidosis
• Renal Water Excretion and Reabsorption
• Reno-Cardiac Syndrome
• Replacement Fluid
• Replacement Fluids for CRRT
• Replacement of Vascular Access Devices and Line/Tubing/Administration Sets
• Resistance
• Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient(2006)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Respiratory Extracorporeal Assist
• Respiratory Illness, Inflammatory Markers in
• Respiratory Mechanics
• Restore
• Resuscitation Endpoints
• Resuscitation Fluids
• Resuscitation Goals
• Retinol-Binding Protein
• Retrohepatic Vena Caval Shunt
• Retroperitoneal Pelvic Packing
• Reversing Anticoagulant Treatment in ICU Patients
• Revised Trauma Score
• Revive
• RH
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Rhabdomyolysis- or Hemolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
• Rib and/or Sternal Fracture Operative Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF)
• Rib Fractures
• Right Atrial Pressure
• Right Ventricular Assist Device (RVAD)
• Right Ventricular Dysfunction
• Right Ventricular End Diastolic Volume
• Risus Sardonicus
• Rotational Spine Injuries
• RVEDV
• S
• Salicylate Overdose
• Salicylism
• Saline Flushes
• San Joaquin Valley Fever
• SARS CoV Infection
• SBP
• Scapulothoracic Dissociation
• ScvO2 (Central Venous Oxygen Saturation)
• Scyphozoa
• Seasonal Influenza
• Secondary Brain Injury
• Secondary Compartment Syndrome
• Second-Degree Burn
• Sedation
• Sedative-Hypnotic
• Sedatives
• Selective Angiography
• Sengstaken–Blakemore Tube
• Sepsis, Overview
• Sepsis: Clinical Features
• Sepsis: Etiologies
• Sepsis: Management, Including Sepsis Bundles
• Sepsis: Pathogenesis
• Sepsis-induced Acute Kidney Injury
• Septic Acute Renal Failure
• Septic Encephalopathy
• Septic Ovarian Vein Thrombophlebitis
• Septic Pelvic Phlebitis
• Septic Pelvic Thrombophlebitis
• Septic Phlebitis
• Septic Shock
• Septic Thrombophlebitis
• Septicemia
• Sequential Systems Failure
• Serum and Urinary Low Molecular Weight Proteins
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Viral (SARS)
• Severe Complicated Urinary Tract Infection
• Severe Pyelonephritis
• Severe Sepsis
• Sex Steroids: Role in ICU Outcome
• Shiga Toxin-Associated HUS
• Shingles
• Shock, Ultrasound Assessment
• Shortness of Breath
• Shunt-Associated Infection
• Shunt-Related CNS Infection
• Shunt-Related Infection
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Siderocalin
• Sieving Coefficient
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Sign-Outs
• SILENT
• Slough
• Slow Extended Dialysis
• Smoke Inhalation Injury
• Snake Bites
• Snake Poisoning
• Sodium Bicarbonate, Intravenous
• Sodium Heparin
• Soft Tissue Infections, Life-Threatening
• Solute Clearance
• Solvent Drag
• Sonoclot® Analyzer
• Sonographic Measurement of the Inferior Vena Cava
• Sorbents
• Sorbents Modes
• Source Control
• SP
• Spinal Cord Abscess
• Spinal Cord Disorders
• Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes
• Spinal Cord Paralysis
• Spinal Cord Stroke
• Spinal Cord Trauma
• Spinal Epidural Abscess
• Spinal Immobilization
• Spinal Precautions
• Spinal Shock
• Spine Damage Control
• Spleen Injury Grading
• Spleen, Nonoperative Management
• Splenectomy: Infectious Complications
• Splenic Angioembolization
• Splenic Angiography
• Splenic Arteriography with Embolization
• Splenic Arteriovenous Fistula
• Splenic Autotransplantation
• Splenic Contrast Blush
• Splenic Cysts
• Splenic Embolization
• Splenic Injury, Immunization
• Splenic Pseudocysts
• Splenic Salvage
• Splenorrhaphy
• Split-the-Sternum
• Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT)
• Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• Spousal Abuse
• ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
• Staged Laparotomy
• Staging Laparotomy
• Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
• Staphylococcus aureus: MRSA
• START and JumpSTART
• Static Index of Preload
• Status Asthmaticus
• Status Epilepticus
• Sternal Dehiscence
• Sterno-Mediastinitis
• Sternotomy
• Sternotomy for Trauma
• Stimulant Toxicity
• StO2
• Straight Leg Raise
• Strategy
• Streptococcal Gangrene
• Streptococcal Skin Infection and Necrotizing Fasciitis
• Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections
• Stress Proteins
• Stroke Volume Variation (SVV)
• Stroke, Blood Pressure Management
• Structural Biomarkers
• ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• STSS
• Stupor
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Aneurysmal
• Subarachnoid Monitor
• Subclinical Hypothyroidism
• Subdural Abscess
• Subdural Empyema
• Subdural Hematoma
• Subdural Monitor
• Sublingual Capnography
• Sublingual Capnometry
• Sublingual CO2 Monitoring
• Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
• Substitution Fluid
• Subxiphoid Pericardial Window
• Super-Selective Angiography
• Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition (SPN)
• Suppurative Pelvic Thrombophlebitis
• Suppurative Thrombophlebitis
• Supraglottitis
• Supraventricular Arrhythmias
• Surgical Lung Biopsy
• Surveillance
• SUV
• SvO2 (Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation)
• Swan–Ganz Catheterization
• Sylvatic
• Sympathetic Denervation
• Synchronized Assist
• Synchronized Ventilation
• Syncope
• Synthetic Colloid
• Synthetic Membranes
• Synthetic Polymers
• Systemic Air Embolism
• Systemic Inflammatory Response
• Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
• Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) with Infection
• Systemic Vascular Resistance
• Systolic Dysfunction
• T
• T3
• T4
• Tamponade
• TBI
• TCD
• TED
• TEG®/ROTEM®
• Temporary Conduction Block
• Temporary External Fixation
• Tension Pneumothorax
• Terlipressin: Terlipressine, Terlipressinum
• Terrorism Scene Control
• Testosterone
• Tetanus
• Tetraplegia
• The 3-Element Windkessel Model
• The Epidemic Disease of Lying-in Women
• The National Trauma Data Bank Annual Report
• Therapeutic Hypothermia
• Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)
• Therapeutic Temperature Management (TTM)
• Thermal Injury
• Thiazide Diuretics
• Third-Degree Burn
• Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
• Thoracic Crush Injury
• Thoracic Cyanosis
• Thoracic Outlet
• Thoracic Trauma
• Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Thoracocentesis and Chest Tubes
• Thoracocentesis: Pleural Tap or Pleurocentesis
• Thoracotomy for Trauma
• Threatened Limb
• Thrombocytopenia in Critically Ill Patients
• Thromboembolism (TE)
• Thrombosis
• Thrombotic Diathesis in Acute Renal Failure
• Thrombotic Micro-Angiopathies (TTP, Hus, etc.)
• Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA)
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Time Constant (τ)
• Time to Antibiotics
• TIPS
• TIPSS
• Tissue Oxygen Saturation
• TOE
• Torn Thoracic Aorta
• Torsemide
• Torso Trauma
• Torulosis
• Total Enteral Nutrition
• Total Parenteral Nutrition
• Toxic Alcohols
• Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Toxic Shock Syndrome, Skin Source
• Toxin Induced Hepatitis
• Toxoplasma gondii
• Toxoplasmosis
• TP
• Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management
• Tracheal Intubation in Acute Procedures
• Tracheotomy
• Tracheostomy
• Tranquilizers
• Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
• Transcatheter Embolization
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Transcutaneous CO2 Analysis
• Trans-esophageal Doppler
• Transfer Agreement
• Transfer Area Coefficient (KoA)
• Transfer from Intensive Care Unit
• Transfer of Care
• Transfer of Patients to Other Ward Areas
• Transfer to Other Ward Areas
• Transferring Injured or Critically Ill Patients
• Transfers
• Transitions of Care
• Translational Spine Injuries
• Transpulmonary Pressure
• Transpulmonary Thermodilution (TTD)
• Transpulmonary Thermodilution Technique
• Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS)
• Trauma Care Systems
• Trauma Center
• Trauma Criteria
• Trauma in Extremes of Age
• Trauma in Our Elders
• Trauma Laparotomy
• Trauma Registry
• Trauma Resuscitation
• Trauma System
• Trauma Systems
• Traumatic Amputation
• Traumatic Asphyxia
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury, Initial Management
• Traumatic Brain Injury-Fluid Management
• Traumatic Lateral Scapular Displacement
• Traumatic Spine Dislocation/Fracture-Dislocation
• Traumatic Spondylolisthesis
• Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of C2
• Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis
• Traumatic Spondyloptosis
• Treatment of Sepsis
• Triage
• Triage – Mass-Casualty Prehospital
• Triage Guidelines
• Tricuspid Valve Diseases
• Trigger
• Triple-A
• True Jellyfish
• TTE
• Tube Feeding
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Tubo-ovarian Abscess
• Tubular Enzymuria
• Tubular Injury
• Tubular Necrosis
• Tubuloglomerular Feedback
• Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis
• Tularemia
• Tunneling
• Tylenol
• Tympanic Membrane Barotrauma
• Typhoidal Tularemia
• Typical or Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
• U
• Ulceroglandular Tularemia
• Ultrafiltration
• Ultrasonography
• Ultrasound: Uses in ICU
• Ultrasound-Guided Central Line
• Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Catheterization
• Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
• Uncalibrated Pulse Wave Analysis
• Uncomplicated Parapneumonic Effusions
• Unconsciousness
• Undermining
• Undulant Fever
• Unfractionated Heparin
• Unstable Angina (UA)
• Upper and Lower Extremity Doppler
• Upper and Lower Extremity Duplex Ultrasonography
• Upper Tract Infection
• Uremic Bleeding
• Uremic Coagulopathy
• Urgent Thoracotomy
• Urinalysis
• Urinary Biochemistry
• Urinary Catheter Sepsis
• Urinary Electrolyte
• Urinary Sodium and Potassium
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Urine Electrolytes
• Urine Electrolytes and Acid Base
• Urine Extravasation
• Urine Leak
• Urine Macroscopy
• Urine Microscopy
• Urine Output
• Urine Sediment
• Urinoma
• Urosepsis
• Urosepsis, Empiric Management
• Usage of Central Venous Catheter Port
• V
• Vacuum-Assisted Closure
• Valley Fever
• VAP
• Varices
• Variola Virus
• Vascular Access for RRT
• Vascular Catheter Infection
• Vascular Contusion and Hematoma
• Vascular Injury
• Vascular Injury, Classification
• Vascular Laceration
• Vascular Perforation of the Gut
• Vascular Trauma
• Vascular, Interposition Grafts
• Vascular, Intimal Flap
• Vascular, Spasm
• Vascular, True Aneurysms
• Vasoactive Drugs
• Vasoactive Therapy
• Vasoconstrictor Therapy
• Vasoconstrictors
• Vasodilator Therapies
• Vasopressin
• Vasopressin Analogues
• Vasopressor Drugs in Acute Kidney Injury
• Vasopressor Therapy
• Vasopressors
• Vasoreactivity Test [4]
• VAT
• Vegetative State
• Venezuelan Hemorrhagic Fever
• Venous Oximetry
• Venous Oxygen Saturation, Central and Mixed
• Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia
• Ventilator Associated
• Ventilator Circuits
• Ventilator Hose
• Ventilator Support
• Ventilator Tubing
• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Ventilator-Induced Kidney Injury (VIKI)
• Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Ventricular Assist Device
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
• Ventricular Catheter
• Ventricular Catheter or Ventriculostomy-Related/Associated Infection
• Ventricular Dysfunction and Failure
• Ventricular Dysrhythmias
• Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure (EDP)
• Ventricular End Diastolic Volume (EDV)
• Ventricular Fibrillation
• Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia
• Ventricular Tachycardia
• Ventricular-Assist Devices
• Ventriculostomy
• Venules
• Verified Trauma Center
• VerifyNowTM Analyzer
• Videoendoscopy
• Vigileo/FloTrac
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
• Viral Infection, Severe: Overview
• Viral Meningitis
• Viral Respiratory Illness
• Virus Disease
• Visceral Artery Aneurysm
• Vital Signs
• Vitamin K Antagonists
• Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channels (L-type)
• Volume Challenge
• Volume Excess
• Volume Overload in Children
• Volume Responsive Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
• Volume Responsiveness
• W
• Waki TO
• Warfarin
• Weakness, Post ICU
• Weaning
• Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
• Weaning Parameter
• Wegener's Granulomatosis
• White Lung
• Whole Bowel Irrigation
• Whole Bowel Irrigation (WBI)
• Widened Mediastinum
• Woolsorter's Disease
• Woolsorter's Pneumonia
• Wound Dressing
• Y
• Yellow Fever
• Yersinia pestis
• Z
• Zeolites
• Zymogen