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Principles of Antibiotic Prescription in Intensive Care Unit Patients and Patients With Acute Renal Failure

Objectives This chapter will: 1. Review basic principles of antibiotic prescribing. 2. Discuss the implications of the emergence of multi–drug-resistant organisms. 3. Review the mechanisms for antibiotic resistance. Intensive care units (ICUs) are unique because they provide confined accommodations for…

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation

Specialty and category within specialty Critical care medicine Mechanical support for refractory respiratory and cardiac failure Before procedure Indications Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Acute severe respiratory failure with high mortality risk, reversible and nonresponsive to optimal conventional therapy. ECMO…