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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300093903321

Titolo

Uncommon Diseases in the ICU / / edited by Marc Leone, Claude Martin, Jean-Louis Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-04576-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

610

616

616.028

616028

Soggetti

Critical care medicine

Internal medicine

Anesthesiology

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

Internal Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Genetic aspects of uncommon diseases -- Cardiovascular system -- Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy -- Brugada syndrome -- Calcium channel disorders -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Pheochromocytoma -- Infectious diseases -- Lemierre’s syndrome -- Rickettsiosis in ICU -- Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome -- Dengue virus infection -- Cikungunya in ICU -- Respiratory system -- Pulmonary fibrosis -- Nervous system -- Myasthenia in ICU -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- ICU and Parkinson disease -- Internal medicine diseases -- Immunological diseases in ICU -- Metabolic diseases in ICU -- Mitochondrial disease -- Hematological diseases -- Hemolytic anemia -- Retinoic acid syndrome -- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura -- Skin system -- Hereditary angioedema (B. Floccard, B. Allaouchiche) -- Toxic epidermal necrolysis in children -- Renal system -- Gitelman and Bartter syndromes -- Liver system -- Uncommon liver diseases.



Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the practical characteristics of uncommon diseases and presents the most relevant features for the management of intensive care units. It does not aim to provide an exhaustive description of uncommon diseases, focusing instead on the major diseases that intensivists may encounter in their clinical practice. After a brief introduction on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of each disease, the authors emphasize the aspects related to diagnosis and treatment, providing concise and pragmatic guidance for residents and intensivists who care for patients with uncommon diseases. Although by definition uncommon diseases have a low prevalence in the general population, they can affect a large number of patients admitted to intensive care units, as they can often be diagnosed at intensive care units. Indeed, often a complication of the disease is what leads to the patient’s being admitted to an intensive care unit.