Resuscitation

1. Post-Resuscitation Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Effectiveness of Hypothermia in Human Cardiac Arrest and Update on the Target Temperature Management-Trial

      • Tommaso Pellis, Filippo Sanfilippo, Andrea Roncarati, Vincenzo Mione

      Pages 169-177

   3. New Strategies to Improve Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

      • Matthias Derwall, Anne Brücken, Michael Fries

      Pages 179-188

   4. New Methods to Induce Localized Brain and General Hypothermia

      • Guy H. Fontaine, Frédéric Lapostolle, Jean-Philippe Didon, Johann-Jakob Schmid, Xavier Jouven, Juan-Carlos Chachques

      Pages 189-199

   5. Predicting Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

      • Stefan Braunecker, Bernd W. Böttiger

      Pages 201-207

2. Combining Physiology, Clinical Outcome, and Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209

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   2. Circulating Cardiac Biomarkers and Outcome

      • Roberto Latini, Serge Masson

      Pages 211-217

   3. Circulatory Shock: Definition, Assessment, and Management

      • Jean-Louis Vincent

      Pages 219-227

   4. Resuscitation and Ethics: How to Deal with the “Do not Resuscitate Order”?

      • Cristina Santonocito, Filippo Sanfilippo, Giuseppe Ristagno, Antonino Gullo

      Pages 229-234

   5. Translational Research: An Ongoing Challenge in Cardiac Arrest

      • Antonino Gullo

      Pages 235-250

3. Back Matter

   Pages 251-254

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Resuscitation is a two-stage process comprising the achievement/maintenance of spontaneous circulation and post-resuscitation management. The approach is complex and multifaceted and entails the integration of new physiological insights, pharmacological options, and technological advances. The purpose of this volume, written by top experts in the field, is to promote, share, and disseminate new advances in resuscitation and post-resuscitation care. The issues addressed are wide ranging and of great topical interest or controversy. They include priorities of intervention, quality of resuscitation, use of mechanical supports, new defibrillation strategies, prevention of organ damage, strategies in cases of sudden cardiac death, new pharmacological treatments, and post-resuscitation care, including temperature management and prediction and improvement of outcome after cardiac arrest. Particular attention is devoted to up-to-date evidence from the most recent experimental and clinical trials on resuscitation science and to gold standard evidence-based resuscitation and post-resuscitation treatments and interventions. In addition, organizational models and integrated care systems for trauma are considered, and critical care education and the process of guideline development are reviewed.

• cardiac arrest
• cerebral resuscitation
• evidence-based medicine
• guidelines
• resuscitation signs
• sudden cardiac death

From the reviews:

“This is the first edition of a hardbound review of recent resuscitation research emphasizing management of cardiopulmonary arrest. … Practitioners at all levels are an appropriate audience for this work … . Chapters are clearly written and use texture of type to define major subheadings. … Each chapter includes an excellent reference list with citations from primarily literature dating to within one year of publication.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2014)

• UCO di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy

  Antonino Gullo

• Dept. Cardiovascular research, Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy

  Giuseppe Ristagno

Policies and ethics