Copyright Year 2022

ISBN Number 9780323836043

Page Count 240

This item will be released on 06-04-2022

In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Robert M. Kliegman and Brett J. Bordini bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases in Critical Care.

Top experts in the field cover key topics such as critical genetic arrhythmia disorders, uncommon causes of rhabdomyolysis,  status epilepsy syndromes, autoimmune encephalitis, rapid-onset paralysis and weakness, and more.

Key Features

Contains 17 relevant, practice-oriented topics including understanding cognitive diagnostic errors in the ICU; rapid WES/WGS in the ICU; diagnostic time-outs to improve diagnosis; when “sepsis” is not sepsis: MAS, HLH, malignancies and other sepsis mimics; all that wheezes is not asthma or bronchiolitis; and more.

Provides in-depth clinical reviews on undiagnosed and rare diseases in critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases in Critical Care: The Role of Diagnostic Access

Rapid Exome and Genome Sequencing in the Intensive Care Unit

Diagnostic Time-Outs to Improve Diagnosis

Subtypes and Mimics of Sepsis

All that Wheezes is not Asthma or Bronchiolitis

Recognition and Management Considerations of Cardiac Channelopathies in the Intensive Care Unit

Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases in Critical Care: Severe Mucocutaneous Medication Reactions

Uncommon Causes of Rhabdomyolysis

Common Presentations of Rare Drug Reactions and Atypical Presentations of Common Drug Reactions in the Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Acute Liver Failure

Uncommon Causes of Acute Kidney Injury

Zebras Seize the Day: Rare Causes of Status Epilepticus Across the Continuum of Critical Care

Primary Causes of Hypertensive Crisis

Autoimmune Encephalitis: Distinguishing Features and Specific Therapies

Rapid Onset of Neuromuscular Paralysis or Weakness

Uncommon Etiologies of Shock

Genetic Defects that Predispose to Serious Viral Infections

Author Information

Edited by Robert M. Kliegman, MD, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Brett J. Bordini, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI