Anotace
Topics for semminars:
1. Introduction to intensive care. ABCDE approach to acutely deteriorating patients. Crisis recource management (CRM), communication and teamwork in a crisis. Early warning systems and indication of admission to critical care - basic ethical considerations.
2. Respiratory failure: Etiology, diagnostic approach, oxygen therapy, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, ECMO. Case report.
3. Shock: definition, practical approach to diagnosis of shock. Case report. Monitoring of circulation. Pharmacotherapy of shock. Manipulation of intravascular volume.
4. Sepsis and septic shock. 3 pillars of treatment, qSOFA. Organ dysfunctions, incl. coagulopathy. Case report.
5. Neurointensive care. Physiology of brain perfusion - autoregulation of cerebral blood flow. Brain swelling and oedema, secondary brain injury. ICP monitoring antd treatment of intracranial hypertension. Traumatic and non-traumatic intracranial catastrophes incl. differencial diagnosis of unconsciousness.