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Part I: Common problems. Sudden deterioration in neurologic status ; Agitation and delirium ; Management of acute pain in the intensive care unit ; Fever and hyperthermia ; Very high systemic arterial blood pressure ; Low systemic arterial blood pressure ; Tachycardia and bradycardia ; Arterial hypoxemia ; Acute respiratory failure ; Hyperbaric oxygen in critical care ; Pulmonary edema ; Pleural effusion in the intensive care unit ; Polyuria ; Oliguria ; Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis ; Hyperkalemia and hypokalemia ; Hyperphosphatemia and hypophosphatemia ; Hypomagnesemia ; Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia ; Disorders of glucose control or blood glucose disorders ; Anemia ; Coagulopathy in the intensive care unit ; Jaundice ; Ascites ; Acute abdominal pain ; Ileus in critical illness ; Diarrhea ; Chest pain ; Biochemical or electrocardiographic evidence of acute myocardial injury

Part II: Common approaches for organ support, diagnosis, and monitoring. Point-of-care ultrasound ; Echocardiography ; Cardiovascular monitoring ; Bedside monitoring of pulmonary function ; Arterial blood gas interpretation ; Tracheal intubation ; Tracheostomy ; Basic principles of mechanical ventilation ; Basic principles of renal replacement therapy ; Target temperature management in critically ill patients ; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (venovenous and venoarterial ECMO) ; Nutritional support

Part III: Central nervous system. Advanced bedside neuromonitoring ; Coma ; Use of brain injury biomarkers in critical care settings ; Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation ; Management of acute ischemic stroke ; Nontraumatic intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage ; Seizures in the critically ill ; Neuromuscular disorders in the critically ill ; Traumatic brain injury ; Spinal cord injury ; Neuroimaging

Part IV: Pulmonary. Core principles of respiratory physiology and pathophysiology in critical illness ; Patient-ventilator interaction ; Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation ; Advanced techniques in mechanical ventilation ; Adjunctive respiratory therapy ; Intensive care unit imaging ; Acute respiratory distress syndrome ; Drowing ; Aspiration pneumonitis and pneumonia ; Severe asthma exacerbation in adults ; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; Pulmonary embolism ; Pneumothorax ; Community-acquired pneumonia ; Nosocomial pneumonia

Part V: Cardiovascular. Core principles of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology in critical illness ; Acute coronary syndromes: therapy ; Ventricular arrhythmias ; Conduction disturbances and cardiac pacemakers ; Myocarditis and acute myopathies ; Pericardial diseases ; Emergency heart valve disorders ; Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure ; Hypertensive crisis: emergency and urgency ; Pathophysiology and classification of shock states ; Resuscitation from circulatory shock ; Inotropic therapy ; Mechanical support in cardiogenic shock

Part VI: Gastrointestinal. Portal hypertension: critical care considerations ; Hepatorenal syndrome ; Hepatopulmonary syndrome ; Hepatic encephalopathy ; Acute liver failure ; Calculous and acalculous cholecystits ; Acute pancreatits ; Abdominal sepsis ; Mechanical bowel obstruction ; Toxic megacolon and Ogilvie's syndrome ; Severe gastrointestinal bleeding

Part VII: Renal. Core principles of renal physiology and pathophysiology in critical illness ; Clinical assessment of renal function ; Biomarkers of acute kidney injury ; Water metabolism ; Advanced techniques in blood purification ; Fluid and volume therapy in the ICU ; Acute kidney injury ; Urinary tract obstruction ; Contrast-induced acute kidney injury ; Glomerulonephritis ; Interstitial nephritis

Part VIII: Infectious diseases. Antimicrobial stewardship ; Prevention and control of nosocomial pneumonia ; Antimicrobial agents with primay activity against gram-negative bacteria ; Antimicrobial agents active against anaerobic bacteria ; Selective decontamination of the digestive tract ; Intravascular catheter-related infections ; Septic shock ; Infections of the urogenital tract ; Central nervous system infections ; Infections of skin, muscle, and necrotizing soft tissue infections ; Head and neck infections ; Infectious endocarditis ; Fungal infections ; Influenza and acute viral syndromes ; Human immunodeficiency virus infections ; Infections in the immunocompromised patient ; Tuberculosis ; Malaria and other tropical infections in the intensive care unit ; Clostridioides difficile infection

Part IX: Hematology. Anemia and RBC transfusion ; Guidelines for blood component therapy ; Venous thromboembolism ; Anticoagulation in the intensive care unit ; Monitoring of coagulation status ; Critical care of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

Part X: Obstetrics. Cardiovascular and endocrinologic changes associated with pregnancy ; Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy ; Acute pulmonary complications during pregnancy ; Postpartum hemorrhage

Part XI: Endocrine. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state ; Adrenal insufficiency ; Thyroid disorders ; Diabetes insipdus

Part XII: Pharmacology and toxicology. General principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics ; Poisoning: overview of approaches for evaluation and treatment

Part XIII: Surgery/trauma. Resuscitation of hypovolemic shock ; Mediastinitis ; Epistaxis ; Management of the postoperative cardiac surgical patient ; Intensive care unit of management of lung transplant patients ; Perioperative management of the liver transplant patient ; Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation: the ultimate treatment for intestinal failure ; Aortic dissection ; Mesentric ischemia ; Abdominal compartment syndrome ; Extremity compartment syndromes ; Thromboembolization and thrombolytic therapy ; Atheroembolization ; Pressure ulcers ; Burns, including inhalation injury ; Thoracic trauma ; Abdominal trauma ; Pelvic fractures and long bone fractures ; Determination of brain death and management of the brain-dead organ donor

Part XIV: Ethical and end-of-life issues. Conversations with families of critically ill patients ; Resource allocation in the intensive care unit ; Basic ethical principles in critical care

Part XV: Organization and management. Building teamwork to improve outcomes ; Severity of illness indices and outcome prediction ; Long-term outcomes of critical illness ; Early ambulation in the ICU ; Mass critical care ; Telemedicine in intensive care ; Teaching critical care.