Main description:

This new, expanded and thoroughly updated edition of Handbook of ICU Therapy builds on the success of the first edition and continues to provide concise information on a broad spectrum of issues relating to care of the critically ill patient. There are also several new, topical chapters. As with the first edition, it is equally applicable to anaesthetists, intensivists, operating department practitioners and anaesthetic/theatre/recovery nurses, and the heart of the book focuses on providing practical information in a readable and easily accessible format. All of the authors are directly involved in ICU practice and/or research and are familiar with the most recent developments in this fast-moving area of medicine.

Contents:

Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Cardiac function, monitoring, oxygen transport Dr I. McConachie; 2. Shock Dr I. McConachie; 3. Oxygen therapy Dr D. Kelly; 4. Central venous access Dr T. Owen; 5. Fluid therapy in ICU Dr I. McConachie; 6. Anaemia and blood therapy Dr I. McConachie; 7. Nutrition Dr S. Wiggans; 8. Non invasive mechanical ventilation Dr D. Kelly; 9. Principles of IPPV Dr I. McConachie; 10. Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies Dr P. Nightingale; 11. Weaning including tracheostomy Dr J. Cupitt; 12 Vasoactive drugs Dr V. Godbole; 13. Antibiotics and infection control Dr N. Randall; 14. Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular block Dr N Sharma and Dr R. Morgan; 15. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Dr R. Brits; 16. Withholding and withdrawing therapy Dr I. McConachie; Part II. Specific Problems: 17. The surgical patient in the ICU Dr I. McConachie; 18. The patient with multiple injuries Dr J. Costello; 19. Acute Coronary Syndromes Dr R. Beynon and Dr D H Roberts; 20. Heart failure Dr R. Beynon and Dr D. H. Roberts; 21. Arrhythmias Dr S Vaughan; 22. The patient with sepsis Dr R. Markham; 23. Acute renal failure Dr R. Kishen; 24. Acute lung injury and ARDS Dr J. Naisbitt and Dr C. Clarke; 25. The patient with gastrointestinal problems Dr V. Godbole; 26. The comatose patient Dr S. Wiggans; 27. The critically ill asthmatic Dr J. Barker and Dr G. Brear; 28. The critically ill diabetic Dr I. McConachie; 29. The patient after cardiac surgery Mr J. Dunning and Dr C. Harle; 30. The patient with cardiac arrest Dr I McConachie.