ABC of Intensive Care

This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, providing the core knowledge and principles of intensive care patient management. From general principles through to critical care outreach and end of life care, it covers best practice management in the intensive care unit. It includes the key organ system support as well as monitoring, sepsis, brain-stem death, and nutrition in intensive care. There is also full coverage of organ donation. This invaluable resource is highly illustrated in colour throughout with new images, references to key evidence, and further reading and resources in each chapter. It is ideal for junior doctors, medical students and specialist nurses working in an acute hospital setting and the ICU and neonatal ICU, and for anyone involved in the management and care of intensive care patients. Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society (UK) and the Scottish Intensive Care Society. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from Google Play or the MedHand Store.

This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, providing the core knowledge and principles of intensive care patient management.From general principles through to critical care outreach and end of life care, it covers best practice management in the intensive care unit. It includes the key organ system support as well as monitoring, sepsis, brain-stem death, and nutrition in intensive care. There is also full coverage of organ donation.This invaluable resource is highly illustrated in colour throughout with new images, references to key evidence, and further reading and resources in each chapter. It is ideal for junior doctors, medical students and specialist nurses working in an acute hospital setting and the ICU and neonatal ICU, and for anyone involved in the management and care of intensive care patients.Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society (UK) and the Scottish Intensive Care Society.This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from Google Play or the MedHand Store.

Contributors viiPreface ixForeword xi1 General Principles of Intensive Care Management 1Anna Batchelor and Peter Nightingale2 Communication and Decision-Making in Intensive Care 4Martin Hughes and Graham R. Nimmo3 Monitoring 8James Haslam, Jonathan Ball, Andy Rhodes and Peter MacNaughton4 Sedation 12Tim Walsh5 Pathophysiology of Organ Failure 18Charles Hinds and Mervyn Singer6 Severe Sepsis 24Michael Gillies and Duncan Wyncoll7 Respiratory Support 29Simon Baudouin and Timothy W. Evans8 Cardiovascular Support 35Neil Soni and David Watson9 Renal Failure 41Liam Plant and Alasdair Short10 Neurological Support 46Peter J. D. Andrews11 Liver Support 51Julia Wendon and Chris Holland12 Gastrointestinal Support 56Saif Al Musa and Tony M. Rahman13 Nutrition in the ICU 62Marcia McDougall14 Critical Care Outreach 66Mandy Odell and Sheila Adam15 End-of-Life Care 71Ben Shippey and Bob WinterIndex 74