Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sect. I. Basic Principles
  • 1. Cardiac function, monitoring and oxygen transport / I. McConachie
  • 2. Shock / I. McConachie
  • 3. Oxygen therapy / D. Kelly
  • 4. Fluid therapy in ICU / I. McConachie
  • 5. Nutrition / I. McConachie
  • 6. Mechanical ventilation / I. McConachie
  • 7. Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies / P. Nightingale
  • 8. Inotropes and vasopressors / I. McConachie
  • 9. Antibiotics and infection control / N. Randall
  • 10. Sedation and analgesia / I. McConachie
  • 11. Transport of critically ill patients / I. McConachie
  • Sect. II. Specific Problems
  • 12. The surgical patient in the ICU / I. McConachie
  • 13. The patient with multiple injuries / I. McConachie
  • 14. The patient with cardiac dysfunction / D. Roberts
  • 15. The patient with sepsis / I. McConachie
  • 16. Acute renal failure / R. Kishen
  • 17. Acute respiratory distress syndrome / C. Clarke
  • 18. The patient with gastrointestinal problems / I. McConachie
  • 19. The comatose patient / I. McConachie
  • 20. The critically ill asthmatic / S.G. Brear
  • 21. The critically ill diabetic / I. McConachie.