Clinical Intensive Care and Acute Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780521789806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 704 str.

Ken Hillman; Gillian Bishop

Opis

Focusing on areas common to all critically ill patients, including fluid therapy, sedation, shock, infection and other central topics, this reference to basic pathophysiological principles provides an excellent launch pad for a section on individual disease entities. The text is supported by problem-oriented guidelines to help the care provider tackle real-life practical problems. The new edition reflects the challenges of intensive care medicine, relevant to all residents, trainees, nursing staff and paramedics attached to the ICU. First Edition Pb (1996): 0-521-47812-X

Recenzje

'Overall, this book has much to commend it, and tackles the complexity of critical care in a rational and logical way. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who is involved with the critically ill, and should be read often.' Doctors.net

Spis treści

Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; 1. A systematic approach to caring for the seriously ill; 2. Organisation of an Intensive Care Unit; 3. Routine care of the seriously ill; 4. Fluid therapy and electrolytes; 5. Nutrition and metabolism; 6. Acid base balance; 7. Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxants; 8. Shock and anaphylaxis; 9. Multiorgan failure; 10. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 11. Body temperature disorders; 12. Transport of the seriously ill; 13. Infection; 14. Trauma; 15. Poisoning; 16. Acute respiratory failure; 17. Interpretation of the portable chest film; 18. Specific respiratory problems; 19. Ventilatory techniques; 20. Cardiorespiratory monitoring; 21. Acute cardiovascular failure; 22. Specific cardiovascular problems; 23. Acute cranial disasters; 24. Specific intercranial problems; 25. Critical care neurology; 26. Acute renal failure; 27. Critical care gastroenterology; 28. Critical care haematology; 29. Critical care endocrinology; 30. Obstetrics emergencies; 31. Economics, outcome and ethics intensive care; Appendix 1. SI units; Appendix 2. Normal biochemical values; Appendix 3. Normal haematological/clotting values; Appendix 4. Normal urine values; Appendix 5. Normal CSF values; Appendix 6. Respiratory physiology and blood gases; Appendix 7. Cardiorespiratory abbreviations; Appendix 8. Toxicology; Index.