Main description:

Critical care helps people with life-threatening injuries and illnesses. It might treat problems such as complications from surgery, accidents, infections, and severe breathing problems, and involves close, constant attention by a team of specially-trained health care providers. Critical care usually takes place in an intensive care unit (ICU) or trauma centre (MedlinePlus).

The new edition of this book presents the latest advances in the provision of critical care.

Beginning with an introduction to intensive care, resuscitation, monitoring procedures and imaging, the following sections discuss critical care for clinical shock syndromes, and for cardiovascular problems.

The fourth edition has been fully revised and new topics added, bringing clinicians and trainees up to date with recent technologies and techniques in their field.

Images, diagrams and tables further enhance the comprehensive text.

The previous edition (9789351522355) published in 2014.

Contents:

Section 1. An Introduction to Critical Care

Section 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cerebral Preservation in Adults

Section 3. Basic Cardiorespiratory Physiology in the Intensive Care Unit

Section 4. Procedures and Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit

Section 5. Imaging in the Critical Care Unit

Section 6. Clinical Shock Syndromes

Section 7. Cardiovascular Problems Requiring Critical Care

Section 8. Respiratory Problems Requiring Critical Care

Section 9. Mechanical Ventilation in the Critically Ill

Section 10. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances in the Critically Ill

Section 11. Acid-Base Disturbances in the Critically Ill

Section 12. Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Adult

Section 13. Fever and Acute Infections in a Critical Care Setting

Section 14. Surgical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

Section 15. Organ System Dysfunction Requiring Critical Care

Section 16. Critical Care after Open Heart Surgery

Section 17. The Immunocompromised Patient

Section 18. Physical Injuries Requiring Critical Care

Section 19. Critical Care of the Cancer Patient

Section 20. Control of Pain and Anxiety and the Use of Muscle Relaxants in the Critically Ill Patient

Section 21. Critical Care of the Transplant Patient

Section 22. Critical Care in Pregnancy

Section 23. End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit