1. Approach to the Intensive Care Unit --;2. The Basics of Critical Care --;3. Cardiovascular Disorders --;4. Endocrinologic Disorders --;5. Environmental Disorders --;6. Gastrointestinal Disorders --;7. Hematologic Disorders --;8. Infections --;9. Neurologic Disorders --;10. Nutrition --;11. Critical Care Oncology --;12. Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient --;13. Pulmonary Disorders --;14. Renal And Fluid-Electrolyte Disorders --;15. Special Techniques --;16. Toxicology --;17. Trauma --;18. Allergic and Immunologic Emergencies --;19. Pharmacologic Agents Commonly Used in the ICU --;20. Common Laboratory Values in the ICU.
Medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians, critical care nurses, pharmacists, respiratory ther- apists, and other health-care providers (irrespective of their ultimate field of practice) will spend several months or years of their profes- sional lives taking care of critically ill or severely injured patients.