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Oh's intensive care manual /

0702030961

9780702030963

b700349

Oh's intensive care manual /

[Book]

edited by Andrew D. Bersten, Neil Soni.

6th ed.

Philadelphia :

Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier,

©2009.

xvi, 1271 pages :

illustrations (some color) ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Design and organisation of intensive care units -- Outreach -- Severity of illness and likely outcome from critical illness -- Transport of the critically ill -- Physiotherapy in intensive care -- Critical care nursing -- Ethics in intensive care -- Common problems after ICU -- Clinical information systems -- Clinical trials in critical care -- Shock: an overview -- Haemodynamic monitoring -- Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Monitoring oxygenation -- Lactic acidosis -- Acute cardiac syndromes, investigations and interventions -- Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Management of cardiac arrhythmias -- Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators -- Acute heart failure -- Valvular and congenital heart disease -- Intensive care after cardiac surgery -- Echocardiography in intensive care -- Oxygen therapy -- Airway management and acute upper-airway obstruction -- Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Mechanical ventilation -- Humidification and inhalation therapy -- The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- Pulmonary embolism -- Acute severe asthma -- Pneumonia -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Respiratory monitoring -- Imaging of the chest -- Acute gastrointestinal bleeding -- Severe acute pancreatitis -- Acute liver failure -- Abdominal surgical catastrophes -- Acute renal failure -- Renal replacement therapy -- Disorders of consciousness -- Status epilepticus -- Acute cerebrovascular complications -- Cerebral protection -- Brain death -- Meningitis and encephalomyelitis -- Tetanus -- Neuromuscular disorders in intensive care -- Diabetic emergencies -- Diabetic insipidus and other polyuric syndromes -- Thyroid emergencies -- Adrenocortical insufficiency in critical illness -- Acute calcium disorders.

Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia -- General obstetric emergencies in the ICU -- Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy -- Anaphylaxis -- Host defense mechanisms and immunodeficiency disorders -- HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Severe sepsis -- Nosocomial infection -- Severe soft-tissue infections -- Principles of antibiotic use -- Tropical diseases -- Severe and multiple trauma -- Severe head injury -- Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries -- Chest injuries -- Spinal injuries -- Abdominal and pelvic injuries -- Near drowning -- Burns -- Thermal disorders -- Electrical safety and injuries -- Envenomation -- Blast injury and gunshot wounds: pathophysiology and principles of management -- Biochemical terrorism -- Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in critical illness -- Management of acute poisoning -- Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit -- Inotropes and vasopressors -- Vasodilators and antihypertensives -- Acid-base balance disorders -- Fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Metabolic response to injury and infection -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Blood transfusion -- Colloids and blood products -- Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin immunomodulatory therapy -- Haemostatic failure -- Haematological malignancies -- Organ donation -- Liver transplantation -- Heart and lung transplantation -- The critically ill child -- Upper respiratory tract obstruction in children -- Acute respiratory failure in children -- Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Sedation and analgesia in children -- Shock and cardiac disease in children -- Neurological emergencies in children -- Paediatric trauma -- Equipment for paediatric intensive care -- Paediatric poisoning -- Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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The sixth edition provides practical, concise information on all aspects of intensive care. Written in a clear and accessible style and now for the first time presented in colour throughout, this book enables the user to manage a patient in an ICU setting effectively without recourse to large text/reference works or specialized monographs. This thoroughly revised and updated edition reflects the best and most current practice from leading centres in Australia, the UK and Western Europe. Information on management and treatment of conditions is balanced by pathophysiological and pharmacological background. This is not just a "cook book" of procedures. It provides all of the essential information for candidates wishing to pass professional examinations. Addition of colour throughout to highlight summary boxes, tables, charts and flow diagrams. Will make key information more accessible, easier and faster to retrieve. Pitfalls in treatment and management emphasized in each chapter. Providers the user with expert advice on practical issues that will be encountered on a day-to-day basis in the ICU. Keeps the user abreast of the latest developments in diagnosis and management.

Intensive care manual

Critical care medicine.

Critical Care.

Intensive Care Units.

Critical care medicine.

Bersten, Andrew D.

Oh, T. E.

Soni, Neil.

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