Critical Care Cases

by Armstrong, R. F.; Salmon, J. B.

• ISBN13: 9780192625830
• ISBN10: 0192625837
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Doctors working for the first time in an intensive care unit are faced with a variety of extremely ill and technically demanding patients. Very often they are exposed to situations for which they have not been properly prepared. Although most disciplines and professional examinations nowdemand some understanding of intensive care, opportunities for learning intensive care medicine are limited, with few courses available. Critical Care Cases presents a cross section of common problems seen in intensive care, presented by experienced teachers working in this field. Each topic beginswith a real life case history, complete with examination findings, biochemistry, and blood gases. The readers are then given the opportunity to consider how they would manage the situation, before turning over to find a full discussion and recommendations from an expert in the field. The book coversall the common intensive care problems, including: respiratory failure, trauma, infection, and neurological disorders, and will provide a stimulating and thought provoking text for anyone preparing to work in intensive care medicine.

Table of Contents

Respiratory

Acute Respiratory failure

Chronic respiratory failure

Asthma

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Ventilator management

Ventilator management 2

Weaning

Trauma

Multiple trauma

Oxygen delivery and trauma

Transportation of the criticlaly ill

Aeromedical evacuation

Electrocution and burns

HypothermiaCarbon monoxide poisoning

The high risk surgical case

Cardiovascular

Hypovolaemia

Myocardial infarction

Aortic dissection

Right ventricular infarction

Endocartitis

Heart block

Infection

Tuberculosis

Human immunodeficiency virus (H.I.V.)

Leptospirosis

Legionnaires' disease

Malaria

Acute pancreatitis

Sepsis

Toxic shock syndrome

Neurological disorder

Head injury

The post-operative neurosurgical case

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Critical care neuropathy

Metabolic

Hyponatraemia

Metabolic acidosis

Metabolic acidosis 2

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Renal, hepatic, endocrine

Rhabdomyolysis

Prevention of acute renal failure (ARF)

Renal failure

Phaecromocytoma

Hepatic failure

Obstetric and paediatrics

Haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP)

Thrombocytopaenia(PET)

Meningococcal sepsis

Croup

Respiratory failure in the infant

Ethics

Withdrawal of treatment

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