Handbook of ICU Therapy

by Edited by Ian McConachie

• ISBN13: 9780521682473
• ISBN10: 0521682479
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-06
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This new, expanded and updated edition of Handbook of ICU Therapy builds on the success of the first edition and continues to provide concise information on a broad spectrum of issues relating to care of the critically ill patient. There are also several new, topical chapters. As with the first edition, it is equally applicable to anaesthetists, intensivists, operating department practitioners and anaesthetic/theatre/recovery nurses, and the heart of the book focuses on providing practical information in a readable and easily accessible format. All of the authors are directly involved in ICU practice and/or research and are familiar with the most recent developments in this fast-moving area of medicine.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Preface	xi
Part I Basic principles	1	(222)
Cardiac function, monitoring, oxygen transport	3	(23)
I. McConachie
Shock	26	(6)
I. McConachie
Oxygen therapy	32	(7)
D. Kelly
Central venous access	39	(13)
T. Owen
Fluid therapy in ICU	52	(12)
I. McConachie
Anaemia and blood transfusion	64	(16)
I. McConachie
Nutrition	80	(13)
S. Wiggans
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation	93	(12)
D. Kelly
Principles of IPPV	105	(17)
I. McConachie
Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies	122	(12)
P. Nightingale
Weaning and tracheostomy	134	(12)
J. Cupitt
Vasoactive drugs	146	(11)
V. Godbole
Infection and infection control	157	(13)
N. Randall
Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade	170	(14)
N. Sharma
R. Morgan
Continuous renal replacement therapy	184	(13)
R. Brits
Withholding and withdrawing therapy in the ICU	197	(26)
I. McConachie
Part II Specific problems	223	(206)
The surgical patient in the ICU	225	(23)
I. McConachie
The trauma patient	248	(22)
J. Costello
Acute coronary syndromes	270	(18)
R. Beynon
D.H. Roberts
Heart failure	288	(9)
R. Beynon
D.H. Roberts
Arrhythmias	297	(12)
S. Vaughan
The patient with sepsis	309	(14)
R. Markham
Acute renal failure in the critically ill	323	(11)
R. Kishen
Acute lung injury and ARDS	334	(14)
J. Naisbitt
C. Clarke
The patient with gastrointestinal problems	348	(17)
V. Godbole
The comatose patient	365	(16)
S. Wiggans
The critically ill asthmatic	381	(11)
J. Barker
G. Brear
The critically ill diabetic	392	(9)
I. McConachie
The cardiac surgical patient in the ICU	401	(15)
J. Dunning
C. Harle
Cardiac arrest	416	(13)
I. McConachie
Index	429