Key Topics in Critical Care, Second Edition

by Craft; T.M.

• ISBN13: 9781859962299
• ISBN10: 1859962297
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-29
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

High quality critical care medicine is a crucial component of advanced health care. Completely revised and updated, Key Topics in Critical Care, Second Edition provides a broad knowledge base in the major areas of critical care, enabling readers to rapidly acquire an understanding of the principles and practice of this area of modern clinical medicine.Expanded to include the latest hot topics, the new edition puts an increased emphasis on recent reviews and contains added references to key landmark papers. Using the trademark Key Topics style, each topic has been written by an expert in the field and includes a succinct overview of the subject with references to current publications for further reading. The book provides a framework for candidates of postgraduate medical examinations such as FRCS, MRCP, and FRCA and a reference that can be consulted in emergency situations.New topics include:Critical illness polyneuromyopathyEnd of life careInotropes and vasopressorsMedical emergency team (outreach critical care)Status epilepticusVenous thromboembolism

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Preface to the first edition	xiii
Preface to the second edition	xiv
Admission and discharge criteria	1	(4)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	5	(4)
Adrenal disease	9	(4)
AIDS	13	(4)
Analgesia in critical care - basic	17	(5)
Analgesia in critical care - advanced	22	(2)
Anaphylaxis	24	(3)
Arterial blood gases - acid-base physiology	27	(4)
Arterial blood gases - analysis	31	(4)
Arterial cannulation	35	(3)
Asthma	38	(3)
Blood and blood products	41	(4)
Blood coagulation	45	(5)
Blood transfusion and complications	50	(5)
Brain death and organ donation	55	(4)
Burns	59	(6)
Calcium, magnesium and phosphate	65	(6)
Cancer patients and critical care	71	(4)
Cardiac arrhythmias	75	(6)
Cardiac chest pain (acute coronary syndromes)	81	(5)
Cardiac failure	86	(5)
Cardiac output - measurement	91	(5)
Cardiac pacing	96	(4)
Cardiac valve disease	100	(4)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	104	(4)
Central venous pressure	108	(3)
Chest tube thoracostomy	111	(3)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	114	(6)
Coma	120	(4)
Critical illness polyneuromyopathy	124	(3)
Death certification	127	(2)
Diabetes mellitus	129	(7)
Drug overdose	136	(7)
End-of-life care	143	(4)
Endocarditis	147	(5)
Epiglottitis	152	(2)
Fibreoptic bronchoscopy	154	(2)
Fluid replacement therapy	156	(5)
Guillain-Barré syndrome	161	(3)
Head injury	164	(6)
Hyperthermia	170	(4)
Hypothermia	174	(4)
Infection control	178	(4)
Infection acquired in hospital (nosocomial)	182	(4)
Inotropes and vasopressors	186	(4)
Liver dysfunction	190	(6)
Medical emergency team (outreach critical care)	196	(2)
Meningitis	198	(3)
Meningococcal sepsis	201	(3)
Myasthenia gravis	204	(3)
Nutrition	207	(3)
Obstetric emergencies - major haemorrhage	210	(4)
Obstetric emergencies - medical	214	(4)
Pancreatitis	218	(5)
Pneumonia - community acquired	223	(4)
Pneumonia - hospital acquired	227	(3)
Post-resuscitation care	230	(3)
Potassium	233	(3)
Psychological aspects of critical care	236	(3)
Pulmonary aspiration	239	(5)
Renal failure - rescue therapy	244	(3)
Renal failure - acute	247	(4)
Renal replacement therapy	251	(3)
Respiratory support - non-invasive techniques	254	(6)
Respiratory support - invasive	260	(6)
Scoring systems	266	(4)
Sedation	270	(4)
Sickle cell disease	274	(2)
SIRS, sepsis and multiple organ failure	276	(5)
Sodium	281	(4)
Spinal injuries	285	(6)
Status epilepticus	291	(4)
Stress ulceration	295	(3)
Stroke	298	(2)
Subarachnoid haemorrhage	300	(4)
Thyroid emergencies	304	(3)
Tracheostomy	307	(4)
Transfer of the critically ill	311	(4)
Trauma - primary survey	315	(3)
Trauma - secondary survey	318	(4)
Trauma - anaesthesia and critical care	322	(3)
Venous thromboembolism	325	(6)
Weaning from ventilation	331	(4)
Index	335