ABC of intensive care
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ABC of intensive care
(ABC series)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
2nd ed. / edited by Graham Nimmo, Mervyn Singer
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, providing the core knowledge and principles of intensive care patient management. From general principles through to critical care outreach and end of life care, it covers best practice management in the intensive care unit. It includes the key organ system support as well as monitoring, sepsis, brain-stem death, and nutrition in intensive care. There is also full coverage of organ donation.
This invaluable resource is highly illustrated in colour throughout with new images, references to key evidence, and further reading and resources in each chapter. It is ideal for junior doctors, medical students and specialist nurses working in an acute hospital setting and the ICU and neonatal ICU, and for anyone involved in the management and care of intensive care patients.
Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society (UK) and the Scottish Intensive Care Society.
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Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
Foreword xi
1 General Principles of Intensive Care Management 1
Anna Batchelor and Peter Nightingale
2 Communication and Decision-Making in Intensive Care 4
Martin Hughes and Graham R. Nimmo
3 Monitoring 8
James Haslam, Jonathan Ball, Andy Rhodes and Peter MacNaughton
4 Sedation 12
Tim Walsh
5 Pathophysiology of Organ Failure 18
Charles Hinds and Mervyn Singer
6 Severe Sepsis 24
Michael Gillies and Duncan Wyncoll
7 Respiratory Support 29
Simon Baudouin and Timothy W. Evans
8 Cardiovascular Support 35
Neil Soni and David Watson
9 Renal Failure 41
Liam Plant and Alasdair Short
10 Neurological Support 46
Peter J. D. Andrews
11 Liver Support 51
Julia Wendon and Chris Holland
12 Gastrointestinal Support 56
Saif Al Musa and Tony M. Rahman
13 Nutrition in the ICU 62
Marcia McDougall
14 Critical Care Outreach 66
Mandy Odell and Sheila Adam
15 End-of-Life Care 71
Ben Shippey and Bob Winter
Index 74
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