ABC of Intensive Care
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ABC of Intensive Care

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ABC of Intensive Care

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This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, providing the core knowledge and principles ofintensive carepatient 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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Publisher
BMJ Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9781444345209
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1: General Principles of Intensive Care Management
  9. Chapter 2: Communication and Decision-Making in Intensive Care
  10. Chapter 3: Monitoring
  11. Chapter 4: Sedation
  12. Chapter 5: Pathophysiology of Organ Failure
  13. Chapter 6: Severe Sepsis
  14. Chapter 7: Respiratory Support
  15. Chapter 8: Cardiovascular Support
  16. Chapter 9: Renal Failure
  17. Chapter 10: Neurological Support
  18. Chapter 11: Liver Support
  19. Chapter 12: Gastrointestinal Support
  20. Chapter 13: Nutrition in the ICU
  21. Chapter 14: Critical Care Outreach
  22. Chapter 15: End-of-Life Care
  23. Index