Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine

Reviews the full spectrum of disorders encountered in critical care units, including diagnosis, treatment, data interpretation and organisational issues.

Fang Gao Smith (Edited by), Joyce Yeung (Associate editor)

9780521897747, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 April 2010

408 pages, 91 b/w illus. 105 colour illus.
25.3 x 19.5 x 2.8 cm, 1.2 kg

The critical care unit manages patients with a vast range of disease and injuries affecting every organ system. The unit can initially be a daunting environment, with complex monitoring equipment producing large volumes of clinical data. Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine is a practical, comprehensive, introductory-level text for any clinician in their first few months in the critical care unit. It guides clinicians in both the initial assessment and the clinical management of all CCU patients, demystifying the critical care unit and providing key knowledge in a concise and accessible manner. The full spectrum of disorders likely to be encountered in critical care are discussed, with additional chapters on transfer and admission, imaging in the CCU, structure and organisation of the unit, and ethical and legal issues. Written by Critical Care experts, Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine provides comprehensive, concise and easily accessible information for all trainees.

Foreword
Preface
Part I. Specific Features of Critical Care Medicine: 1. Recognition of critical illness Edwin Mitchell
2. Advanced airway management Isma Quasim
3. Patient admission and discharge Santhana Kannan
4. Transfer of the critically ill Gavin Perkins
5. Scoring systems and outcome Roger Stedman
6. Information management in critical care Roger Stedman
7. Haemodynamics monitoring Anil Kumar and Joyce Yeung
8. Critical care imaging modalities Frances Aitchison
9. Vasoactive drugs Mamta Patel
10. Nutrition Yasser Tolba
11. Pain control Edwin Mitchell
12. Sedation Joyce Yeung
13. Ethics John Bleasdale
14. Organ donation Angeline Simons and Joyce Yeung
Part II. Systemic Disorders and Management: 15. Sepsis Yasser Tolba and David Thickett
16. Multiple organ failure Zahid Khan
17. Immunosuppressed patients Tara Quasim
18. Principles of antibiotics use Edwin Mitchell
19. Fluid and electrolyte disorders Prasad Bheemasenachar
20. Acid–base abnormalities Prasad Bheemasenachar
21. Post-operative critical care Prasad Bheemasenachar
22. Post-resuscitation care Gavin Perkins
Part III. Organ Dysfunction and Management: 23. Bleeding and clotting disorders Nick Murphy
24. Acute coronary syndromes Singh Harjot and Whitehouse Tony
25. Cardiac arrhythmias Khai Ping Ng and George Pulikal
26. Acute heart failure Harjot Singh and Tony Whitehouse
27. Mechanical ventilation Bill Tunnicliffe
28. Failure of ventilation Darshan Pandit and Joyce Yeung
29. Failure of oxygenation Darshan Pandit and Joyce Yeung
30. Respiratory weaning Darshan Pandit
31. Non-invasive ventilation Thickett David
32. Unconventional strategies for respiratory support Bill Tunnicliffe
33. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation Mamta Patel and Richard Skone
34. Severe acute pancreatitis Andrew Burtenshaw and Neil Crooks
35. Poisoning Zahid Khan
36. Liver failure Nick Murphy and Joyce Yeung
37. Acute renal failure Andrew Burtenshaw
38. Renal replacement therapy Andrew Burtenshaw
39. Status epilepticus Joyce Yeung
40. Abnormal levels of consciousness Anil Kumar
41. Meningitis and encephalitis Nick Sherwood
42. Traumatic brain injury Randeep Mullhi and Sandeep Walia
43. Trauma and burns Catherine Snelson
44. Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia John Clift
45. Obstetric emergencies in the ICU John Clift and Elinor Powell
46. Paediatric emergencies Nageena Hussain and Joyce Yeung
Part IV. Examinations: 47. Core areas required for UK/European Diploma examinations Zahid Khan
48. Examples of mock MCQs and viva questions Zahid Khan.

Subject Areas: Intensive care medicine [MMKL], Anaesthetics [MMB]