| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 1451 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1: Organisation aspects. Design and organisation of intensive care units -- Critical care Outreach & rapid response systems -- Severity Scoring and Outcome Prediction -- Transport of the critically ill patients -- Physiotherapy in intensive care -- Critical care nursing -- Ethics -- Common problems after ICU -- Clinical information systems -- Trials -- Palliative care -- ICU and the elderly -- Team based health care delivery -- Genetics and Sepsis -- Part 2: Shock. Overview of shock -- Haemodynamic monitoring -- Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome -- Monitoring oxygenation -- Hyperlactatemia in Critical Illness -- Part 3: Acute coronary care. Acute cardiac investigations and interventions -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (including defibrillation) -- Cardiac arrhythmias (combine with drugs) -- Cardiac pacing -- Acute Heart failure and Pulmonary Hypertension -- Valvular and congenital heart disease and infective endocarditis -- Postoperative cardiac intensive care -- Echocardiography in intensive care -- Part 4: Respiratory failure. Oxygen therapy -- Airway management and acute airway obstruction -- Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Mechanical ventilator support -- Humidifiers and inhalation therapy -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome include fat embolism -- Pulmonary embolism -- Acute severe asthma -- Pneumonia -- Noninvasive ventilation -- Respiratory monitoring -- Chest imaging -- Ultrasound in the ICU -- ECMO -- Part 5: Gastroenterological emergencies. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding -- Acute pancreatitis -- Hepatic failure -- Abdominal Surgical Catastrophes -- Implications of solid tumours for Intensive Care -- Part 6: Acute renal failure. Acute Kidney Injury -- Renal Replacement Therapy -- Part 7: Neurological disorders. Disorders of consciousness -- Status epilepticus -- Acute cerebrovascular complications -- Cerebral protection -- Brain death -- Meningitis and encephalomyelitis -- Tetanus -- Delirium -- ICU acquired weakness -- Neuromuscular disorders -- Part 8: Endocrine disorders. Diabetic emergencies -- Diabetes insipidus and other polyuric syndromes -- Thyroid emergencies -- Adrenocortical insufficiency -- Acute calcium disorders -- Part 9: Obstetric emergencies. Preeclampsia and eclampsia -- Obstetric emergencies -- Severe cardiac disease in pregnancy |
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Part 10: Infections and immune disorders. Anaphylaxis -- Host defence and immunodeficiency -- HIV and AIDS -- Sepsis and Septic shock -- Nosocomial infections -- Severe soft tissue infections -- Fungal infection -- Principles of antibiotic use in the ICU -- Tropical diseases -- Part 11: Severe and multiple trauma. Severe and multiple injuries -- Severe head injuries -- Faciomaxillary and upper airway injuries -- Chest injuries -- Spinal injuries -- Abdominal and pelvic injuries -- Part 12: Environmental injuries. Submersion -- Burns -- Thermal disorders -- Electrical safety and injuries -- Envenomation -- Blast and ballistic trauma -- Bioterrorism -- Part 13: Pharmacologic considerations. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in acute illness -- Poisoning and drug intoxication -- Sedation and pain management in intensive care -- Vasopressors and inotropes -- Vasodilators and antihypertensives -- Part 14: Metabolic homeostasis. Acid-base balance and disorders -- Fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Part 15: Haematological management. Blood transfusion -- Colloids and blood products -- Plasmapheresis, therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy -- Haemostatic failure -- Haematological malignancy -- Part 16: Transplantation. Organ donation -- Liver transplantation -- Heart and lung transplantation -- Part 17: Paediatric intensive care. The critically ill child -- Upper airway obstruction in children -- Acute respiratory failure in children -- Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Sedation and analgesia in children -- Shock and cardiac disease in children -- Neurological emergencies in children -- Paediatric trauma -- Treatment limitation and organ procurement -- Paediatric poisoning and envenomation -- Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| Summary |
"For nearly 40 years, Oh's Intensive Care Manual has been the quick reference of choice for ICU physicians at all levels of experience. The revised 8th edition maintains this tradition of excellence, providing fast access to practical information needed every day in today's intensive care unit. This bestselling manual covers all aspects of intensive care in sufficient detail for daily practice while keeping you up to date with the latest innovations in the field"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Oh's intensive care manual / edited by Andrew D. Bersten, Neil Soni. Seventh edition. 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed October 8, 2018) |
| Subject |
Critical care medicine.
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Intensive care units.
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Critical Care
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Intensive Care Units
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intensive care units.
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Intensive care units
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Critical care medicine
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| Reading List |
HME941 recommended text 2024
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic resource
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bersten, Andrew D., editor.
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Handy, Jonathan M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780702076060 |
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0702076066 |
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9780702076077 |
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0702076074 |
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