Sect. I. Basic Principles -- 1. Cardiac function, monitoring and oxygen transport / I. McConachie -- 2. Shock / I. McConachie -- 3. Oxygen therapy / D. Kelly -- 4. Fluid therapy in ICU / I. McConachie -- 5. Nutrition / I. McConachie -- 6. Mechanical ventilation / I. McConachie -- 7. Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies / P. Nightingale -- 8. Inotropes and vasopressors / I. McConachie -- 9. Antibiotics and infection control / N. Randall -- 10. Sedation and analgesia / I. McConachie -- 11. Transport of critically ill patients / I. McConachie -- Sect. II. Specific Problems -- 12. The surgical patient in the ICU / I. McConachie -- 13. The patient with multiple injuries / I. McConachie -- 14. The patient with cardiac dysfunction / D. Roberts -- 15. The patient with sepsis / I. McConachie -- 16. Acute renal failure / R. Kishen -- 17. Acute respiratory distress syndrome / C. Clarke -- 18. The patient with gastrointestinal problems / I. McConachie -- 19. The comatose patient / I. McConachie -- 20. The critically ill asthmatic / S.G. Brear -- 21. The critically ill diabetic / I. McConachie
