Full Description
The fully revised, fourth edition of this bestselling Oxford Handbook describes best practice of critical care in a succinct, concise and clinically-orientated way. Covering the principles of general management, it includes therapeutic and monitoring devices, specific disorders of organ systems, as well as detailed information on drugs and fluids. New material has been added on key areas such as airway maintenance, dressing techniques, infection control, echocardiography, tissue perfusion monitoring, coma and more. With up-to-date references and invaluable clinical advice, there is also plenty of space to add notes or amend sections to suit local protocols.
Patient-centred and practical, it will serve the consultant, trainee, nurse, or other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir. This is the indispensable Oxford Handbook for all those working within critical care.
Contents
1: Organisation & management 2: Critical care scoring systems 3: Respiratory therapy techniques 4: Cardiovascular therapy techniques 5: Renal & blood therapy techniques 6: Gastrointestinal therapy techniques 7: Nutrition 8: Wound and pressure area management 9: Respiratory monitoring 10: Cardiovascular monitoring 11: Neurological monitoring 12: Laboratory & point of care monitoring 13: Fluids 14: Respiratory drugs 15: Cardiovascular drugs 16: Gastrointestinal drugs 17: Neurological drugs 18: Haematological drugs 19: Antimicrobial drugs 20: Immunological drugs 21: Resuscitation 22: Respiratory disorders 23: Cardiovascular disorders 24: Renal disorders 25: Gastrointestinal disorders 26: Hepatopancreatobiliary disorders 27: Neurological disorders 28: Haematological disorders 29: Metabolic and endocrine disorders 30: Poisoning 31: Infection, sepsis & inflammation 32: Trauma and burns 33: Disorders of temperature 34: Pain & peri-operative critical care 35: Oncological critical care 36: Obstetric emergencies 37: Transport of the critically ill 38: End of life care
