Handbook of ICU Therapy

This popular handbook provides a practical guide to managing common and important problems in the critically ill patient, as well as sufficient background information to enable understanding of the principles and rationale behind the therapy without overloading the reader with detailed basic science. Fully updated throughout, this third edition of Handbook of ICU Therapy includes new chapters on coagulation problems in the critically ill, airway management, electrolyte and metabolic acid/base problems, optimizing antimicrobial therapy, chronic critical illness, recognizing and responding to the deteriorating patient, ICU rehabilitation, palliative care, neurotrauma, the comatose patient, the obstetric patient, endocrine problems, and care of organ donors. Authored by senior clinicians from both sides of the Atlantic, chapters retain the easy-to-read format of previous editions. Aimed particularly at residents and trainees starting out in the ICU or preparing for postgraduate examinations, this handbook also serves as a valuable refresher for established intensivists, anesthesiologists and surgeons. Review of previous edition: '... the book focuses on the current state of evidence-based practice ... provides a practical, concise reference for the trainee in critical care medicine.' Anesthesia and Analgesia Review of previous edition: '... the book provides a broad discussion of the basics of ICU care, including excellent review chapters ... Its most distinguishing features are detailed chapters about specific patient populations encountered in the ICU ... it fills a niche for readers who do not want to delve into a full textbook of critical care but prefer more detail than the average ready reference.' Respiratory CarePreface; Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Oxygen delivery, cardiac function and monitoring Lois Champion; 2. Shock Philip Jones; 3. Oxygen therapy Ahmed F. Hegazy and Ian McConachie; 4. Central venous access Ken Blonde and Robert Arntfield; 5. Fluid therapy in ICU Janet Martin, John Fuller and Ian McConachie; 6. Anemia and blood transfusion Shane W. English and Lauralyn McIntyre; 7. Coagulation problems in the critically ill Alejandro Lazo-Langner; 8. Airway management in critically ill patients Titus C Yeung and Donald E. G. Griesdale; 9. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation Mark Soth and Thomas Piraino; 10. Nutrition Ilya Kagan and Pierre Singer; 11. Electrolyte and metabolic acid/base problems Harneet Kaur and Clay A. Block; 12. Principles of IPPV and care of the ventilated patient Mohit Bhutani and Ian McConachie; 13. Modes of ventilation and ventilator strategies Tania Ligori; 14. Discontinuing mechanical ventilation Ron Butler; 15. Vasoactive drugs Daniel H. Ovakim; 16. Optimizing antimicrobial therapy in the ICU Anand Kumar; 17. Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular block Brian Pollard; 18. Continuous renal replacement therapy A. Ebersohn and Rudi Brits; 19. Chronic critical illness David Leasa; 20. Recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient Rebecca P. Winsett, John Kellett and Christian P. Subbe; 21. ICU rehabilitation Linda Denehy and Sue Berney; 22. Palliative care, withholding and withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit Lois Champion and Valerie Schulz; Part II. Specific Problems: 23. The injured patient in the ICU Neil Parry and W. Robert Leeper; 24. Neurotrauma Ari Ercole, Jessie R. Welbourne and Arun K. Gupta; 25. Acute coronary syndromes Kala Kathirgamanathan and Jaffer Syed; 26. Heart failure Christopher W. White, Darren H. Freed, Shelley R. Zieroth and Rohit K. Singal; 27. Arrythmias Umjeet Singh Jolly and Jamie Manlucu; 28. The patient with sepsis Jennifer Vergel Del Dios, Tom Varughese and Ravi Taneja; 29. Acute kidney injury R. T. Noel Gibney; 30. Acute lung injury and ARDS Raj Nichani, M. J. Naisbitt and Chris Clarke; 31. The patient with gastrointestinal problems Tina Mele; 32. The comatose patient: neurological aspects G. Bryan Young; 33. The obstetric patient in the ICU Carlos Kidel and Alan McGlennan; 34. The critically ill asthmatic Ian M. Ball; 35. Endocrine problems in critical illness Wael Haddara; 36. The cardiac surgery patient in the ICU Jeff Granton; 37. Care of the organ donor Mowaffaq Almikhlafi and Michael D. Sharpe; 38. The patient with cardiac arrest Osama Almuslim; Index.