Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

The thoroughly revised second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely the book takes a problem-orientated approach providing a reference source for clinical issues experienced every day in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care provides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients. This print edition of The Oxford Textbook of Critical Care comes with a year's access to the online version on Oxford Medicine Online. By activating your unique access code, you can read and annotate the full text online, follow links from the references to primary research materials, and view, enlarge and download all the figures and tables.PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: COMMUNICATION ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: TRAINING ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: SAFETY AND QUALITY ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: GOVERNANCE ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: MEDICO-LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: CRITICAL ILLNESS RISK PREDICTION ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: RESPIRATORY DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: HORMONAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: HEMATOLOGICAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: ANTIMICROBIAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: FLUIDS AND DIURETICS ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: CIRCULATORY MANAGEMENT ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: FLUID MANAGEMENT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: RESPIRATORY MONITORING ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: AIRWAY ACCESS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: VENTILATORY SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: WEANING VENTILATORY SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: EXTRACORPOREAL SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ASPIRATION AND INHALATION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: AIRFLOW LIMITATION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PNEUMONIA ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ATELECTASIS AND SPUTUM RETENTION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PLEURAL CAVITY PROBLEMS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: HEMOPTYSIS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: ACUTE CHEST PAIN AND CORONARY SYNDROMES ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: AORTIC DISSECTION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: THE HYPOTENSIVE PATIENT ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: CARDIAC FAILURE ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: TACHYARRHYTHMIAS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: BRADYARRHYTHMIAS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: VALVULAR PROBLEMS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: ENDOCARDITIS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: SEVERE HYPERTENSION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: SEVERE CAPILLARY LEAK ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PULMONARY EMBOLUS ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: GASTROINTESTINAL MONITORING ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM:DISORDERED GASTRIC MOTILITY ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: THE ACUTE ABDOMEN IN THE ICU ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: PANCREATITIS ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: JAUNDICE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: ACUTE HEPATIC FAILURE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: ACUTE ON CHRONIC HEPATIC FAILURE ; PART 7 NUTRITION: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 7 NUTRITION: NUTRITIONAL FAILURE ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: RENAL MONITORING AND RISK PREDICTION ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: OLIGURIA AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: RENAL REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: ESTABLISHED RENAL FAILURE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM : ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NEUROLOGICAL MONITORING ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:SLEEP DISTURBANCE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: AGITATION, CONFUSION AND DELIRIUM ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: SEIZURES ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: STROKE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NON-TRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NON-TRAUMATIC SPINAL INJURY ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NEUROMUSCULAR SYNDROMES ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: LABORATORY MONITORING ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: HEMATOLOGICAL THERAPIES ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: DISORDERED COAGULATION ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: DISORDERS OF THE BLOOD CELLS ; PART 12: THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE: SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS ; PART 12: THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE: WOUND AND PRESSURE SORE MANAGEMENT ; PART 13: INFECTION: DIAGNOSIS AND SURVEILLANCE ; PART 13: INFECTION: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION ; PART 13: INFECTION: INFECTION IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ; PART 13: INFECTION: TROPICAL DISEASES ; PART 13: INFECTION: SEPSIS ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: ORGAN-SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: HOST RESPONSE ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: ANAPHYLAXIS ; PART 15: POISONING: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ; PART 15: POISONING: MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC POISONS ; PART 16: TRAUMA: MULTIPLE TRAUMA ; PART 16: TRAUMA: BALLISTIC TRAUMA ; PART 16: TRAUMA :TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; PART 16: TRAUMA: SPINAL CORD INJURY ; PART 16: TRAUMA: BURNS ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: DROWNING ; 350. PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: ELECTROCUTION ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: ALTITUDE- AND DEPTH-RELATED DISORDERS ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: RHABDOMYOLYSIS ; PART 18: PAIN AND SEDATION: PAIN ; PART 18: PAIN AND SEDATION: SEDATION ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: OPTIMISATION STRATEGIES FOR THE HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENT ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: GENERAL POST-OPERATIVE INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 20: SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE: SPECIALIZED SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 20: SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE: ONCOLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: IN HOSPITAL RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: COMPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: OUT OF HOSPITAL SUPPORT AFTER CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: WITHDRAWING AND WITHHOLDING TREATMENT ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: MANAGEMENT OF THE POTENTIAL ORGAN DONOR ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: POST-MORTEM DIAGNOSIS