Oxford handbook of critical care : [the indispensable guide to critical care medicine ; the first port of call for anyone caring for critically ill patients ; covers the daily management of problems in critical care ; uses a problem-orientated layout for

The fully revised, third edition of this bestselling handbook describes best practice of critical care in a succint, concise, and clinically-oriented 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-centered 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.

Of all the medical specialties, few if any are as exacting and complex as critical care medicine. All members of the multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients require a sound knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, technology and pharmacology. The new edition of this enormously popular Oxford Handbook describes best practice in critical care in a succinct, concise, clinically oriented way. It covers therapeutic and monitoring devices, drugs and fluids, specific organ system disorders and complications, and general management philosophies. Ample space is provided to append to amend sections to suit local protocols and particular practices. The Ixford Handbook of Critical Care will serve consultant, junior doctor, nurse or other paramedical staff as a reference book, aide memoire and handy pocket book providing rationales and solutions to most of the problems encountered.

David J. Dries

This is the first edition of a softcover handbook of critical care. "The authors attempt to summarize current optimal practice of critical care from the standpoint of therapy, monitoring, and treatment of organ system dysfunction. Although much of the text covers topics relative to critical care management, detail that could appropriately be included in a handbook of this type is absent. "The medical student and junior house officer is the optimal audience for this work. Its size allows transport in a lab coat or jacket pocket. The authors are two intensivists from the United Kingdom. "This attractive softcover handbook is divided into approximately 40 chapters according to therapy, monitoring needs, drug management, and common problems of various organ systems. In addition, general chapters on trauma, burns, poisoning, and other metabolic, hematologic, and neurologic disorders and inflammation are also included. Content of each chapter is summarized with pages containing paragraphs or lists of key management principles. References are not given. Figures are black and white and spaced infrequently throughout the text. An index with substantial detail is provided. "The authors provide a handbook of significant scope, but frequently omit the technical details and lists of key variables that increase the value of a fingertip guide to critical care. In addition, structure and direction could be given to these brief presentations based on the experience of the authors. For example, a stepwise approach to common problems such as injury, cardiac dysfunction, or renal failure could be included. In short, the space allowed in this handbook for user notes could be better filled withfacts and algorithms to guide the inexperienced practitioner — the most likely audience for this work.

Content: ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. Critical care organisation and management ; 2. Respiratory therapy techniques ; 3. Cardiovascular therapy techniques ; 4. Renal therapy techniques ; 5. Gastrointestinal therapy techniques ; 6. Nutrition and metabolic therapy ; 7. Wound and pressure area management ; 8. Respiratory monitoring ; 9. Cardiovascular monitoring ; 10. Neurological monitoring ; 11. Laboratory monitoring ; 12. Miscellaneous monitoring ; 13. Fluids ; 14. Respiratory drugs ; 15. Cardiovascular drugs ; 16. Renal drugs ; 17. Gastrointestinal drugs ; 18. Neurological drugs ; 19. Haematological drugs ; 20. Miscellaneous drugs ; 21. Resuscitation ; 22. Respiratory disorders ; 23. Cardiovascular disorders ; 24. Renal disorders ; 25. Gastrointestinal disorders ; 26. Hepatic disorders ; 27. Neurological disorders ; 28. Haematological disorders ; 29. Metabolic disorders ; 30. Poisoning ; 31. Infection and inflammation ; 32. Trauma and burns ; 33. Physical disorders ; 34. Pain and post-operative critical care ; 35. Oncological critical care ; 36. Obstetric emergencies ; 37. Transport of the critically ill ; 38. Death and the dying patient The fully revised, third edition of this bestselling 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. Patient-centred and practical, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care third edition serves the consultant, trainee, nurse, and other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir. This is the indispensable Oxford Handbook for all those working within critical care.