Chapter 1 Design and organization of intensive care units
Chapter 2 Outreach
Chapter 3 Severity of Illness and Likely Outcome from Critical Illness
Chapter 4 Transport of the Critically Ill
Chapter 5 Physiotherapy in Intensive Care
Chapter 6 Critical Care Nursing
Chapter 7 Ethics in Intensive Care
Chapter 8 Common problems after ICU
Chapter 9 Clinical Information Systems
Chapter 10 Clinical Trials in Critical Care
Chapter 11 Overview of Shock
Chapter 12 Haemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter 13 Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Chapter 14 Monitoring Oxygenation
Chapter 15 Lactic Acidosis
Chapter 16 Cardiovascular disease
Chapter 17 Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chapter 18 Management of cardiac arrhythmias
Chapter 19 Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Chapter 20 Acute Heart Failure
Chapter 21 Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 22 Postoperative Cardiac Intensive Care
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Chapter 23 Echocardiography in Intensive Care
Chapter 24 Oxygen Therapy
Chapter 25 Airway Management and Acute Upper Airway Obstruction
Chapter 26 Acute Respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 27 Mechanical Ventilatio
Chapter 28 Humidification and Inhalation Therapy
Chapter 29 The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Chapter 30 Pulmonary Embolism
Chapter 31 Severe Acute Asthma
Chapter 32 Peumonia
Chapter 33 Non-Invasive Ventilation
Chapter 34 Respiratory Monitoring
Chapter 35 Imaging the Chest
Chapter 36 Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Chapter 37 Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Chapter 38 Hepatic Failure
Chapter 39 Abdominal Surgical Catastrophes
Chapter 40 Acute Renal Failure
Chapter 41 Renal Replacement Therapy
Chapter 42 Disorders of Consciousness
Chzpter 43 Status Epilecticus
Chapter 44. Acute Cerebrovascular Complications
Chapter 45 Cerebral Protection
Chapter 46 Brain Death
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Chapter 47. Meningitis and Encephalomyelitis
Chapter 48 Tetanus
Chapter 49 Neuromuscular disorders in intensive care
Chapter 50 Diabetic Emergencies
Chapter 51 Diabetes Insipidus and Other Polyuric Syndromes
Chapter 52 Thyroid Emergencies
Chapter 53 Adrenocortical Insufficiency in Critical Illness
Chapter 54 Acute Calcium Disorders
Chapter 55 Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
Chapter 56 General obstetric emergencies in the ICU
Chapter 57 Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy
Chapter 58 Anaphylaxis
Chapter 59 Host defence mechanisms and immunodeficiency disorders
Chapter 60 HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Chapter 61 Severe Sepsis
Chapter 62 Nosocomial Infection
Chapter 63. Severe Soft-Tissue Infections
Chapter 64 Principles of Antibiotic Use
Chapter 65 Tropical Diseases
Chapter 66 Severe and Multiple Trauma
Chapter 67 Severe Head Injuries
Chapter 68 Maxillofacial and Upper Airway Injuries
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Chapter 69 Chest Injuries
Chapter 70 Spinal Injuries
Chapter 71 Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Chapter 72 Near Drowning
Chapter 73 Burns
Chapter 74 Thermal disorders
Chapter 75 Electrical safety and injuries
Chapter 76 Envenomation
Chapter 77 Blast Injury and Gunshot Wounds:Pathophysiology
Chapter 78 Biochemical Terrorism
Chapter 79 Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Monitoring in Critical Illness
Chapter 80 Management of acute poisoning
Chapter 81 Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit
Chapter 82 Inotropes and Vasopressors
Chapter 83 Vasodilators and Antihypertensives
Chapter 84 Acid-Base Balance and Disorders
Chapter 85 Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
Chapter 86 Metabolic response to injury and infection
Chapter 87 Enternal and Parenteral Nutruition
Chapter 88 Blood Transfusion
Chapter 89. Colloids and blood products
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Chapter 90 Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulinimmunomodulatory therapy
Chapter 91 Haemostatic Failure
Chapter 92 Haematological Malignancies
Chapter 93 Organ Donation
Chapter 94 Liver Transplantation
Chapter 95 Heart and Lung Transplantation
Chapter 96 The critically ill child
Chapter 97 Upper Respiratory Tract Obstruction in Children
Chapter 98 Acute Respiratory Failure in Children
Chapter 99 Paediatric Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
Chapter 100 Sedation and Analgesia in Children
Chapter 101 Shock and cardiac disease in children
Chapter 102 Neurological emergencies in children
Chapter 103 Paediatric Trauma
Chapter 104 Equipment for Paediatric Intensive Care
Chapter 105 Paediatric poisoning
Chapter 106 Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
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Design and organisation of intensive care units
Outreach
Severity of illness and likely outcome from critical illness
Transport of the critically ill
Physiotherapy in intensive care
Critical care nursing
Ethics in intensive care
Common problems after ICU
Clinical information systems
Clinical trials in critical care
Shock: an overview
Haemodynamic monitoring
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Monitoring oxygenation
Lactic acidosis
Acute cardiac syndromes, investigations and interventions
Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Management of cardiac arrhythmias
Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators
Acute heart failure
Valvular and congenital heart disease
Intensive care after cardiac surgery
Echocardiography in intensive care
Oxygen therapy
Airway management and acute upper-airway obstruction
Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mechanical ventilation
Humidification and inhalation therapy
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Pulmonary embolism
Acute severe asthma
Pneumonia
Non-invasive ventilation
Respiratory monitoring
Imaging of the chest
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding
Severe acute pancreatitis
Acute liver failure
Abdominal surgical catastrophes
Acute renal failure
Renal replacement therapy
Disorders of consciousness
Status epilepticus
Acute cerebrovascular complications
Cerebral protection
Brain death
Meningitis and encephalomyelitis
Tetanus
Neuromuscular disorders in intensive care
Diabetic emergencies
Diabetic insipidus and other polyuric syndromes
Thyroid emergencies
Adrenocortical insufficiency in critical illness
Acute calcium disorders.
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
General obstetric emergencies in the ICU
Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy
Anaphylaxis
Host defense mechanisms and immunodeficiency disorders
HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Severe sepsis
Nosocomial infection
Severe soft-tissue infections
Principles of antibiotic use
Tropical diseases
Severe and multiple trauma
Severe head injury
Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries
Chest injuries
Spinal injuries
Abdominal and pelvic injuries
Near drowning
Burns
Thermal disorders
Electrical safety and injuries
Envenomation
Blast injury and gunshot wounds: pathophysiology and principles of management
Biochemical terrorism
Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in critical illness
Management of acute poisoning
Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit
Inotropes and vasopressors
Vasodilators and antihypertensives
Acid-base balance disorders
Fluid and electrolyte therapy
Metabolic response to injury and infection
Enteral and parenteral nutrition
Blood transfusion
Colloids and blood products
Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin immunomodulatory therapy
Haemostatic failure
Haematological malignancies
Organ donation
Liver transplantation
Heart and lung transplantation
The critically ill child
Upper respiratory tract obstruction in children
Acute respiratory failure in children
Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy
Sedation and analgesia in children
Shock and cardiac disease in children
Neurological emergencies in children
Paediatric trauma
Equipment for paediatric intensive care
Paediatric poisoning
Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation.