ABC of Intensive Care

Nimmo, Graham R. / Singer, Mervyn (Herausgeber)

ABC Series

2. Auflage September 2011
88 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-7803-7

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, and covers the core knowledge and principles of IC patient management. It follows new guidance on end of life care, brain stem death and organ donation, with colour images throughout and includes the basics of physiology and 'best practice' management in the ICU and chapters on haematological support and imaging. Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society.

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This new and updated edition is a practical guide to intensive care for the non-specialist, providing the core knowledge and principles of intensive care patient management.

From general principles through to critical care outreach and end of life care, it covers best practice management in the intensive care unit. It includes the key organ system support as well as monitoring, sepsis, brain-stem death, and nutrition in intensive care. There is also full coverage of organ donation.

This invaluable resource is highly illustrated in colour throughout with new images, references to key evidence, and further reading and resources in each chapter. It is ideal for junior doctors, medical students and specialist nurses working in an acute hospital setting and the ICU and neonatal ICU, and for anyone involved in the management and care of intensive care patients.

Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society (UK) and the Scottish Intensive Care Society.

Contributors, vii

Preface, ix

Foreword, xi

1 General Principles of Intensive Care Management, 1
Anna Batchelor and Peter Nightingale

2 Communication and Decision-Making in Intensive Care, 4
Martin Hughes and Graham R. Nimmo

3 Monitoring, 8
James Haslam, Jonathan Ball, Andy Rhodes and Peter MacNaughton

4 Sedation, 12
Tim Walsh

5 Pathophysiology of Organ Failure, 18
Charles Hinds and Mervyn Singer

6 Severe Sepsis, 24
Michael Gillies and Duncan Wyncoll

7 Respiratory Support, 29
Simon Baudouin and Timothy W. Evans

8 Cardiovascular Support, 35
Neil Soni and David Watson

9 Renal Failure, 41
Liam Plant and Alasdair Short

10 Neurological Support, 46
Peter J. D. Andrews

11 Liver Support, 51
Julia Wendon and Chris Holland

12 Gastrointestinal Support, 56
Saif Al Musa and Tony M. Rahman

13 Nutrition in the ICU, 62
Marcia McDougall

14 Critical Care Outreach, 66
Mandy Odell and Sheila Adam

15 End-of-Life Care, 71
Ben Shippey and Bob Winter

Index, 74

"This is clearly an update from the first edition. With its effective writing style, this book provides readers a workable introduction in a brief amount of time." (Doody's, 23 March 2012) "This is an informative book especially for medical students and graduates, younger doctors and specialist nurses working in the intensive care units of medical centers. It provides core knowledge about critical-care patient management. It is a well organized book that makes for easy learning." (Biz India, 3 February 2012)

Graham Nimmo, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK

G. R. Nimmo, Consultant Physician in Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Education, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; M. Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London