ABSTRACT

Critical care is now a mandatory part of training for surgeons and physicians as well as anaesthetists. It also forms a comprehensive part of postgraduate medical exams such as FRCA and FRCS. Key Topics in Critical Care is written to provide a broad base in the major areas of critical care so that the reader can rapidly acquire an understanding of

chapter |4 pages

Admission and discharge criteria

chapter |4 pages

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

chapter |4 pages

Adrenal disease

chapter |4 pages

AIDS

chapter |5 pages

Analgesia in critical care—basic

chapter |3 pages

Analgesia in critical care—advanced

chapter |4 pages

Anaphylaxis

chapter |5 pages

Arterial blood gases—analysis

chapter |3 pages

Arterial cannulation

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Asthma

chapter |5 pages

Blood and blood products

chapter |6 pages

Blood coagulation

chapter |6 pages

Blood transfusion and complications

chapter |4 pages

Brain death and organ donation

chapter |7 pages

Burns

chapter |7 pages

Calcium, magnesium and phosphate

chapter |5 pages

Cancer patients and critical care

chapter |7 pages

Cardiac arrhythmias

chapter |6 pages

Cardiac failure

chapter |5 pages

Cardiac output—measurement

chapter |4 pages

Cardiac pacing

chapter |4 pages

Cardiac valve disease

chapter |3 pages

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

chapter |3 pages

Central venous pressure

chapter |3 pages

Chest tube thoracostomy

chapter |6 pages

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

chapter |5 pages

Coma

chapter |3 pages

Critical illness polyneuromyopathy

chapter |3 pages

Death certification

chapter |6 pages

Diabetes mellitus

chapter |8 pages

Drug overdose

chapter |4 pages

End-of-life care

chapter |6 pages

Endocarditis

chapter |2 pages

Epiglottitis

chapter |2 pages

Fibreoptic bronchoscopy

chapter |6 pages

Fluid replacement therapy

chapter |3 pages

Guillain-Barré syndrome

chapter |7 pages

Head injury

chapter |4 pages

Hyperthermia

chapter |5 pages

Hypothermia

chapter |4 pages

Infection control

chapter |5 pages

Inotropes and vasopressors

chapter |7 pages

Liver dysfunction

chapter |4 pages

Meningitis

chapter |3 pages

Meningococcal sepsis

chapter |4 pages

Myasthenia gravis

chapter |4 pages

Nutrition

chapter |4 pages

Obstetric emergencies—medical

chapter |5 pages

Pancreatitis

chapter |5 pages

Pneumonia—community acquired

chapter |4 pages

Pneumonia—hospital acquired

chapter |4 pages

Post-resuscitation care

chapter |3 pages

Potassium

chapter |4 pages

Psychological aspects of critical care

chapter |5 pages

Pulmonary aspiration

chapter |3 pages

Renal failure—rescue therapy

chapter |4 pages

Renal failure—acute

chapter |4 pages

Renal replacement therapy

chapter |6 pages

Respiratory support—invasive

chapter |4 pages

Scoring systems

chapter |4 pages

Sedation

chapter |2 pages

Sickle cell disease

chapter |6 pages

SIRS, sepsis and multiple organ failure

chapter |5 pages

Sodium

chapter |7 pages

Spinal injuries

chapter |4 pages

Status epilepticus

chapter |3 pages

Stress ulceration

chapter |3 pages

Stroke

chapter |5 pages

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

chapter |4 pages

Thyroid emergencies

chapter |4 pages

Tracheostomy

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Transfer of the critically ill

chapter |4 pages

Trauma—primary survey

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Trauma—secondary survey

chapter |3 pages

Trauma—anaesthesia and critical care

chapter |6 pages

Venous thromboembolism

chapter |4 pages

Weaning from ventilation