Oh's Intensive Care Manual

Part One - Organisation Aspects 1.Design & organisation of intensive care units and Outreach 2.Assessment of severity and outcome of critical illness 3.Transport of the critically ill 4.Physiotherapy in intensive care 5.Critical care nursing 6.Ethics in intensive care 7.Common problems after ICU 8.Clinical information systems Part Two - Shock 9.Shock: an overview 10.Haemodynamic monitoring 11.Monitoring oxygenation 12.Lactic acidosis 13.Multiple organ dysfunction Part Three - Acute Coronary Care 14.Acute myocardial infarction 15.Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation 16.Management of cardiac arrhythmias 17.Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter 18.Acute heart failure 19.Valvular & congenital heart disease 20.Intensive care after cardiac surgery 21.Echocardiography in intensive care Part Four - Respiratory Failure 22.Oxygen therapy 23.Airway management and acute upper airway obstruction 24.Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 25.Mechanical ventilation 26.Humidification and inhalation therapy 27.Acute respiratory distress syndrome 28.Respiratory monitoring 29.Pulmonary embolism 30.Acute severe asthma 31.Lung infections 32.Imaging the chest 33.Non-invasive ventilation Part Five - Gastroenterological Emergencies 34.Acute gastrointestinal bleeding 35.Severe acute pancreatitis 36.Hepatic failure 37.Abdominal surgical problems Part Six - Acute Renal Failure 38.Acute renal failure 39.Renal replacement therapy Part Seven - Neurologic Disorders 40.Disorders of consciousness 41.Status epilepticus 42.Acute cerebrovascular complications 43.Cerebral protection 44.Brain death 45.Meningitis and encephalomyelitis 46.Tetanus 47.Neuromuscular diseases in intensive care Part Eight - Endocrine Disorders 48.Diabetic emergencies 49.Diabetes insipidus 50.Thyroid emergencies 51.Adrenocortical insufficiency 52.Acute calcium disorders Part Nine - Obstetric Emergencies 53.Pre-eclampsia & eclampsia 54.General obstetric emergencies 55.Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy Part Ten - Infections and Immune Disorders 56.Anaphylaxis 57.Host defence failure and immunodeficiency 58.HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency 59.Severe sepsis 60.Nosocomial infections 61.Severe soft tissue infections 62.Antibiotic guidelines 63.Tropical diseases Part Eleven - Severe and Multiple Trauma 64.Severe & multiple injuries 65.Severe head injury 66.Maxillofacial & upper airway injuries 67.Chest injuries 68.Spinal injuries 69.Abdominal & pelvic injuries Part Twelve - Environmental Injuries 70.Submersion injuries 71.Burns 72.Thermal disorders 73.Electrical safety & injuries 74.Envenomation 75.Blast injury, gun shot wounds: pathophysiology and principles of management 76.Biological warfare Part Thirteen - Pharmacological Considerations 77.Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics & drug monitoring in critical illness 78.Management of acute poisoning 79.Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit 80.Inotropes & Vasopressors 81.Vasoldilators and antihypertensives Part Fourteen - Metabolic Homeostatis 82.Acid-base balance & disorders 83.Fluid & electrolyte therapy 84.Metabolic response to illness, injury & infection 85.Enteral and parenteral nutrition Part Fifteen - Haematological Management 86.Blood transfusion 87.Colloids & blood products 88.Therapeutic plasma exchange 89.Haemostatic failure 90.Haematological malignancies Part Sixteen - Transplants 91.Organ donation 92.Liver transplantation 93.Heart & lung transplantation Part Seventeen - Paediatric Intensive Care 94.The critically ill child 95.Upper respiratory tract obstruction in children 96.Acute respiratory failure in children 97.Paediatric fluid & electrolyte therapy 98.Sedation & analgesia in children 99.Shock & cardiac disease in children 100.Neurological emergencies in children 101.Paediatric trauma 102.Equipment for paediatric intensive care 103.Paediatric Poisoning 104.Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation Appendices: 1.Normal biochemical values 2.Systeme International (SI) Units 3.Respiratory physiology symbols and normal values 4.Physiological equations 5.Plasma drug concentrations and American nomenclature