The Icu Book

Part I Basic science review: circulatory blood flow; respiratory gas transport; the threat of oxidant injury. Part II Standard practices in patient care: vascular access; the indwelling vascular catheter; protecting the gastrointestinal mucosa; thromboprophylaxis; analgesia, sedation & paralysis. Part III Haemodynamic monitoring: arterial blood pressure monitoring; the pulmonary artery catheter; cardiac filling pressures; thermodilution cardiac output; the clinical evaluation of tissue oxygeneration. Part IV Disorders of circulatory blood flow: hypovolemia; methods of fluid resuscitation; heart failure; circulatory arrest; haemodynamic drugs. Part V Acuteac disorders: acute myocardial infarction; cardiac dysrhythmias. Part VI Acute respiratory failure: the evaluation of hypoxemia and hypercapnia; ocimetry & capnography; acute respiratory distress syndrome; oxygen inhalation therapy; respiratory pharmacotherapy. Part VII Mechanical ventilation: principles of mechanical ventilation; patterns of assisted ventilation.