Handbook of ICU Therapy

Ian McConachie has been a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care for over 15 years. Prior to this, he lectured extensively in anaesthesia and he is now a Primary Examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Cardiac function, monitoring, oxygen transport Dr I. McConachie; 2. Shock Dr I. McConachie; 3. Oxygen therapy Dr D. Kelly; 4. Central venous access Dr T. Owen; 5. Fluid therapy in ICU Dr I. McConachie; 6. Anaemia and blood therapy Dr I. McConachie; 7. Nutrition Dr S. Wiggans; 8. Non invasive mechanical ventilation Dr D. Kelly; 9. Principles of IPPV Dr I. McConachie; 10. Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies Dr P. Nightingale; 11. Weaning including tracheostomy Dr J. Cupitt; 12 Vasoactive drugs Dr V. Godbole; 13. Antibiotics and infection control Dr N. Randall; 14. Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular block Dr N Sharma and Dr R. Morgan; 15. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Dr R. Brits; 16. Withholding and withdrawing therapy Dr I. McConachie; Part II. Specific Problems: 17. The surgical patient in the ICU Dr I. McConachie; 18. The patient with multiple injuries Dr J. Costello; 19. Acute Coronary Syndromes Dr R. Beynon and Dr D H Roberts; 20. Heart failure Dr R. Beynon and Dr D. H. Roberts; 21. Arrhythmias Dr S Vaughan; 22. The patient with sepsis Dr R. Markham; 23. Acute renal failure Dr R. Kishen; 24. Acute lung injury and ARDS Dr J. Naisbitt and Dr C. Clarke; 25. The patient with gastrointestinal problems Dr V. Godbole; 26. The comatose patient Dr S. Wiggans; 27. The critically ill asthmatic Dr J. Barker and Dr G. Brear; 28. The critically ill diabetic Dr I. McConachie; 29. The patient after cardiac surgery Mr J. Dunning and Dr C. Harle; 30. The patient with cardiac arrest Dr I McConachie.