Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care: Volume 1

Henry G. W. Paw is a consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at York Hospital, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Hull York Medical School, York. Rob Shulman is the Lead Pharmacist in Critical Care at University College London Hospitals and is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Practice and Policy at the UCL School of Pharmacy, London. He was awarded with a Faculty Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2013 and was designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2015.

Introduction; How to use this book; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Drugs: An A-Z Guide; Prescribing using generic or brand names; Routes of administration; Loading dose; Drug metabolism; Enzyme systems; Drug excretion; Drug tolerance; Drug interactions; Therapeutic drug monitoring; Target range of concentration; Pharmacology in the critically ill; Body weight; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Drugs in advanced life support; Management of acute major anaphylaxis; Management of acute severe hyperkalaemia; Management of malignant hyperthermia (MH); Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade; Opioid conversion table; Antiretroviral drugs: alternatives for swallowing difficulties; Management of status epilepticus; Prevention of delirium tremens and alcohol withdrawal syndrome; Prevention of Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome; Anti-arrhythmic drugs; Inotropes and vasopressors; Bronchospasm; Anti-ulcer drugs; Corticosteroids; Heparin induced thrombocytopaenia; NOAC/DOAC; Guidelines for patients with absent or dysfunctional spleen; Anti-microbial drugs; Bacterial gram staining; Antibiotics: sensitivities; Alterations to drug dosing in renal dysfunction and Haemo(dia)filtration; Chemical pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusion; Hyponatraemia & SIADH Diagnosis and Management; Fluoroquinolone antibiotics: new restrictions and precautions for use; Suspected sepsis; Appendix A: creatinine clearance; Appendix B: citrate based anticoagulation for renal replacement therapy; Appendix C: body mass index (BMI) calculator; Appendix D: lean body weight charts; Appendix E: estimated height from ulna length; Appendix F: infusion rate/dose calculation; Appendix G: drug compatibility chart; Appendix H: sodium content of oral medications; Appendix I: drug management of the brain-stem-dead donor; Appendix J: vancomycin by continuous infusion; Appendix K: Child-Pugh score; Appendix L: insulin guidelines; Drug index; Compatibility chart.