Oh's Intensive Care Manual - Brossura

Bersten, Andrew D., M.D.; Oh, Teik; Soni, Neil

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ISBN 10: 0750651849 ISBN 13: 9780750651844

Casa editrice: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, 2003

Riassunto

For the new edition of this well known and established bench-mark text, Professor Teik Oh has selected two leading consultants to edit the contributions from expert contributors. The fifth edition is now titled Oh's Intensive Care Manual to reflect the significance of Professor Teik Oh's contribution to the great success of the first four editions.

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Contenuti:

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. Système International (SI) Units
3. Respiratory physiology symbols and normal values
4. Physiological equations
5. Plasma drug concentrations and American nomenclature

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• Editore: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0750651849
• ISBN 13: 9780750651844
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 1200