Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges in contemporary critical care / Sarah McGloin -- The physiological basis of critical illness / Mark Ranson -- The patient with haemodynamic compromise leading to renal dysfunction / Tracey Bowden and Anne McLeod -- The septic patient / Sarah McGloin -- The patient with acute respiratory failure / Anne McLeod -- The patient who has chronic respiratory failure / Glenda Esmond and Anne McLeod -- The patient with an intracranial insult / Anne McLeod -- The patient with a traumatic injury / Elaine Cole and Anne McLeod -- The patient with a diabetic emergency / Sarah McGloin -- The long-term patient in ITU / Phillipa Trendant -- Ethical considerations in critical care / Anne McLeod.