ABC of intensive care / edited by Graham R. Nimmo, Mervyn Singer. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Blackwell Pub., 2011. - p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General principles of intensive care management / Anna Batchelor and Peter Nightingale -- Communication and decision-making in intensive care / Martin Hughes and Graham Nimmo -- Monitoring / James Haslam ... [et al.] -- Sedation / Tim Walsh -- Pathophysiology of organ failure / Charles Hinds and Mervyn Singer -- Severe sepsis / Michael Gillies and Duncan Wyncoll -- Respiratory support / Simon Baudouin and Timothy W. Evans -- Cardiovascular support / Neil Soni and David Watson -- Renal support / Liam Plant and Alasdair Short -- Neurological support / Peter J D Andrews -- Liver support / Julia Wendon and Chris Holland -- Gastrointestinal support / Saif Al Musa and Tony M. Rahman -- Nutrition in the ICU / Marcia McDougall -- Critical care outreach / Mandy Odell and Sheila Adam -- End-of-life care / Ben Shippey and Bob Winter.

9781405178037 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011008380


Critical care medicine.
Intensive Care--methods.
Critical Illness--therapy.

RC86 / .A23 2011

616.028

WX 218