ABC of Intensive Care (2^nd Ed.) ABC Series

From general principles through to critical care outreach and end of life care, it covers best practice management in the intensive care unit. It includes the key organ system support as well as monitoring, sepsis, brain-stem death, and nutrition in intensive care. There is also full coverage of organ donation.

This invaluable resource is highly illustrated in colour throughout with new images, references to key evidence, and further reading and resources in each chapter. It is ideal for junior doctors, medical students and specialist nurses working in an acute hospital setting and the ICU and neonatal ICU, and for anyone involved in the management and care of intensive care patients.

Endorsed by the Intensive Care Society (UK) and the Scottish Intensive Care Society.

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Contributors vii

Preface ix

Foreword xi

1 General Principles of Intensive Care Management 1
Anna Batchelor and Peter Nightingale

2 Communication and Decision-Making in Intensive Care 4
Martin Hughes and Graham R. Nimmo

3 Monitoring 8
James Haslam, Jonathan Ball, Andy Rhodes and Peter MacNaughton

4 Sedation 12
Tim Walsh

5 Pathophysiology of Organ Failure 18
Charles Hinds and Mervyn Singer

6 Severe Sepsis 24
Michael Gillies and Duncan Wyncoll

7 Respiratory Support 29
Simon Baudouin and Timothy W. Evans

8 Cardiovascular Support 35
Neil Soni and David Watson

9 Renal Failure 41
Liam Plant and Alasdair Short

10 Neurological Support 46
Peter J. D. Andrews

11 Liver Support 51
Julia Wendon and Chris Holland

12 Gastrointestinal Support 56
Saif Al Musa and Tony M. Rahman

13 Nutrition in the ICU 62
Marcia McDougall

14 Critical Care Outreach 66
Mandy Odell and Sheila Adam

15 End-of-Life Care 71
Ben Shippey and Bob Winter

Index 74

Graham R. Nimmo, Consultant Physician in Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Education, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK