Overview

The thoroughly revised second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely the book takes a problem-orientated approach providing a reference source for clinical issues experienced every day in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care provides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients. This print edition of The Oxford Textbook of Critical Care comes with a year's access to the online version on Oxford Medicine Online. By activating your unique access code, you can read and annotate the full text online, follow links from the references to primary research materials, and view, enlarge and download all the figures and tables.

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Author:   Andrew Webb ,  Derek Angus ,  Simon Finfer ,  Luciano Gattinoni
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.80cm , Height: 6.80cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   4.422kg
ISBN:  

9780199600830

ISBN 10:   019960083
Pages:   1960
Publication Date:   26 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: COMMUNICATION ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: TRAINING ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: SAFETY AND QUALITY ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: GOVERNANCE ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: MEDICO-LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES ; PART 1: ICU ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT: CRITICAL ILLNESS RISK PREDICTION ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: RESPIRATORY DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: HORMONAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: HEMATOLOGICAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: ANTIMICROBIAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL DRUGS ; PART 2: PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS: FLUIDS AND DIURETICS ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: CIRCULATORY MANAGEMENT ; PART 3: RESUSCITATION: FLUID MANAGEMENT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: RESPIRATORY MONITORING ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: AIRWAY ACCESS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: VENTILATORY SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: WEANING VENTILATORY SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: EXTRACORPOREAL SUPPORT ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ASPIRATION AND INHALATION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: AIRFLOW LIMITATION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PNEUMONIA ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: ATELECTASIS AND SPUTUM RETENTION ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PLEURAL CAVITY PROBLEMS ; PART 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: HEMOPTYSIS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: ACUTE CHEST PAIN AND CORONARY SYNDROMES ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: AORTIC DISSECTION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: THE HYPOTENSIVE PATIENT ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: CARDIAC FAILURE ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: TACHYARRHYTHMIAS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: BRADYARRHYTHMIAS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: VALVULAR PROBLEMS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: ENDOCARDITIS ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: SEVERE HYPERTENSION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: SEVERE CAPILLARY LEAK ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ; PART 5 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: PULMONARY EMBOLUS ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: GASTROINTESTINAL MONITORING ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM:DISORDERED GASTRIC MOTILITY ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: THE ACUTE ABDOMEN IN THE ICU ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: PANCREATITIS ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: JAUNDICE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: ACUTE HEPATIC FAILURE ; PART 6 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: ACUTE ON CHRONIC HEPATIC FAILURE ; PART 7 NUTRITION: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 7 NUTRITION: NUTRITIONAL FAILURE ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: RENAL MONITORING AND RISK PREDICTION ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: OLIGURIA AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: RENAL REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES ; PART 8 THE RENAL SYSTEM: ESTABLISHED RENAL FAILURE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM : ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NEUROLOGICAL MONITORING ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:SLEEP DISTURBANCE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: AGITATION, CONFUSION AND DELIRIUM ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: SEIZURES ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: STROKE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NON-TRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM:MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NON-TRAUMATIC SPINAL INJURY ; PART 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM: NEUROMUSCULAR SYNDROMES ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL ; PART 10: THE METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS: ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: LABORATORY MONITORING ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: HEMATOLOGICAL THERAPIES ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: DISORDERED COAGULATION ; PART 11: THE HEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM: DISORDERS OF THE BLOOD CELLS ; PART 12: THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE: SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS ; PART 12: THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE: WOUND AND PRESSURE SORE MANAGEMENT ; PART 13: INFECTION: DIAGNOSIS AND SURVEILLANCE ; PART 13: INFECTION: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION ; PART 13: INFECTION: INFECTION IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ; PART 13: INFECTION: TROPICAL DISEASES ; PART 13: INFECTION: SEPSIS ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: PHYSIOLOGY ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: ORGAN-SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: HOST RESPONSE ; PART 14: INFLAMMATION: ANAPHYLAXIS ; PART 15: POISONING: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ; PART 15: POISONING: MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC POISONS ; PART 16: TRAUMA: MULTIPLE TRAUMA ; PART 16: TRAUMA: BALLISTIC TRAUMA ; PART 16: TRAUMA :TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; PART 16: TRAUMA: SPINAL CORD INJURY ; PART 16: TRAUMA: BURNS ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: DROWNING ; 350. PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: ELECTROCUTION ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: ALTITUDE- AND DEPTH-RELATED DISORDERS ; PART 17: PHYSICAL DISORDERS: RHABDOMYOLYSIS ; PART 18: PAIN AND SEDATION: PAIN ; PART 18: PAIN AND SEDATION: SEDATION ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: OPTIMISATION STRATEGIES FOR THE HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENT ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: GENERAL POST-OPERATIVE INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 19: GENERAL SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE: OBSTETRIC INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 20: SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE: SPECIALIZED SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 20: SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE: ONCOLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: IN HOSPITAL RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: COMPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 21: RECOVERY FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS: OUT OF HOSPITAL SUPPORT AFTER CRITICAL ILLNESS ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: WITHDRAWING AND WITHHOLDING TREATMENT ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: MANAGEMENT OF THE POTENTIAL ORGAN DONOR ; PART 22: END OF LIFE CARE: POST-MORTEM DIAGNOSIS

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[T]his is a new standard in critical care. I was particularly impressed at the detail provided on postintensive care syndrome and the consistent emphasis on concise, readable presentations. -Doodys Health Science

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Dr. Webb is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at UBC and VP Medicine for the Fraser Health Authority where he provides executive leadership and strategic oversight to the quality and safety of clinical care, including Infection Control, Risk Management and Legal Services. He also provides physician leadership, and oversees the development of research and education. In addition to his appointment as Special Advisor to the Dean, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, he holds a similar appointment at Simon Fraser University. As a Consultant Physician in Critical Care Medicine he was instrumental in building academic critical care as a medical administrator, clinical researcher, educator and consultant physician helping to develop one of the strongest Critical Care research groups in the world. He is author of 75 papers and reviews, seven textbooks, 22 book chapters and eight monographs. Dr. Angus is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Health System. He holds secondary appointments in Medicine, Health Policy and Management, and Clinical and Translational Science. He completed his medical school and residency training at the University of Glasgow and fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Angus' research, funded principally by the NIH, focuses on clinical, epidemiologic and translational studies of sepsis, pneumonia, and multisystem organ failure and on health services research of the organization and delivery of critical care services. He has published several hundred papers, is section editor for Caring for the Critically Ill for JAMA, and the recipient of numerous awards. Dr Finfer is a practicing critical care physician with an appointment as a Senior Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and Director of Intensive Care at the Sydney Adventist Hospital. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney Medical School, a past-Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group. He is a council member of the International Sepsis Forum, the Global Sepsis Alliance, and a member of the World Sepsis Day Steering Committee. Dr Finfer is a Professorial Fellow in the Critical Care and Trauma Division at The George Institute for global Health. He is active in forging major international research collaborations that have conducted large scale clinical trials. Simon is also an Editor of the Critical Care Section Editor for The Oxford Textbook of Medicine (6th Ed.), and was a Critical Care guest editor for The New England Journal of Medicine from 2011 to 2014. Professor Luciano Gattiononi is Professor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Milan as well as Chief of the Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Policlinico Hospital of Milan. His research is focused on the pathophisiology and treatment of acute respiratory failure, including prone positioning, sepsis and acid base disorders. He has published more than 200 research articles and reviews in peer reviewed journal. In the early 1980's he worked on the quantitative analysis of thoracic CT imaging, culminating in the baby lung (1980s) and lung recrutability (2000s) concepts. He was awarded with the Life Time Achievement Award by the American Society of Anesthesiology and is Honorary Member of the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Mervyn Singer is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London. His primary research interests are sepsis and multi-organ failure, infection, shock and haemodynamic monitoring. He developed an oesophageal Doppler haemodynamic monitor that is now in widespread use worldwide, the use of which has been shown in multiple studies to improve outcomes after major surgery and reduce length of stay. He has led on a number of important multi-centre trials in critical care. He has authored various papers and textbooks including the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care, now in its 3rd Edition, and is a Council member of the International Sepsis Forum. He was the first UK intensivist to be awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health Research, and to be invited to give plenary lectures at the European and US Intensive Care Congress

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