Handbook of ICU therapy
| Other Authors: | McConachie, Ian., EBSCOhost. |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Greenwich Medical Media,
1999.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Sect. I. Basic Principles
- 1. Cardiac function, monitoring and oxygen transport / I. McConachie
- 2. Shock / I. McConachie
- 3. Oxygen therapy / D. Kelly
- 4. Fluid therapy in ICU / I. McConachie
- 5. Nutrition / I. McConachie
- 6. Mechanical ventilation / I. McConachie
- 7. Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies / P. Nightingale
- 8. Inotropes and vasopressors / I. McConachie
- 9. Antibiotics and infection control / N. Randall
- 10. Sedation and analgesia / I. McConachie
- 11. Transport of critically ill patients / I. McConachie
- Sect. II. Specific Problems
- 12. The surgical patient in the ICU / I. McConachie
- 13. The patient with multiple injuries / I. McConachie
- 14. The patient with cardiac dysfunction / D. Roberts
- 15. The patient with sepsis / I. McConachie
- 16. Acute renal failure / R. Kishen
- 17. Acute respiratory distress syndrome / C. Clarke
- 18. The patient with gastrointestinal problems / I. McConachie
- 19. The comatose patient / I. McConachie
- 20. The critically ill asthmatic / S.G. Brear
- 21. The critically ill diabetic / I. McConachie.