This popular handbook provides a practical guide to managing common and important problems in the critically ill patient, as well as sufficient background information to enable understanding of the principles and rationale behind the therapy without overloading the reader with detailed basic science. Fully updated throughout, this third edition of Handbook of ICU Therapy includes new chapters on coagulation problems in the critically ill, airway management, electrolyte and metabolic acid/base problems, optimizing antimicrobial therapy, chronic critical illness, recognizing and responding to the deteriorating patient, ICU rehabilitation, palliative care, neurotrauma, the comatose patient, the obstetric patient, endocrine problems, and care of organ donors. Authored by senior clinicians from both sides of the Atlantic, chapters retain the easy-to-read format of previous editions. Aimed particularly at residents and trainees starting out in the ICU or preparing for postgraduate examinations, this handbook also serves as a valuable refresher for established intensivists, anesthesiologists and surgeons.


A concise, easy-to-read format enables readers to assimilate key information quickly and easily
Chapters are authored by senior clinicians with considerable experience of managing ICU patients, providing an authoritative guide to common problems as well as important controversies
Contributions from both sides of the Atlantic ensure a text of international relevance

Preface
Part I. Basic Principles:
1. Oxygen delivery, cardiac function and monitoring Lois Champion
2. Shock Philip Jones
3. Oxygen therapy Ahmed F. Hegazy and Ian McConachie
4. Central venous access Ken Blonde and Robert Arntfield
5. Fluid therapy in ICU Janet Martin, John Fuller and Ian McConachie
6. Anemia and blood transfusion Shane W. English and Lauralyn McIntyre
7. Coagulation problems in the critically ill Alejandro Lazo-Langner
8. Airway management in critically ill patients Titus C Yeung and Donald E. G. Griesdale
9. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation Mark Soth and Thomas Piraino
10. Nutrition Ilya Kagan and Pierre Singer
11. Electrolyte and metabolic acid/base problems Harneet Kaur and Clay A. Block
12. Principles of IPPV and care of the ventilated patient Mohit Bhutani and Ian McConachie
13. Modes of ventilation and ventilator strategies Tania Ligori
14. Discontinuing mechanical ventilation Ron Butler
15. Vasoactive drugs Daniel H. Ovakim
16. Optimizing antimicrobial therapy in the ICU Anand Kumar
17. Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular block Brian Pollard
18. Continuous renal replacement therapy A. Ebersohn and Rudi Brits
19. Chronic critical illness David Leasa
20. Recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient Rebecca P. Winsett, John Kellett and Christian P. Subbe
21. ICU rehabilitation Linda Denehy and Sue Berney
22. Palliative care, withholding and withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit Lois Champion and Valerie Schulz
Part II. Specific Problems:
23. The injured patient in the ICU Neil Parry and W. Robert Leeper
24. Neurotrauma Ari Ercole, Jessie R. Welbourne and Arun K. Gupta
25. Acute coronary syndromes Kala Kathirgamanathan and Jaffer Syed
26. Heart failure Christopher W. White, Darren H. Freed, Shelley R. Zieroth and Rohit K. Singal
27. Arrythmias Umjeet Singh Jolly and Jamie Manlucu
28. The patient with sepsis Jennifer Vergel Del Dios, Tom Varughese and Ravi Taneja
29. Acute kidney injury R. T. Noel Gibney
30. Acute lung injury and ARDS Raj Nichani, M. J. Naisbitt and Chris Clarke
31. The patient with gastrointestinal problems Tina Mele
32. The comatose patient: neurological aspects G. Bryan Young
33. The obstetric patient in the ICU Carlos Kidel and Alan McGlennan
34. The critically ill asthmatic Ian M. Ball
35. Endocrine problems in critical illness Wael Haddara
36. The cardiac surgery patient in the ICU Jeff Granton
37. Care of the organ donor Mowaffaq Almikhlafi and Michael D. Sharpe
38. The patient with cardiac arrest Osama Almuslim
Index.