Includes bibliographical references and index.

Planning, organization, and management -- Outcome and costs -- Applied cardiovascular and respiratory physiology -- Assessment and monitoring of cardiovascular function -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple-organ failure -- Assessment and monitoring of respiratory function -- Respiratory support -- Respiratory failure -- Myocardial ischaemia, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and management of arrhythmias -- Trauma -- General aspects of managing critically ill patients -- Infection in the critically ill -- Acute renal failure -- Acute liver failure -- Neurological disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Endocrine emergencies -- Obstetric intensive care -- Poisoning -- Disturbances of body temperature -- Transporting the critically ill.