Oh's intensive care manual - Bersten, A.D.; Soni, N (Oxford ; Philadelphia : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2009)
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia -- General obstetric emergencies in the ICU -- Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy -- Anaphylaxis -- Host defense mechanisms and immunodeficiency disorders -- HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Severe sepsis -- Nosocomial infection -- Severe soft-tissue infections -- Principles of antibiotic use -- Tropical diseases -- Severe and multiple trauma -- Severe head injury -- Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries -- Chest injuries -- Spinal injuries -- Abdominal and pelvic injuries -- Near drowning -- Burns -- Thermal disorders -- Electrical safety and injuries -- Envenomation -- Blast injury and gunshot wounds: pathophysiology and principles of management -- Biochemical terrorism -- Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in critical illness -- Management of acute poisoning -- Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit -- Inotropes and vasopressors -- Vasodilators and antihypertensives -- Acid-base balance disorders -- Fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Metabolic response to injury and infection -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Blood transfusion -- Colloids and blood products -- Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin immunomodulatory therapy -- Haemostatic failure -- Haematological malignancies -- Organ donation -- Liver transplantation -- Heart and lung transplantation -- The critically ill child -- Upper respiratory tract obstruction in children -- Acute respiratory failure in children -- Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Sedation and analgesia in children -- Shock and cardiac disease in children -- Neurological emergencies in children -- Paediatric trauma -- Equipment for paediatric intensive care -- Paediatric poisoning -- Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Hospitals and other health facilities