Principles of Critical Care (4^th Ed.)

Critical care helps people with life-threatening injuries and illnesses. It might treat problems such as complications from surgery, accidents, infections, and severe breathing problems, and involves close, constant attention by a team of specially-trained health care providers. Critical care usually takes place in an intensive care unit (ICU) or trauma centre (MedlinePlus).

The new edition of this book presents the latest advances in the provision of critical care.

Beginning with an introduction to intensive care, resuscitation, monitoring procedures and imaging, the following sections discuss critical care for clinical shock syndromes, and for cardiovascular problems.

The fourth edition has been fully revised and new topics added, bringing clinicians and trainees up to date with recent technologies and techniques in their field.

Images, diagrams and tables further enhance the comprehensive text.

The previous edition (9789351522355) published in 2014.

Section 1. An Introduction to Critical Care
Section 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cerebral Preservation in Adults
Section 3. Basic Cardiorespiratory Physiology in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 4. Procedures and Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 5. Imaging in the Critical Care Unit
Section 6. Clinical Shock Syndromes
Section 7. Cardiovascular Problems Requiring Critical Care
Section 8. Respiratory Problems Requiring Critical Care
Section 9. Mechanical Ventilation in the Critically Ill
Section 10. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances in the Critically Ill
Section 11. Acid-Base Disturbances in the Critically Ill
Section 12. Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Adult
Section 13. Fever and Acute Infections in a Critical Care Setting
Section 14. Surgical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
Section 15. Organ System Dysfunction Requiring Critical Care
Section 16. Critical Care after Open Heart Surgery
Section 17. The Immunocompromised Patient
Section 18. Physical Injuries Requiring Critical Care
Section 19. Critical Care of the Cancer Patient
Section 20. Control of Pain and Anxiety and the Use of Muscle Relaxants in the Critically Ill Patient
Section 21. Critical Care of the Transplant Patient
Section 22. Critical Care in Pregnancy
Section 23. End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit

Farokh Erach Udwadia MD FRCPE FRCP (LONDON) MASTER FCCP FAMS FACP HON DSC
Consultant Physician and Director, Intensive Care Unit, Breach Candy Hospital; Emeritus Professor in Medicine, Grant Medical College and the JJ Group of Hospitals; Consultant Physician, BD Petit Parsee General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India