Contents

pp v-viii

List of contributors

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Part I - Basic principles

pp 1-2

1 - Cardiac function, monitoring, oxygen transport

pp 3-25

2 - Shock

pp 26-31

3 - Oxygen therapy

pp 32-38

4 - Central venous access

pp 39-51

5 - Fluid therapy in ICU

pp 52-63

6 - Anaemia and blood transfusion

pp 64-79

7 - Nutrition

pp 80-92

8 - Non-invasive mechanical ventilation

pp 93-104

9 - Principles of IPPV

pp 105-121

10 - Modes of ventilation and ventilatory strategies

pp 122-133

11 - Weaning and tracheostomy

pp 134-145

12 - Vasoactive drugs

pp 146-156

13 - Infection and infection control

pp 157-169

14 - Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade

pp 170-183

15 - Continuous renal replacement therapy

pp 184-196

16 - Withholding and withdrawing therapy in the ICU

pp 197-222

Part II - Specific problems

pp 223-224

17 - The surgical patient in the ICU

pp 225-247

18 - The trauma patient

pp 248-269

19 - Acute coronary syndromes

pp 270-287

20 - Heart failure

pp 288-296

21 - Arrhythmias

pp 297-308

22 - The patient with sepsis

pp 309-322

23 - Acute renal failure in the critically ill

pp 323-333

24 - Acute lung injury and ARDS

pp 334-347