Critical Care Medicine at a Glance, 3rd Edition
by Richard Leach-
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Critical Care Medicine at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for junior clinicians. Fully revised and updated to reflect changes to the content and assessment methods used by medical schools and postgraduate training programmes, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of critical care medicine to encapsulate all that the student needs to know.
This new edition of Critical Care Medicine at a Glance:
• Is fully revised and updated to increase coverage of a rapidly expanding area of medicine
• Provides a simple and straightforward, yet rapid, introduction to the care of the acutely ill
• Features new 'Pearls of Wisdom', to aid learning and understanding
• Includes an appendix of top nutrition tips from the Royal College of Physicians
• Provides increased coverage of neurological emergencies, acute and abdominal emergencies, arrhythmias, imaging and fluid management
Critical Care Medicine at a Glance is ideal for medical students, junior doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals expected to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to care for acutely ill patients.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Units, symbols and abbreviations
Part 1 General
1. Recognising the acutely unwell patient
2. Managing of the critically ill patient
3. Monitoring in critical care medicine
4. The electrocardiogram
5. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
6. Oxygen transport
7. Shock
8. Circulatory assessment
9. Fluid management: pathophysiological factors
10. Fluid management: assessment and prescription
11. Fluid management: fluid choice
12. Inotropes and vasopressors
13. Failure of oxygenation and respiratory failure
14. Oxygenation and oxygen therapy
15. Airways obstruction and management
16. Non-invasive ventilation
17. Endotracheal intubation
18. Mechanical ventilation
19. Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy
20. Arterial blood gases and acid–base balance
21. Analgesia, sedation and paralysis
22. Enteral and parenteral nutrition
23. Hypothermia and hyperthermia
24. Assessment of the patient with suspected infection
25. Bacteraemia, SIRS and sepsis
26. Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections
27. Fever in the returning traveller
28. Fever (pyrexia) of unknown origin
29. End of life issues
Part 2 Medical
Cardiac
30. Acute coronary syndromes I: clinical pathophysiology
31. Acute coronary syndromes II: investigations and management
32. Arrhythmia: tachyarrhythmia
33. Arrhythmia: bradyarrhythmia
34. Heart failure and pulmonary oedema
35. Cardiac emergencies
36. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
Respiratory
37. Chest imaging and bronchoscopy
38. Community-acquired pneumonia
39. Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia
40. Asthma
41. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
42. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
43. Pneumothorax and air leaks
44. Respiratory emergencies
Renal and metabolic
45. Acute kidney injury: pathophysiology and clinical aspects
46. Acute kidney injury: management and renal replacement therapy
47. Electrolyte disturbance: sodium and potassium
48. Electrolyte disturbance: calcium
49. Electrolyte disturbance: magnesium and phosphate
50. Diabetic emergencies
51. Endocrine emergencies
Gastrointestinal
52. Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
53. Jaundice
54. Acute liver failure
55. Acute pancreatitis
56. Vomiting and intestinal obstruction
57. Diarrhoea
58. Ascites
59. Abdominal imaging
Neurological
60. Acute confusional state, coma and status epilepticus
61. Stroke
62. Other cerebral vascular disorders
63. Infective neurological emergencies
64. Neuromuscular conditions
Infective
65. Specific bacterial infections
66. Common adult viral infections
67. Common fungal and protozoal infections
68. The immune compromised patient
Other systems
69. Coagulation disorders and transfusion
70. Drug overdose and poisoning
Part 3 Surgical
71. Trauma
72. Head injury
73. Chest trauma
74. Acute abdominal emergencies
75. Obstetric emergencies
76. Burns, toxic inhalation and electrical injuries
Part 4 Self assessment
Case studies and questions
Case studies answers
Appendices
Appendix I: Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs
Appendix II: Acute injury network staging system 2008 for acute kidney injury
Appendix III: Rockall risk-scoring system for GI bleeds
Appendix IV: Child–Pugh grading
Appendix V: Typical criteria for liver transplantation
Appendix VI: RCP ten top nutrition tips
Index