Oxford Handbook of Critical Care

• The first port of call for anyone caring for critically ill patients
• Problem orientated layout
• Fully revised to reflect advancements in critical care
• Features up-to-date references and invaluable clinical advice

New to this edition

• This new edition features a wealth of new topics, including outreach support, admission criteria, survivor follow-up and more
• All chapters have been revised to reflect advances in critical care

Readership: Trainee doctors, critical care specialists and nurses, other paramedical staff working in intensive care and emergency medicine. This book will also be of interest to senior medical students.

Mervyn Singer, Bloomsbury Centre of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, UK, and Andrew Webb, Medical Director and Consultant Physician, Department of Intensive Care, University College London Hospitals NHS, UK

Dr Andrew Webb is Medical Director at UCL Hospitals and Consultant Physician in Critical Care Medicine. As a medical director his role is unusual in that it includes the executive and operational director responsibility for University College Hospital including the divisions of Critical Care & Theatres, Emergency Services, Medicines & Therapies, Pathology, Outpatients & Imaging and Surgery. He has been a Consultant in critical care medicine since 1989 and was Honorary Treasurer for the ICS during 2000-2003. He is currently chair of the Critical Care Advisory Committee for the Welsh Assembly Government. He has interests in haemodynamic monitoring, fluid management and healthcare management. He is co-author of several major critical care texts and papers on fluid management in ICU and the peri-operative period.

Mervyn Singer is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London. He has published numerous books, reviews, chapters and original research publications in critical and acute medicine, and led single- and multi-centre clinical trials. His research interests include the pathophysiology and management of sepsis and multi-organ failure, shock states, tissue oxygenation, infection, haemodynamics and haemodynamic monitoring.

"Every ICU should have at least one copy. I think all junior doctors who work on ICU will benefit from owning a copy." - British Journal of Anaesthesia

Review(s) from previous edition

"It covers all the main, and many of the minor areas involved in intensive care, and will be a valuable aid to nurses and doctors alike... an excellent publication. - Critical Care UK Website

"The information is presented in a concise, and clinically oriented fashion. Sections are well organized... it could serve as a good starting point for individuals who are less familiar with the complex problems often faced in critical care " - Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

"A dandy little book for those caring for severely or moderately ill adult patients. It covers most bases, fits in your pocket, has thoughtful bookmark ribbons... it is an excellent reference and does deliver on its promise to provide immediate guidance and practical information for any situation likely to be encountered... If you are caring for critically ill patients in your hospital, this is one of the books to have " - Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

"Singer and Webb's book is an excellent handbook for those working on critical care... Its patient-centred, practical and fully referenced... " - Doody's Journal Sepember 2005

Abbreviations
1: Critical care organisation and management
2: Respiratory therapy techniques
3: Cardiovascular therapy techniques
4: Renal therapy techniques
5: Gastrointestinal therapy techniques
6: Nutrition and metabolic therapy
7: Wound and pressure area management
8: Respiratory monitoring
9: Cardiovascular monitoring
10: Neurological monitoring
11: Laboratory monitoring
12: Miscellaneous monitoring
13: Fluids
14: Respiratory drugs
15: Cardiovascular drugs
16: Renal drugs
17: Gastrointestinal drugs
18: Neurological drugs
19: Haematological drugs
20: Miscellaneous drugs
21: Resuscitation
22: Respiratory disorders
23: Cardiovascular disorders
24: Renal disorders
25: Gastrointestinal disorders
26: Hepatic disorders
27: Neurological disorders
28: Haematological disorders
29: Metabolic disorders
30: Poisoning
31: Infection and inflammation
32: Trauma and burns
33: Physical disorders
34: Pain and post-operative critical care
35: Oncological critical care
36: Obstetric emergencies
37: Transport of the critically ill
38: Death and the dying patient