Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care Churchill Pocketbooks

By:

Simon M. Whiteley

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Elsevier Health Sciences 2011Edition: 3rd edition, revisedDescription: 496 pages ISBN:

0702048569
9780702048562

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.025

Contents:

Contents: Chapter 2 Introduction to intensive care Chapter 3 Basic principles Chapter 4 Cardiovascular system Chapter 5 Respiratory system Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal system Chapter 7 Renal system Chapter 8 Metabolic and endocrine problems Chapter 9 Overdose poisoning and drug abuse Chapter 11 Brain injury neurological and neuromuscular problems Chapter 12 Trauma Chapter 13 Infection and inflammation Chapter 14 Postoperative and obstetric patients Chapter 15 Practical procedures Chapter 16 End of life issues Appendices Index Chapter 10 Haematological problems

Summary: A pocketbook of intensive care for junior doctors/residents working on the intensive/critical care unit. • Clear and straightforward advice on management of conditions found in ITU, including instruction on when to seek help from senior staff. • Guides to common problems which cause difficulty for the trainee are conveniently indexed inside the front cover – eg diarrhoea, oliguria, problems during central venous access, problems with chest drains. • Comprehensive coverage of the common conditions found in the ITU. • Attractive, clear page design with danger icon to mark crucial clinical points where a trainee may make a mistake. Expanding of guidelines on sepsis. Revision of cardiovascular section with regard to monitoring and use of inotropes. More on non-invasive ventilatory support in respiratory section. Coverage of MARS (liver support system) in renal section. Updating of section on myocardial infarction with regard to angioplasty and stents. Updating of CPR protocols. Common terms and phrases: acidosis activity acute adequate advice agents airway antibiotics appropriate arterial associated avoid bleeding blood brain cardiac catheter cause central cerebral changes Check chest clinical common complications condition Consider continuous correct critically ill death depend develop disease dose drugs early effects Ensure evidence factor failure feeding fluid function further Give given glucose haemodynamic heart improve increased Indications infection infusion injury intensive intracranial pressure intubation lead loss lung maintain measures monitoring muscle myocardial infarction necessary normal occur optimal organ outcome output oxygen particularly pass patients performed perfusion position possible potential present pressure problems procedures pulmonary reduce relatives remove renal replacement respiratory response result resuscitation risk saline score sedation Seek sepsis severe shown significant surgical syndrome TABLE tests therapy tissue tracheostomy treatment tube Typical unit usually vein venous ventilation volume

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E-BOOKS	MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO	NFIC	616.025 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	EBS11713

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Contents:

Chapter 2 Introduction to intensive care

Chapter 3 Basic principles

Chapter 4 Cardiovascular system

Chapter 5 Respiratory system

Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal system

Chapter 7 Renal system

Chapter 8 Metabolic and endocrine problems

Chapter 9 Overdose poisoning and drug abuse

Chapter 11 Brain injury neurological and neuromuscular problems

Chapter 12 Trauma

Chapter 13 Infection and inflammation

Chapter 14 Postoperative and obstetric patients

Chapter 15 Practical procedures

Chapter 16 End of life issues

Appendices

Index

Chapter 10 Haematological problems

A pocketbook of intensive care for junior doctors/residents working on the intensive/critical care unit.

• Clear and straightforward advice on management of conditions found in ITU, including instruction on when to seek help from senior staff.
• Guides to common problems which cause difficulty for the trainee are conveniently indexed inside the front cover – eg diarrhoea, oliguria, problems during central venous access, problems with chest drains.
• Comprehensive coverage of the common conditions found in the ITU.
• Attractive, clear page design with danger icon to mark crucial clinical points where a trainee may make a mistake.
Expanding of guidelines on sepsis.
Revision of cardiovascular section with regard to monitoring and use of inotropes.
More on non-invasive ventilatory support in respiratory section.
Coverage of MARS (liver support system) in renal section.
Updating of section on myocardial infarction with regard to angioplasty and stents.
Updating of CPR protocols. Common terms and phrases: acidosis activity acute adequate advice agents airway antibiotics appropriate arterial associated avoid bleeding blood brain cardiac catheter cause central cerebral changes Check chest clinical common complications condition Consider continuous correct critically ill death depend develop disease dose drugs early effects Ensure evidence factor failure feeding fluid function further Give given glucose haemodynamic heart improve increased Indications infection infusion injury intensive intracranial pressure intubation lead loss lung maintain measures monitoring muscle myocardial infarction necessary normal occur optimal organ outcome output oxygen particularly pass patients performed perfusion position possible potential present pressure problems procedures pulmonary reduce relatives remove renal replacement respiratory response result resuscitation risk saline score sedation Seek sepsis severe shown significant surgical syndrome TABLE tests therapy tissue tracheostomy treatment tube Typical unit usually vein venous ventilation volume

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