Principles of Critical Care, Second Edition Book

1	An introduction to critical care	1
2	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cerebral preservation in adults	19
3	Basic cardiorespiratory physiology in the intensive care unit	33
4	Procedures and monitoring in the intensive care unit	45
	Procedures in the intensive care unit	47
	Cardiac monitoring in adults	59
	Respiratory monitoring in adults	77
5	Imaging in the critical care unit	85
	Imaging techniques in the chest	88
	Imaging techniques in the abdomen	96
	Neuroimaging techniques	106
6	Clinical shock syndromes	113
7	Cardiovascular problems requiring critical care	161
8	Respiratory problems requiring critical care	229
	Acute respiratory failure in adults	231
	Oxygen therapy	245
	Airway management	255
	Acute respiratory crisis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	267
	Acute lung injury (ARDS)	274
	Acute severe asthma	288
	Community-acquired pneumonias requiring critical care	295
	Massive haemoptysis	301
9	Mechanical ventilation in the critically ill	309
10	Fluid and electrolyte disturbances in the critically ill	339
11	Acid-base disturbances in the critically ill	359
12	Nutritional support in the critically ill adult	373
13	Fever and acute infections in a critical care setting	389
14	Surgical infections in the intensive care unit	445
15	Organ system dysfunction requiring critical care	463
16	Critical care after open heart surgery	589
17	The immunocompromised patient	603
18	Physical injuries requiring critical care	621
	Intensive care management of polytrauma	623
	Management of critically ill burns patients	630
	Critical care in poisonings	640
	Envenomation in the ICU	653
19	Critical care of the cancer patient	657
20	Control of pain and anxiety and the use of muscle relaxants in the critically ill	663
21	Critical care of the transplant patient	674
22	Critical care in pregnancy	687
23	The critically ill child	701
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in infants and children	703
	Respiratory and haemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill child	705
	Approach to shock in the paediatric intensive care unit	715
	Hypertensive emergencies in paediatrics	718
	Heart failure in neonates and children	719
	Acute respiratory failure in children and hyaline membrane disease	721
	Fluid and electrolyte disturbances in the critically ill child	726
	Nutritional support in the paediatric intensive care unit	728
	Paediatric life-threatening infections requiring critical care	729
	Acute renal failure in infants and children	733