Bersten: Oh's Intensive Care Manual 6th edition: Expert Consult: Online and Print

In the five years since the last edition there have been significant advances in most areas of intensive care medicine as the specialty has continued to evolve. This has included continued insights into both normal biology and disease, translation of this knowledge to the bedside, and results from large clinical trials directly relevant to clinical practice. Concurrently, health care professionals, patients and their relatives have unparalleled access to new knowledge through the internet. The original manual sought to provide useful and usable information at the bedside by distilling the immense amount of available information into a relevant and practical format. The burgeoning information highway that is the web does present a real challenge to a new edition of Oh’s Intensive Care Manual but it also mandates this edition, which seeks to make that information more readily usable at the bedside. Well-known and well-respected clinicians have once again produced an edition that presents a current framework with the most up-to-date contextual references which will be an important and practical contribution to the practice of intensive care medicine.
Many chapters have been extensively updated, and a number of new authors have faced the difficulty of summarising their field and choosing the key new references. While trying to prevent the manual from becoming any larger, the increasing importance and contribution of large clinical trials required a specific chapter. However, given the vast area of knowledge covered by the manual, there will be times when the reader wants further detail. The sixth edition will have been a success if it provides a clear framework for additional detail, and if it cites most of the key references. Indeed, this has been the successful format of previous editions that has made them so useful. More importantly, the sixth edition will have been worthwhile if it continues to make a positive contribution to the care of the critically ill.

Book Features 

• Represents a consensus of practice/standard of care in Australia/NZ, UK and Europe.
• Treatment guidelines are authoritative since they follow those that are Recommended/laid down by Professional societies.
• Comprehensive, covers all important areas of intensive care medicine.
• Provides a single resource that will cover everything that a user will need to know during the course of an ICU rotation. No need to refer to a larger textbook.
• Information on management and treatment of conditions is balanced by pathophysiological and pharmacological background. This is not just a "cook book" of procedures. It provides all of the essential information for candidates wishing to pass professional examinations.
• Covers the paediatric as well as the adult patient in the ICU.
• Provides quick access and practical guidance for all clinical scenarios.
• Extensive list of key references most taken from the last three years.
• Helps trainees and practitioners prepare for case conference/presentations.

New in this edition

• Addition of colour throughout to highlight summary boxes, tables, charts and flow diagrams.Will make key information more accessible, easier and faster to retrieve.
• Line drawings extensively re-done in colour throughout.Will improve the user's understanding of the physiological processes under discussion.
• 5-10 Key points added at end of chapters. Will provide the user with a useful summary of the essential bottom line information.
• Pitfalls in treatment and management emphasized in each chapter.Providers the user with expert advice on practical issues that will be encountered on a day-to-day basis in the ICU.
• Includes the most current classification and "clinical scoring" schemes.
• Keeps the user abreast of the latest developments in diagnosis and management.

Contents
Part One – Organisational Aspects
1 Design and organisation of intensive care units
2 Outreach
3 Severity of illness and likely outcome from critical illness
4 Transport of the critically ill
5 Physiotherapy in intensive care
6 Critical care nursing
7 Ethics in intensive care
8 Common problems after ICU
9 Clinical information systems
10 Clinical trials in critical care

Part Two – Shock
11 Shock – an overview
12 Haemodynamic monitoring
13 Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
14 Monitoring oxygenation
15 Lactic acidosis

Part Three – Acute Coronary Care
16 Acute cardiac syndromes, investigations and interventions
17 Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation
18 Management of cardiac arrhythmias
19 Cardiac pacing and implantable cardioverter/defibrillators
20 Acute heart failure
21 Valvular and congenital heart disease
22 Intensive care after cardiac surgery
23 Echocardiography in intensive care

Part Four – Respiratory Failure
24 Oxygen therapy
25 Airway management and acute upper-airway obstruction
26 Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
27 Mechanical ventilation
28 Humidification and inhalation therapy
29 The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
30 Pulmonary embolism
31 Acute severe asthma
32 Pneumonia
33 Non-invasive ventilation
34 Respiratory monitoring
35 Imaging the chest

Part Five – Gastrointestinal Emergencies
36 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding
37 Severe acute pancreatitis
38 Acute liver failure
39 Abdominal surgical catastrophes

Part Six – Acute Renal Failure
40 Acute renal failure
41 Renal replacement therapy

Part Seven – Neurological Disorders
42 Disorders of consciousness
43 Status epilepticus
44 Acute cerebrovascular complications
45 Cerebral protection
46 Brain death
47 Meningitis and encephalomyelitis
48 Tetanus
49 Neuromuscular disorders in intensive care

Part Eight – Endocrine Disorders
50 Diabetic emergencies
51 Diabetes insipidus and other polyuric syndromes
52 Thyroid emergencies
53 Adrenocortical insufficiency in critical illness
54 Acute calcium disorders

Part Nine – Obstetric Emergencies
55 Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
56 General obstetric emergencies in the ICU
57 Severe pre-existing disease in pregnancy

Part Ten – Infections and Immune Disorders
58 Anaphylaxis
59 Host defence mechanisms and immunodeficiency disorders
60 HIV and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
61 Severe sepsis
62 Nosocomial infection
63 Severe soft-tissue infections
64 Principles of antibiotic use
65 Tropical diseases

Part Eleven – Severe and Multiple Trauma
66 Severe and multiple trauma
67 Severe head injury
68 Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries
69 Chest injuries
70 Spinal injuries
71 Abdominal and pelvic injuries

Part Twelve – Environmental Injuries
72 Near drowning
73 Burns
74 Thermal disorders
75 Electrical safety and injuries
76 Envenomation
77 Blast injury and gunshot wounds: pathophysiology and principles of management
78 Biochemical terrorism

Part Thirteen – Pharmacological Considerations
79 Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in critical illness
80 Management of acute poisoning
81 Sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation in the intensive care unit
82 Inotropes and vasopressors
83 Vasodilators and antihypertensives

Part Fourteen – Metabolic Homeostasis
84 Acid–base balance and disorders
85 Fluid and electrolyte therapy
86 Metabolic response to injury and infection
87 Enteral and parenteral nutrition

Part Fifteen – Haematological Management
88 Blood transfusion
89 Colloids and blood products
90 Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin immunomodulatory therapy
91 Haemostatic failure
92 Haematological malignancies

Part Sixteen – Transplants
93 Organ donation
94 Liver transplantation
95 Heart and lung transplantation

Part Seventeen – Paediatric Intensive Care
96 The critically ill child
97 Upper respiratory tract obstruction in children
98 Acute respiratory failure in children
99 Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy
100 Sedation and analgesia in children
101 Shock and cardiac disease in children
102 Neurological emergencies in children
103 Paediatric trauma
104 Equipment for paediatric intensive care
105 Paediatric poisoning
106 Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Appendices
Index

Product Details

• Paperback: 1292 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 6th edition (December 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702030961
• ISBN-13: 978-0702030963
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 2 inches

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