TY - BOOK AU - Hinds,C.J. AU - Watson,D. TI - Intensive care: a concise textbook SN - 9780702025969 (pbk.) : U1 - 616.028 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Saunders Elsevier KW - Critical care medicine KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Critical Care N1 - Previous ed.: 1996; Includes bibliographical references and index; Planning, organization, and management -- Outcome and costs -- Applied cardiovascular and respiratory physiology -- Assessment and monitoring of cardiovascular function -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ failure -- Assessment and monitoring of respiratory function -- Respiratory support -- Respiratory failure -- Myocardial ischaemia, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and management of arrhythmias -- Trauma -- General aspects of managing critically ill patients -- Infection in the critically ill -- Acute renal failure -- Acute liver failure -- Neurological disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Endocrine emergencies -- Obstetric intensive care -- Poisoning -- Disturbances of body temperature -- Transporting the critically iii N2 - This introduction to the practice of critical care medicine provides a sound working knowledge of the discipline, is packed with information and is extensively referenced. Evidence based guidelines for managing critically ill patients with complex pathophysiology and multisystem involvement are highlighted throughout ER -