The fully revised, third edition of this bestselling handbook describes
best practice of critical care in a succint, concise, and
clinically-oriented way. Covering the principles of general management,
it includes therapeutic and monitoring devices, specific disorders of
organ systems, as well as detailed information on drugs and fluids. New
material has been added on key areas such as airway maintenance,
dressing techniques, infection control, echocardiography, tissue
perfusion monitoring, coma and more. With up-to-date references and
invaluable clinical advice, there is also plenty of space to add notes
or amend sections to suit local protocols.
Patient-centered and practical, it will serve the consultant, trainee,
nurse or other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide
memoir. This is the indispensable Oxford Handbook for all those working
within critical care.