Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Medicine 4th Edition

The fully revised, fourth edition of this bestselling Oxford Handbook describes best practice of critical care in a succinct, concise and clinically-orientated 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-centred 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.

Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Director; NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator, Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine; University College London, UK, Andrew Webb, Retired Critical Care Physician and Senior Executive; Retired Senior Healthcare Executive, University College London Hospitals, London, UK; Surrey, BC, Canada and Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada, Alice Carter, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care; Associate Dean and Director, University College London Hospitals; London Foundation School, NHS England, London, UK