Description
Book SynopsisWhat you really need to know, but no-one told you.
The best-selling Essential Guide to Acute Care contains everything you need to know about acute care that you can''t find in a standard textbook. The third edition has been extensively revised and updated, presenting new oxygen guidelines, updated evidence and practice around sepsis, fluid balance and volume resuscitation, acute kidney injury, perioperative care, and much more.
The third edition retains the accessible style and comprehensive coverage that has made Essential Guide to Acute Care essential reading for those who look after acutely ill adults. Throughout the book, ''mini-tutorials'' expand on the latest thinking or controversies, and there are practical case histories to reinforce learning at the end of each chapter. The chapters are designed to be read by individuals or used for teaching material in tutorials.
This new edition of Essential Guide to Acute Care:
Table of Contents
Reviews of the Second Edition vii
Introduction ix
Acknowledgements xi
Foreword to the Second Edition xiii
Units Used in This Book xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
1 Patients at Risk 1
2 Oxygen Therapy 13
3 Acid–Base Balance 35
4 Respiratory Failure 49
5 Fluid Balance and Volume Resuscitation 77
6 Sepsis 101
7 Acute Kidney Injury 129
8 Brain Injury 149
9 Optimising Patients Before Surgery 167
10 Pain Control and Sedation 193
Index 205
