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.