Recent Advances in Critical Care - 1 features a collection of in-depth reviews of the latest developments in the field. Written in an accessible format and featuring such topics as trauma coagulopathy, renal replacement therapy and the use of focussed transthoracic echocardiography in haemodynamic assessment, each chapter provides a comprehensive overview and emphasises points of interest. This first volume in the series is an invaluable resource for busy clinicians.Key points12 chapters summarising important recent advances within the field of critical care.All topics are written in a practical and clinically relevant manner, further enhanced by the ‘Key Points for Clinical Practice’ section at the end of each chapterAll chapters are written by expert authors ensuring authoritative and accurate contentFull colour photographs throughout
David Ashton-Cleary MBChB (Hons) FRCA FFICM DICM DiplMC (RCSEd)Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UKWilliam English BMedSci BMBS MRCP FRCA DICM FICMConsultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
Chapter 1 Advances in respiratory supportPeter Macnaughton Chapter 2 Trauma-induced coagulopathyMark Burgess, Karim Brohi Chapter 3 Prognostication following cardiac arrestMatthew Thomas, Nick Kane Chapter 4 Nutrition in critical care – the last 10 yearsWilliam Woodward Chapter 5 Candida infection in non-neutropenic critical care patients: current difficulties and future developments in diagnosis and risk stratificationWilliam A English, Elizabeth M Johnson Chapter 6 Renal replacement therapyAlex Harrison Chapter 7 Clinical epidemiology and management of viralpneumoniaJonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Kevin Rooney Chapter 8 Thoracic ultrasonographyDavid Ashton-Cleary Chapter 9 Re-establishing heart transplantation: donation after circulatory deathStephen Large, Simon Messer, Aravinda Page Chapter 10 Management of the adult congenital heart disease patient in general critical careSebastian Brown, Haslan Ghazali, Peter Murphy Chapter 11 Transthoracic echocardiography in haemodynamic assessmentRay Sinclair, Barnaby Scrace Chapter 12 Poisonings: old favourites and novel designer drugsGemma Dignam, Colin Bigham