Includes index.

Management of the critically ill patient -- Monitoring in critical care medicine -- Oxygen transport -- Shock -- Circulatory support : fluids and inotropes -- Oxygenation failure and oxygen therapy -- Airways management -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Endotracheal intubation -- Mechanical ventilation -- Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy -- Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance -- Sedation, analgesia and paralysis -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia -- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis -- End of life issues --

Acute coronary syndromes -- Arrhythmias -- Heart failure and pulmonary oedema -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Cardiac emergencies -- Pneumonia -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Pneumothorax and air leaks -- Respiratory emergencies -- Acute renal failure; pathophysiology and clinical aspects -- Acute renal failure; management and renal replacement therapy -- Diabetic emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- Acute liver failure -- Acute pancreatitis -- Altered mental state, coma and status epilepticus -- Neurological emergencies : stroke -- Neurological emergencies : infective -- Neuromuscular conditions -- Transfusion and coagulation disorders -- Drug overdose and poisoning -- The immune compromised patient -- Trauma -- Head injury -- Chest trauma -- Acute abdominal emergencies -- Obstetric emergencies -- Burns, toxic inhalation and electrical injuries.