Oxford Textbook of Critical Care - New in Paperback

Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit.

The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making.

Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.

Andrew Webb, Vice President, Quality and Medical Affairs, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, Canada, Derek Angus, Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine, Health Policy & Management and Clinical & Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Simon Finfer, Professor of Critical Care, University of New South Wales, Luciano Gattioni, Professor of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, and Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, UK