Oh's Intensive Care Manual

Part One - Structure and Process

1 Design and organisation of intensive care units

2 Rapid response systems: care of critically ill patients outside of critical care

3 Critical care nursing

4 Allied health professionals in ICU

5 Team-based healthcare delivery

6 Pandemic and major incident planning

7 Transport of critically ill patients

8 Common problems after ICU

Part Two - Decision Making

9 Clinical assessment of the critically ill patient

10 Severity scoring and outcome prediction

11 Trials

12 Ethics

13 Treatment limitation and palliative care

14 The determination of death in ICU

Part Three - Sepsis and Infections Requiring ICU Support

15 Sepsis and septic shock

16 Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome

17 Genetics in sepsis

18 Healthcare-associated infection

19 Fungal infection

20 Principles of antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit

21 Tropical infections

22 Severe soft-tissue infections

Part Four - Cardiovascular Intensive Care

23 Overview of shock

24 Haemodynamic monitoring

25 Echocardiography in intensive care

26 Inotropes and vasopressors (vasoactive drugs)

27 Vasodilators and antihypertensives

28 Mechanical cardiac supports

29 Acute coronary syndromes, investigations and interventions

30 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (including defibrillation)

31 Cardiac arrhythmias

32 Cardiac pacing

33 Acute heart failure and pulmonary hypertension

34 Valvular and congenital heart disease and infective endocarditis

35 Acute aortic syndrome

Part Five - Respiratory Failure

36 Overview of respiratory failure in ICU

37 Acute respiratory distress syndrome

38 Respiratory monitoring

39 Troubleshooting mechanical ventilation waveforms

40 Chest imaging and ultrasound in the ICU

41 Oxygen therapy, humidifiers and inhalation therapy

42 Mechanical ventilator support

43 Non-invasive ventilation

44 Airway management and acute airway obstruction

45 Pulmonary embolism

46 Acute severe asthma

47 Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

48 Pneumonia

49 COVID-19

50 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure

Part Six - Gastroenterological Emergencies and Surgery

51 Enteral and parenteral nutrition

52 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding

53 Acute pancreatitis

54 Hepatic failure

Part Seven - Acute Renal Failure

55 Acute kidney injury

56 Renal replacement therapy

57 Acid-base disorders and hyperlactataemia

58 Fluid and electrolyte therapy

Part Eight - Neurological Disorders

59 Disorders of consciousness

60 Cerebral protection

61 Status epilepticus

62 Acute cerebrovascular complications

63 Meningitis and encephalomyelitis

64 Neuromonitoring

65 Delirium

66 ICU-acquired weakness

67 Neuromuscular disorders

Part Nine - Endocrine Disorders

68 Diabetic emergencies and glucose control in the ICU

69 Polyuria in the ICU – diabetes insipidus and other causes

70 Thyroid emergencies

71 Adrenocortical insufficiency in critical illness

Part Ten - Surgical Patient

72 Preoperative assessment of the high-risk patient

73 Postoperative cardiac intensive care

74 Post-operative thoracic surgical patient

75 Management of the post-operative neurosurgical patient

76 Postoperative care after major abdominal operations

Part Eleven - Severe and Multiple Trauma

77 Severe and multiple injuries

78 Severe head injuries

79 Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries

80 Chest injuries

81 Spinal injuries

82 Abdominal and pelvic injuries

Part Twelve - Special Populations

83 Intensive care and the elderly

84 Obesity

85 The immunocompromised host

86 Implications of solid tumours for intensive care

87 Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations and critical illness: an overview

88 Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and related disorders in pregnancy

89 Obstetric emergencies

Part Thirteen - The Paediatric Patient

90 The critically ill child

91 Upper airway obstruction in children

92 Acute respiratory distress in children

93 Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy

94 Sedation and analgesia in children

95 Shock and cardiac disease in children

96 Neurological emergencies in children

97 Paediatric trauma

98 Paediatric treatment limitation and organ donation

99 Paediatric poisoning and envenomation

100 Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Part Fourteen - Environmental Injuries

101 Poisoning and drug intoxication

102 Submersion

103 Burns

104 Thermal disorders

105 Electrical safety and injuries

106 Envenomation

107 Blast and ballistic trauma

108 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear exposure management

Part Fifteen - Inflammatory and Immune Disorders

109 Anaphylaxis

110 Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

111 Rheumatology

Part Sixteen - Haematological Management

112 Blood transfusion and patient blood management

113 Haemostatic failure

114 Haematological malignancy
Part Seventeen - Transplantation

115 Organ donation

116 Liver and kidney transplantation

117 Heart transplantation

118 Lung transplantation

Part Eighteen - Pharmacologic Considerations

119 Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in acute illness

120 Sedation and pain management in intensive care