In the 5th Edition of this important text, practical, concise information on intensive care is presented in a clear and accessible style. The text covers a broad spectrum of intensive care medicine with enough detail to eliminate the need to refer to a larger reference book. This thoroughly revised and updated edition reflects the best and most current practices from leading international centres.

Key Features

• Presents completely redrawn illustrations for increased understanding, consistency and accessibility.
• Offers practical, concise information on all aspects of intensive care, presented in a clear and accessible style.
• The fully updated contents reflect best practice from leading international centers.
• This is a working textbook that covers the broad spectrum of intensive care medicine, providing sufficient detail on each topic, without the need to refer to large reference books.

New to this Edition

• Provides a new section on Shock with 5 new chapters: Shock - an overview, Haemodynamic monitoring, Monitoring Oxygenation, Lactic Acidosis, Multiple Organ Dysfunction.
• Offers 13 new chapters: Ethics in Intensive Care, Common problems after ICU, Clinical Information Systems, Imaging the Chest, Non-Invasive Ventilation, Abdominal Surgical Problems, Pre-existing Disease in Pregnancy, Tropical Diseases, Blast Injury, Gun Shot Wounds & Stabbing, Biological Warfare, Vasopressors & Inotopes, Vasodilators, Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

This 5th edition has been entitled Oh's Intensive Care Manual to reflect the significance of Professor Teik Oh's contribution to the great success of the first four editions.

Reviews
"It cannot possibly cover in detail all aspects of such a vast subject as intensive care, but each chapter is self-contained and comprehensively referenced to facilitate further reading... ...comprehensive enough to be a genuinely useful manual for day-to-day use on the unit, and clear enough for easy in-depth study by those with an interest in the subject.... an invaluable source of comprehensive, up-to-date and readily accessible information for clinical use on the intensive care unit or for private study."
-- Dr Phil Gray, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , Today's Anaesthetist

Features

• Practical, concise information on intensive care is presented in a clear and accessible style
• The comprehensive contents cover the broad spectrum of intensive care medicine, providing sufficient detail on each topic for a working textbook, without the need to refer to large reference books
• The revised contents reflects the best-practice from leading international centres
• Keeping up with the rapidly developing field of intensive care medicine is critical for all those training and working in the ICU at all levels - consultant and trainee medical staff, nurses and other allied health professionals will all benefit

What's New
For this new edition Professor Teik Oh has selected two leading consultants, Professor Andrew Bersten and Dr. Neil Soni, to edit the contributions from expert contributors from all over the world

All illustrations have been redrawn in the fifth edition for easier accessibility and consistency

New chapters:
Ethics in Intensive Care
Common problems after ICU
Clinical Information Systems
Imaging the Chest
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Abdominal Surgical Problems
Pre-existing Disease in Pregnancy
Tropical Diseases
Blast Injury, Gun Shot Wounds & Stabbing
Biological Warfare
Vasopressors & Inotopes
Vasodilators
Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Brand new section on shock including chapters on:
Shock - an overview
Haemodynamic monitoring
Monitoring Oxygenation
Lactic Acidosis
Multiple Organ Dysfunction