Critical Care Medicine at a Glance

Preface viii

Acknowledgements ix

Units, symbols and abbreviations x

How to use your textbook xvi

 Part 1 General 1

 1 Recognising the unwell patient 2

 2 Managing the critically ill patient 4

 3 Monitoring in critical care medicine 6

 4 The electrocardiogram 8

 5 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 10

 6 Oxygen transport 12

 7 Shock 14

 8 Circulatory assessment 16

 9 Fluid management: pathophysiological...