Critical care medicine at a glance - Leach, Richard M.; Sylvester, James T.; Ward, Jeremy P. T. (Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2004)
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
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