Patient-centred and practical, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care serves the consultant, trainee, nurse, and other allied health professionals as both a reference and aide memoir, as an indispensable guide to all aspects of critical care.

• 1: Organisation and management


• 2: Critical care scoring systems


• 3: Respiratory therapy techniques


• 4: Cardiovascular therapy techniques


• 5: Renal and blood therapy techniques


• 6: Gastrointestinal therapy techniques


• 7: Nutrition


• 8: Wound and pressure area management


• 9: Respiratory monitoring


• 10: Cardiovascular monitoring


• 11: Neurological monitoring


• 12: Laboratory and point of care monitoring


• 13: Fluids


• 14: Respiratory drugs


• 15: Cardiovascular drugs


• 16: Gastrointestinal drugs


• 17: Neurological drugs


• 18: Haematological drugs


• 19: Antimicrobial drugs


• 20: Immunological drugs


• 21: Resuscitation


• 22: Respiratory disorders


• 23: Cardiovascular disorders


• 24: Renal disorders


• 25: Gastrointestinal disorders


• 26: Hepatopancreatobiliary disorders


• 27: Neurological disorders


• 28: Haematological disorders


• 29: Metabolic and endocrine disorders


• 30: Poisoning


• 31: Infection, sepsis and inflammation


• 32: Trauma and burns


• 33: Disorders of temperature


• 34: Pain and peri-operative critical care


• 35: Oncological critical care


• 36: Obstetric emergencies


• 37: Transport of the critically ill


• 38: End of life care