Table of Contents:

PART 1 - Organisation Aspects
1 - Design and organisation of intensive care units
2 - Critical care Outreach & rapid response systems
3 - Severity Scoring and Outcome Prediction
4 - Transport of the critically ill patients
5 - Physiotherapy in intensive care
6 - Critical care nursing
7 - Ethics
8 - Common problems after ICU
9 - Clinical information systems
10 - Trials
11 - Palliative care
12 - ICU and the elderly
13 - Team based health care delivery
14 - Genetics and Sepsis

PART 2 - Shock
15 - Overview of shock
16 - Haemodynamic monitoring
17 - Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
18 - Monitoring oxygenation
19 - Hyperlactatemia in Critical Illness

PART 3 - Acute Coronary Care
20 - Acute cardiac investigations and interventions
21 - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (including defibrillation)
22 - Cardiac arrhythmias (combine with drugs)
23 - Cardiac pacing
24 - Acute Heart failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
25 - Valvular and congenital heart disease and infective endocarditis
26 - Postoperative cardiac intensive care
27 - Echocardiography in intensive care

PART 4 - Respiratory Failure
28 - Oxygen therapy
29 - Airway management and acute airway obstruction
30 - Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
31 - Mechanical ventilator support
32 - Humidifiers and inhalation therapy
33 - Acute respiratory distress syndrome include fat embolism
34 - Pulmonary embolism
35 - Acute severe asthma
36 - Pneumonia
37 - Noninvasive ventilation
38 - Respiratory monitoring
39 - Chest imaging
40 - Ultrasound in the ICU
41 - ECMO

PART 5 - Gastroenterological Emergencies
42 - Acute gastrointestinal bleeding
43 - Acute pancreatitis
44 - Hepatic failure
45 - Abdominal Surgical Catastrophes
46 - Implications of solid tumours for Intensive Care

PART 6 - Acute Renal Failure
47 - Acute Kidney Injury
48 - Renal Replacement Therapy

PART 7 - Neurological Disorders
49 - Disorders of consciousness
50 - Status epilepticus
51 - Acute cerebrovascular complications
52 - Cerebral protection
53 - Brain death
54 - Meningitis and encephalomyelitis
55 - Tetanus
56 - Delirium
57 - ICU acquired weakness
58 - Neuromuscular disorders

PART 8 - Endocrine Disorders
59 - Diabetic emergencies
60 - Diabetes insipidus and other polyuric syndromes
61 - Thyroid emergencies
62 - Adrenocortical insufficiency
63 - Acute calcium disorders

PART 9 - Obstetric Emergencies
64 - Preeclampsia and eclampsia
65 - Obstetric emergencies
66 - Severe cardiac disease in pregnancy

PART 10 - Infections and Immune Disorders
67 - Anaphylaxis
68 - Host defence and immunodeficiency
69 - HIV and AIDS
70 - Sepsis and Septic shock
71 - Nosocomial infections
72 - Severe soft tissue infections
73 - Fungal infection
74 - Principles of antibiotic use in the ICU
75 - Tropical diseases

PART 11 - Severe and Multiple Trauma
76 - Severe and multiple injuries
77 - Severe head injuries
78 - Faciomaxillary and upper airway injuries
79 - Chest injuries
80 - Spinal injuries
81 - Abdominal and pelvic injuries

PART 12 - Environmental Injuries
82 - Submersion
83 - Burns
84 - Thermal disorders
85 - Electrical safety and injuries
86 - Envenomation
87 - Blast and ballistic trauma
88 - Bioterrorism

PART 13 - Pharmacologic Considerations
89 - Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in acute illness
90 - Poisoning and drug intoxication
91 - Sedation and pain management in intensive care
92 - Vasopressors and inotropes
93 - Vasodilators and antihypertensives

PART 14 - Metabolic Homeostasis
94 - Acid-base balance and disorders
95 - Fluid and electrolyte therapy
96 - Enteral and parenteral nutrition

PART 15 - Haematological Management
97 - Blood transfusion
98 - Colloids and blood products
99 - Plasmapheresis, therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
100 - Haemostatic failure
101 - Haematological malignancy

PART 16 - Transplantation
102 - Organ donation
103 - Liver transplantation
104 - Heart and lung transplantation

PART 17 - Paediatric Intensive Care
105 - The critically ill child
106 - Upper airway obstruction in children
107 - Acute respiratory failure in children
108 - Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy
109 - Sedation and analgesia in children
110 - Shock and cardiac disease in children
111 - Neurological emergencies in children
112 - Paediatric trauma
113 - Treatment limitation and organ procurement
114 - Paediatric poisoning and envenomation
115 - Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation