Oh's Intensive Care Manual

Part One - Structure and Process
1 Design and organisation of intensive care units
2 Rapid response systems: care of critically ill patients outside of critical care
3 Critical care nursing
4 Allied health professionals in ICU
5 Team-based healthcare delivery
6 Pandemic and major incident planning
7 Transport of critically ill patients
8 Common problems after ICU

Part Two - Decision Making
9 Clinical assessment of the critically ill patient
10 Severity scoring and outcome prediction
11 Trials
12 Ethics
13 Treatment limitation and palliative care
14 The determination of death in ICU

Part Three - Sepsis and Infections Requiring ICU Support
15 Sepsis and septic shock
16 Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
17 Genetics in sepsis
18 Healthcare-associated infection
19 Fungal infection
20 Principles of antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit
21 Tropical infections
22 Severe soft-tissue infections

Part Four - Cardiovascular Intensive Care
23 Overview of shock
24 Haemodynamic monitoring
25 Echocardiography in intensive care
26 Inotropes and vasopressors (vasoactive drugs)
27 Vasodilators and antihypertensives
28 Mechanical cardiac supports
29 Acute coronary syndromes, investigations and interventions
30 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (including defibrillation)
31 Cardiac arrhythmias
32 Cardiac pacing
33 Acute heart failure and pulmonary hypertension
34 Valvular and congenital heart disease and infective endocarditis
35 Acute aortic syndrome

Part Five - Respiratory Failure
36 Overview of respiratory failure in ICU
37 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
38 Respiratory monitoring
39 Troubleshooting mechanical ventilation waveforms
40 Chest imaging and ultrasound in the ICU
41 Oxygen therapy, humidifiers and inhalation therapy
42 Mechanical ventilator support
43 Non-invasive ventilation
44 Airway management and acute airway obstruction
45 Pulmonary embolism
46 Acute severe asthma
47 Acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
48 Pneumonia
49 COVID-19
50 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure

Part Six - Gastroenterological Emergencies and Surgery
51 Enteral and parenteral nutrition
52 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding
53 Acute pancreatitis
54 Hepatic failure

Part Seven - Acute Renal Failure
55 Acute kidney injury
56 Renal replacement therapy
57 Acid-base disorders and hyperlactataemia
58 Fluid and electrolyte therapy

Part Eight - Neurological Disorders
59 Disorders of consciousness
60 Cerebral protection
61 Status epilepticus
62 Acute cerebrovascular complications
63 Meningitis and encephalomyelitis
64 Neuromonitoring
65 Delirium
66 ICU-acquired weakness
67 Neuromuscular disorders

Part Nine - Endocrine Disorders
68 Diabetic emergencies and glucose control in the ICU
69 Polyuria in the ICU - diabetes insipidus and other causes
70 Thyroid emergencies
71 Adrenocortical insufficiency in critical illness

Part Ten - Surgical Patient
72 Preoperative assessment of the high-risk patient
73 Postoperative cardiac intensive care
74 Post-operative thoracic surgical patient
75 Management of the post-operative neurosurgical patient
76 Postoperative care after major abdominal operations

Part Eleven - Severe and Multiple Trauma
77 Severe and multiple injuries
78 Severe head injuries
79 Maxillofacial and upper-airway injuries
80 Chest injuries
81 Spinal injuries
82 Abdominal and pelvic injuries

Part Twelve - Special Populations
83 Intensive care and the elderly
84 Obesity
85 The immunocompromised host
86 Implications of solid tumours for intensive care
87 Maori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations and critical illness: an overview
88 Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and related disorders in pregnancy
89 Obstetric emergencies

Part Thirteen - The Paediatric Patient
90 The critically ill child
91 Upper airway obstruction in children
92 Acute respiratory distress in children
93 Paediatric fluid and electrolyte therapy
94 Sedation and analgesia in children
95 Shock and cardiac disease in children
96 Neurological emergencies in children
97 Paediatric trauma
98 Paediatric treatment limitation and organ donation
99 Paediatric poisoning and envenomation
100 Paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Part Fourteen - Environmental Injuries
101 Poisoning and drug intoxication
102 Submersion
103 Burns
104 Thermal disorders
105 Electrical safety and injuries
106 Envenomation
107 Blast and ballistic trauma
108 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear exposure management

Part Fifteen - Inflammatory and Immune Disorders
109 Anaphylaxis
110 Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
111 Rheumatology

Part Sixteen - Haematological Management
112 Blood transfusion and patient blood management
113 Haemostatic failure
114 Haematological malignancy
Part Seventeen - Transplantation
115 Organ donation
116 Liver and kidney transplantation
117 Heart transplantation
118 Lung transplantation

Part Eighteen - Pharmacologic Considerations
119 Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug monitoring in acute illness
120 Sedation and pain management in intensive care