Clinical Cases in Critical Care

Foreword and How to Use This Book ix Author Information x Acknowledgements  xi List of Abbreviations xiii Part I Introduction 1 Section 1 A Brief Introduction to Critical Care 3 Section 2 Intubation of the Critically Unwell Patient 13 Part II The Cases 23 Case 1 The Patient with Rising Vasopressor Requirements 25 Case 2 The Patient with Respiratory Distress I 37 Case 3 The Patient with Respiratory Distress II  48 Case 4 The Patient with Abdominal Pain and Vomiting 60 Case 5 The Patient Involved in a Road Traffic Collision  71 Case 6 The Patient with a Raised Temperature 82 Case 7 The Patient with Haematemesis  94 Case 8 The Patient Who Is Difficult to Ventilate 104 Case 9 The Patient with Chest Pain  118 Case 10 The Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patient  130 Case 11 The Patient with Hyponatraemia  139 Case 12 The Patient in Status Epilepticus 155 Case 13 The Patient Who is Hypotensive 165 Case 14 The Patient Who Deteriorates Post Intubation 177 Case 15 The Patient with Reduced Consciousness 187 Case 16 The Patient Who had A Stroke 201 Case 17 The Patient with Chest Pain and a Rash 213 Case 18 The Young Patient Who Collapses  225 Case 19 The Patient Who has Taken an Overdose  238 Case 20 The Unwell Obstetric Patient  254 Case 21 The Patient in Cardiac ICU   265 Case 22 The Patient Who was in A House Fire  280 Case 23 The Patient with Low Platelets  293 Case 24 The Patient with COVID-19  306 Part III Test Yourself 319 Multiple Choice Questions  321 Single Best Answer Questions  327 Answers   333 Index  349