Description: Significantly revised from cover to cover, Oh's Intensive Care Manual, 9th Edition, is a must-have, quick-reference resource for ICU physicians at all levels of experience. New and updated topics cover all aspects of intensive care in sufficient detail for daily practice or exam preparation, while also keeping you up to date with the latest innovations in the field. All content has been thoroughly reviewed to ensure coverage of contemporary exam curricula and essential clinical topics-resulting in a single, convenient text that covers exactly the information you need to know in every key area of intensive care medicine.
- Balances information on management and treatment of conditions with essential pathophysiological and pharmacological background-all with an increased focus on clinical management strategies to optimise patient outcomes
- Offers authoritative treatment guidelines covering both adult and paediatric patients in the ICU
- Discusses the latest developments in such areas as ARDS, sepsis, neurological disorders, and morbid obesity
- Provides an increased number of summary boxes, tables, and charts to facilitate quick retrieval of essential information
- Contains new sections on Decision Making, Special Populations, The Post-Operative Patient, and more.
- Includes numerous new chapters: Allied health professionals in ICU; Clinical assessment of the critically ill patient; Determination of death in ICU; Mechanical cardiac supports; Acute aortic syndrome; Overview of respiratory failure in ICU; COVID-19; Neuromonitoring; Pre-operative assessment of high risk patient; Post-operative thoracic surgical patient; Post-operative neuro-surgical patient; Principles of organ procurement and donation; and more
- Shares the knowledge and global expertise of a "who's who" of international specialist ICU Consultants, including new editor Professor Bala Venkatesh, Universities of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
- Provides an extensive list of important, up-to-date references
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Brief description: Dr Jonathan Handy is a top consultant anaesthetist based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the Royal Marsden and serves as Honorary Senior Lecturer for University College London. He is also Clinical Lead for North West London Critical Care Network. Dr Handy is heavily involved in research, including the molecular physiology of critical illness. He is an editor for the journal 'Anaesthesia' and has been involved in developing and teaching various educational courses.
Review Quotes: "All content has been thoroughly reviewed to ensure coverage of contemporary exam curricula and essential clinical topics -- resulting in a single, convenient text that covers exactly the information you need to know in every key area of intensive care medicine... Content is organized according to the daily work of the ICU team... Chapters are beautifully illustrated, and the index includes high quality detail... The quality of detail provided in this volume is excellent. The online materials include many references, and the index is effectively detailed. The reader will enjoy flexibility in reading with separate citations included for figures, tables, and boxes included with index materials."
Review by David Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital), (c)Doody's Review Service, 2026. Doody's Score: 94, 4 Stars!
"This expansive softcover book contains over 100 chapters and nearly 1,500 pages.This edition continues a broad survey of the field." -David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) for Doody's Review Service