- Chapter 1 Respiratory therapy techniques
- Chapter 2 Cardiovascular therapy techniques
- Chapter 3 Renal therapy techniques
- Chapter 4 Gastrointestinal therapy techniques
- Chapter 5 Nutrition
- Chapter 6 Respiratory monitoring
- Chapter 7 Cardiovascular monitoring
- Chapter 8 Tissue perfusion monitoring
- Chapter 9 Neurological monitoring
- Chapter 10 Fluids
- Chapter 11 Respiratory drugs
- Chapter 12 Cardiovascular drugs
- Chapter 13 Gastrointestinal drugs
- Chapter 14 Neurological drugs
- Chapter 15 Haematological drugs
- Chapter 16 Miscellaneous drugs
- Chapter 17 Resuscitation
- Chapter 18 Respiratory disorders
- Chapter 19 Cardiovascular disorders
- Chapter 20 Renal disorders
- Chapter 21 Gastrointestinal disorders
- Chapter 22 Hepatic disorders
- Chapter 23 Neurological disorders
- Chapter 24 Haematological disorders
- Chapter 25 Metabolic disorders
- Chapter 26 Poisoning
- Chapter 27 Shock
- Chapter 28 Infection and inflammation
- Chapter 29 Trauma and burns
- Chapter 30 Physical disorders
- Chapter 31 Pain and postoperative intensive care
- Chapter 32 Maternal critical care
- Chapter 33 Death and dying
- Chapter 34 Intensive care unit organization and management
- Chapter 35 Looking after critically ill children
(p. 545) Physical disorders
- Chapter:
- (p. 545) Physical disorders
- Author(s):
Carl Waldmann
, Andrew Rhodes
, Neil Soni
, and Jonathan Handy
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198723561.003.0030
This chapter discusses physical disorders and includes discussion on hypothermia (including discussion on physiology of temperature regulation and pathophysiology of hypothermia, management of a cardiac arrest with associated hypothermia, rewarming of the patient, and fluids, ‘rescue collapse’, and ‘after drop’), drowning and near-drowning (explaining rescue and resuscitation of the drowning subject), rhabdomyolysis (its clinical manifestations and the complications of rhabdomyolysis), and tissue viability issues in intensive care.
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- Chapter 1 Respiratory therapy techniques
- Chapter 2 Cardiovascular therapy techniques
- Chapter 3 Renal therapy techniques
- Chapter 4 Gastrointestinal therapy techniques
- Chapter 5 Nutrition
- Chapter 6 Respiratory monitoring
- Chapter 7 Cardiovascular monitoring
- Chapter 8 Tissue perfusion monitoring
- Chapter 9 Neurological monitoring
- Chapter 10 Fluids
- Chapter 11 Respiratory drugs
- Chapter 12 Cardiovascular drugs
- Chapter 13 Gastrointestinal drugs
- Chapter 14 Neurological drugs
- Chapter 15 Haematological drugs
- Chapter 16 Miscellaneous drugs
- Chapter 17 Resuscitation
- Chapter 18 Respiratory disorders
- Chapter 19 Cardiovascular disorders
- Chapter 20 Renal disorders
- Chapter 21 Gastrointestinal disorders
- Chapter 22 Hepatic disorders
- Chapter 23 Neurological disorders
- Chapter 24 Haematological disorders
- Chapter 25 Metabolic disorders
- Chapter 26 Poisoning
- Chapter 27 Shock
- Chapter 28 Infection and inflammation
- Chapter 29 Trauma and burns
- Chapter 30 Physical disorders
- Chapter 31 Pain and postoperative intensive care
- Chapter 32 Maternal critical care
- Chapter 33 Death and dying
- Chapter 34 Intensive care unit organization and management
- Chapter 35 Looking after critically ill children