Clinical handbook of Critical Care & Emergency Medicine 2027

A working reference for the first thirty minutes, written for clinicians who have to decide before the picture is complete. Critical care and emergency medicine are practised under time pressure, with incomplete information, on patients who are changing while you assess them. This handbook is built for that reality. Across 16 chapters it works through the reasoning that governs acute decisions: not what the guideline says, but why it says it, where it stops applying, and what the patient in front of you is actually doing. What is inside- 469 pages at 8.5 x 11 inches in paperback, 479 pages at 8.25 x 11 in hardcover, both in a full colour interior- 80 photorealistic clinical figures, one for every numbered section- 95 structured decision tables and 142 clinical feature panels- Bedside Pearl, Red Flag, Mechanism Spotlight, Drug Rationale and Differential Compass panels throughout- Full back matter: drug class reference, normal values, clinical glossary, decision summaries by presenting problem, and a detailed indexCoverage Recognition of the deteriorating patient. Airway management and rapid sequence intubation. Shock states and haemodynamic support. Oxygen delivery and respiratory failure. Mechanical ventilation and lung-protective strategy. Fluids, electrolytes and acid-base disorders. Sepsis and septic shock. Cardiac emergencies. Renal failure and replacement therapy. Neurological emergencies and raised intracranial pressure. Metabolic and endocrine crises. Haemorrhage, transfusion and coagulopathy. Trauma resuscitation. Toxicology and the toxidromes. Recovery, weaning and the consequences of critical illness. Every chapter opens with a patient Each chapter begins with a clinical presentation and ends by resolving it, showing which findings mattered, which decisions…