Challenging Concepts in Critical Care Cases with Expert Commentary

List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Case 1 Sepsis Laith Malhas and Ron Daniels Case 2 Acute heart failure Amy Krepska and Deirdre Murphy Case 3 Acute respiratory failure Catherine Bryant and Sanjoy Shah Case 4 Early management of multi- trauma Marius Rehn and David J. Lockey Case 5 Severe traumatic brain injury Virginia Newcombe and Jamie Cooper Case 6 Post- cardiac arrest care and prognostication Justine Barnett and Jerry Nolan Case 7 Subarachnoid haemorrhage Matthew A. Kirkman and Martin Smith Case 8 Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure Richard Hunt and Peter MacNaughton Case 9 Multiple organ support in an ageing population Matt Oliver and Dave Murray Case 10 Sedation and delirium Nim Pathmanathan and Paul Nixon Case 11 Acute-on-chronic liver failure Tasneem Pirani and Julia Wendon Case 12 Acute pancreatitis and renal replacement therapy Clinton Lobo, Kim Gupta, and Matt Thomas Case 13 Feeding, access, and thromboprophylaxis Martin Huntley and Ramani Moonesinghe Case 14 Malignancy and critical illness Nishita Desai and Gary Wares Case 15 Major burns Sian Alys Moxham and Amber E. Young Case 16 Prolonged mechanical ventilation and delayed weaning Patrick B. Murphy and Nicholas Hart Case 17 Pandemic planning and critical care Lucinda Gabriel and Jeremy Farrar Case 18 Organ donation and transplantation Andrew Ray and Alex Manara Index