Care of the Critically Ill

November/December 1997, Volume 13, Issue 6
Table of Contents

Journal Home
<- Previous Journal Contents Next ->

Editorials

Advanced directive: Refusal of treatment 212
R Manian BED, PGDipLL, DipMedLaw

Cis-atracurium in the critically ill 214
A Barrios MD, T Gallagher MB ChB, FRCA, JF Bion FRCP, FRCA, MD

EDIC Series

Intensive care problems in obstetric patients 241
J Bird MB ChB, FRCA

Original Article

High dependency units in England – the lack of provision and the cost of addressing the shortfall 216
DL Edbrooke FRCA, VG Stevens MMedSci, CL Hibbert BA, JM Kingsley RGN, AJ Mann RGN, AJ Wilson PhD

Case study

Suicide: A study of grief in intensive care 238
M Odell MA RGN ENB100

Review articles

New research findings in septic shock/endotoxaemia 222
EN Wardle MD

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill patients: A pathogenesis based infection control method 227
L Silvestri MD, HKF van Saene MD PhD MRC Path, A Gullo MD

The new guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest in the United Kingdom 233
J Logan BA CertEd RGN MISM, S Reed RGN, EN(G)

How to: Guide

Closed suction systems centre insert
S Quirke RGN ENB100 998 870 920

Regular features

Guide to authors 219

Forthcoming events 245

Drug and equipment news 246


© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 1998