Drs. John Kellum, Scott Gunn, Mervyn Singer and Andrew Webb are the editors of the new Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care, an outstanding volume in the reputable series of 12 different handbooks covering the most important fields in medicine. This compact book of nearly 600 pages with 40 short chapters offers up-to-date information on therapy techniques, relevant monitoring, useful drugs, significant disorders and important emergencies. This new handbook is a perfect reference source for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. It provides evidence-based advice for management of critically ill and injured patients in a succinct, concise and clinically oriented way. This is truly a readily available pocket book, putting best practice guidelines at your fingertips. Hot out of press in October 2007, it is published by Oxford University Press, Inc. in New York, 2008.