In critical situations, quickly access the information you need and act swiftly and correctly: The gray section guides you step by step through all the essential techniques in intensive care medicine, as well as methods for diagnostics and monitoring. You will find answers to relevant ethical and forensic questions. The green section serves as a reference for intensive care therapies, such as sedation, antibiotic therapy, ventilation, and renal replacement therapy. The blue section provides all the necessary information on intensive care diseases. The red section guides you through intensive care pharmacotherapy with approximately 190 drug profiles. New in the 5th edition: - Update of all content - Alignment with current guidelines and definitions, for example, on the topic of sepsis - Complete revision of the chapter on cardiac and thoracic vascular surgeries.