Oncologic Critical Care, Second Edition is the most comprehensive resource dedicated to the care of critically ill patients with cancer and establishes the foundations for the modern practice of oncologic critical care. This text provides an in-depth review of the full spectrum of clinical challenges encountered in the oncologic intensive care unit, with particular emphasis on the diagnosis, management, and longitudinal care of this uniquely complex patient population.

Comprised of approximately 150 chapters, the book explores a broad range of topics including the organization and management of an oncologic ICUs; diseases and complications encountered in critically ill cancer patients; multidisciplinary and team-based care; chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and related immune effector therapies; prehabilitation prior to surgery; enhanced recovery after surgery; perioperative and postoperative care; transfusion medicine; special patient populations; critical care procedures; ethics; pain management; and palliative care.

Written by internationally recognized experts, Oncologic Critical Care serves as an essential resource for intensivists, oncologists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, nurses, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, trainees, and healthcare leaders who confront critical care illness in cancer patients daily. This text addresses critical knowledge gaps in the field and provides a comprehensive, contemporary framework to support clinical decision-making and improve outcomes in this rapidly evolving discipline.

Dr. Joseph L. Nates is a professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he serves as the Deputy Chair and Patient Safety and Quality Officer of the Department of Critical Care in the Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine. He previously served as the Medical Director of the Onco-Hematologic Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Chief of the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit and Neuro-Critical Care Program at Memorial-Hermann Hospital in Houston, and Fellowship Director of the Anesthesiology/ Critical Care Program of the University of Texas. He is the Founder and President of the Oncologic Critical Care Network (ONCCC-R-NET), a global organization dedicated to advancing oncologic critical care research and education. In the past 25 years, he has been at the forefront of establishing Oncologic Critical Care as a new subspecialty and spreading this knowledge worldwide. To achieve this goal, he has led and co-authored the first two comprehensive oncologic critical care textbooks in both Spanish and English. He has also authored over 400 scientific publications, including peer-reviewed articles, numerous evidence-based guidelines, editorials, books, manuals, and book chapters. Additionally, he has established regional and global collaborative networks and organized the first several Oncologic Critical Care International and Global symposiums in the USA, across Latin-America, and worldwide. He is also the founding President of the Global Oncologic Critical Care Society, the Scientific Director of the Experts Committees of theIbero-Pan American Federation of Critical Care Societies (FEPIMCTI), member of the Board of Directors of FEPIMCTI, and past sepsis advisor to the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). In recognition of his contributions to critical care, he was awarded the title of Master of Critical Care Medicine by the American College of Critical Care Medicine in 2018. The same year, he received the International Master of Critical Care Medicine award from the Chilean Society of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine for his global contributions to the development of Oncologic Critical Care.