Description
Book SynopsisThis much-needed and lucid text on critical care includes 111 contributions from eminent critical care physicians. It includes certain topics that are relevant to India like poisoning, tropical infections, end-of-life care and pregnancy-related issues and covers the practical aspects of mechanical ventilation for the readers. Illustrated with radiographic images, photographs, diagrams, flow charts and tables, this book is essential for postgraduates and practicing intensivists.
Table of Contents1. Assessment of Critically Ill Patients
2. Airway Management in ICU
3. Hemodynamic Monitoring in ICU
4. Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Patients
5. Vasopressors and Inotropes
6. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
7. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Paradigm Shift
8. Therapeutic Hypothermia
9. Management of Organ Donor
10. Scoring Systems in ICU
11. Guidelines for ICU Planning and Designing in India
12. Guidelines and Protocols in ICU
13. Clinical Audit and Handoff in ICU
14. Critical Care Nursing in India
Section 2: Cardiac Care
15. Acute Coronary Syndrome
16. Heart Failure
17. Cardiac Arrhythmias in ICU
18. Hypertensive Emergency
19. Pacing in the ICU Setting
20. Pulmonary Embolism
21. Intensive Care Unit Management of Patients with Right Heart Failure
Section 3: Respiratory Care
22. Community Acquired Pneumonia
23. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
24. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Section 4: Liver and Digestive System
25. Acute Liver Failure
26. Acute Pancreatitis
27. Hepatorenal and Hepatopulmonary Syndromes
28. Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation
29. Critical Care Aspects in Adult Liver Transplantation
Section 5: Renal Care
30. Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
31. Renal Replacement Therapy
32. Critical Care Management of Renal Transplant Recipients
33. Acid-Base Disorders in Critical Care
34. Disorders of Potassium
35. Sodium Disorders
36. Disorders of Calcium and Magnesium
Section 6: Neurological Care
37. Management of Critically Ill Trauma Patients
38. Management of Spinal Injury
39. Neurocritical Care Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
40. Intensive Care Management of Postoperative Neurosurgical Patients
Section 7: Obstetric Critical Care
41. Physiology of Pregnancy
42. Respiratory Disorders During Pregnancy
43. Liver Disease Complicating Pregnancy
44. Peripartum and Postpartum Intensive Care in Pregnancy
Section 8: Pediatric Critical Care
45. Recognition and Assessment of Critically Ill Child
46. Pediatric Septic Shock
47. Status Epilepticus
48. Raised Intracranial Pressure in Children with an Acute Brain Injury: Monitoring and Management
Section 9: Infections
49. Extended Spectrum Beta Lactam Producing Infections in Intensive Care Unit
50. Infections in Immunocompromised Patients in ICU
51. Invasive Fungal Infections in Critically Ill Patients
52. Febrile Neutropenia
53. Fever in the ICU
54. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Critically Ill Patients
55. Tropical Infections in ICU
56. Tropical Fever—Management Guidelines ISCCM Tropical Fever Group
Section 10: Ethics and End-of-Life Care Issues
57. Bioethical Considerations
58. End-of-Life Care Practices in the World
Section 11: Miscellaneous
59. Burns, Inhalation and Electrical Injury
60. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
61. Oncological Emergencies
62. Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome
63. Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
64. Nutrition in a Critically Ill Patients
65. Approach to an Unknown Poisoning
66. Specific Intoxications
67. Fatal Envenomations
68. Care of Obese Patient in ICU
69. Imaging in Intensive Care Unit
Section 12: Mechanical Ventilation
70. Respiratory Mechanics: Basics
71. Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
72. Basic Modes of Ventilation
73. Ventilator Graphics
74. Newer Modes of Ventilation
75. Weaning/Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
76. Non-Invasive Ventilation
77. Ventilation Strategy in Obstructive Airway Disease
78. Ventilation Strategy in Trauma
79. Rescue Strategies in ARDS—Recruitment Maneuvers
80. Rescue Therapy in ARDS: Prone Ventilation and High Frequency Oscillation
Ventilation (HFOV)
81. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
82. Aerosol Delivery Systems in Mechanical Ventilation
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Hemodynamic Formulae and Values
Appendix 2: Respiratory Formulae and Values
Appendix 3: Acid-Base Balance, Renal Formulae and Values
Appendix 4: Scoring System Used in ICU
Appendix 5: Spectrum of Commonly Used Antibiotic in ICU
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