Critical Care

1. 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


Index