Handbook of Intravenous Fluids

Dr Supradip Ghosh (MBBS, DNB (internal medicine), MRCP (UK), EDIC, FICCM) is an intensive care physician with a passion for rational management of intravenous fluid and resuscitation of acutely ill patients. He is currently working as the Director and Head, Department of Critical Care Medicine at Fortis-Escorts Hospital, Faridabad, India. He is the founding chairman of Fluid Academy of India. He is a renowned teacher and academician in the field of critical care medicine with several peer-reviewed publications including book chapters and journal articles in national and international journals. He is also an examiner for various critical care courses conducted in India. Dr Ghosh is a national faculty in the field of critical care medicine. Dr Ghosh is passionately involved in the field of intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill patients and has organized a number of conferences on fluid therapy in critically ill patients.   

Guytonian Model of Circulation.- Compartmentalization Body Fluids and Regulation of Fluid Balance.- Heart-Lung Interaction.- Acid Base Physiology.- Crystalloids as Resuscitation Fluid.- Place of Colloids in Resuscitation.- Maintenance Fluid.- Vasopressors in Resuscitation.- Concept of Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Challenge.- Phases of Resuscitation.- Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock.- Fluid Resuscitation in Hemorrhagic Shock.- Fluid Resuscitation in Diarrheal Diseases.- Fluid Resuscitation in Burn.- Fluid Management in Perioperative Period.- Fluid Management in Diabetic Emergencies.- Concept of de-resuscitation.- Disorders of sodium balance.