Onco-critical Care (eBook)

The book is useful for residents, fellows and trainees in the field of onco-anaesthesia, onco-critical care, onco-surgery, critical care and anaesthesia; practitioners and consultants in anaesthesia and onco-anaesthesia as well as intensivist, critical care experts and postgraduates in nursing.

Dr Vinod Kumar is additional professor in the department of onco-anaesthesia & palliative medicine at Dr BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He received his training in anesthesia from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Dr Kumar has a teaching experience of 12 years and guides MD (palliative medicine) and DM (onco-anaesthesiology) residents for research. He has many publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals to his credit and has edited a book. Dr Kumar is a reviewer for various national and international journals. He is a member of national anaesthesia, airway, and palliative care societies. He is an invited faculty for various national and international conferences.

Dr Nishkarsh Gupta is working as additional professor in the department of onco-anaesthesia & palliative medicine at Dr BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has done graduation and post-graduation in anaesthesiology from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi. Thereafter, he completed DNB (anaesthesiology), postgraduate diploma in hospital administration and fellowship in palliative medicine. Dr Gupta has a teaching experience of 15 years and guides MD (palliative medicine) and DM (onco-anesthesiology) residents for research. He has 150 publications to his credit in various international and national journals. He has also edited 2 books and contributed 15 book chapters. Dr Gupta is actively involved in research and working on 4 AIIMS funded projects. He is in the editorial board and serves as reviewer of many journals.

Dr Seema Mishra is working as professor in the department of onco-anaesthesia & palliative medicine at Dr BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. She has a teaching experience of 23 years. She is currently acting as chief and co-guide of 24 students of DM (onco-anaesthesiology) and 15 students of MD (palliative medicine) for thesis research. Dr Mishra has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals to her credit. She is a reviewer for various national and international journals. She is actively involved in various research projects at AIIMS, New Delhi. Dr Mishra is an invited faculty for various national and international conferences. She is a member of national and international societies of anaesthesia, pain and palliative care. She is working as executive member of Indian Association of Palliative Care. She is a member of advisory board of Indian Journal of Palliative Care. She is also working as national faculty member of Indian Institute of Palliative Care affiliated certificate course in palliative care since 2009. She was also involved in development of various policies at AIIMS (pain policy and end of life care policy).