About the Book
Textbook of Critical Care is an extensive two volume guide to all aspects of critical care. The first volume covers systems of the human body in individual sections; the second volume continues to cover other vital topics for those working in an intensive care unit. With over 100 international contributors ensuring authoritative content throughout, and full colour illustrations across 1500 pages, Textbook of Critical Care is a valuable resource for residents, intensivists, and emergency medicine doctors.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Section 1: General Principles
1. Recognition of Critical Illness 3
Farokh Udwadia
2. Scoring Systems 8
Rajesh Mishra
3. Resuscitation of Cardiac Arrest, Postresuscitation Care and
Therapeutic Hypothermia 15
Mayuki Aibiki, Hironori Matsumoto, Jun Takeba, Kensuke Umakoshi, Satoshi Kikuchi
4. Airway Management 26
Sheila Nainan Myatra, Madhavi Desai
5. Hemodynamic Monitoring 42
Daniel De Backer
6. Respiratory Monitoring 49
Chitra Mehta, Yatin Mehta
7. Neuromonitoring 66
Nidhi Gupta, HH Dash
8. Imaging in Icu 90
Ajeet Singh, Shrikanth Srinivasan, Deepak Govil
9. Sedoanalgesia and Delirium 116
Ramavath Devendra Naik, E Wesley Ely, Elavarasi A
10. Fluids and Electrolytes 131
Roop Kishen
11. Acid-Base Balance and Disorders 145
Rahul Pandit
12. Nutrition 151
Pravin Amin
13. Glycemic Control 158
Beena Bansal, Ambrish Mithal
14. Pressure Sore Prevention and Management 165
JP Sharma, Manal M Khan, S Saigal, DK Singh
15. Principles of Mechanical Ventilation 174
Pamela Eakin, Amit Bedi, Peter Farling
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16. Newer Modes of Ventilation 182
Prashant Kumar, Yatin Mehta
17. Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation 195
JV Divatia, Amol Kothekar
18. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) 202
Poonam Malhotra Kapoor
19. Transport of Critically Ill 219
Himanshu Khurana, Yatin Mehta
Section 2: Cardiovascular System
20. Pharmacology of Inotropes and Vasopressors 231
Janet Martin, Jonathan Borger, Davy Cheng
21. Acute Coronary Syndrome 243
Praveen Chandra
22. Emergencies in Valvular Heart Diseases 248
RR Kasliwal, Mansi Kaushik, Neeraj Bharti, Manish Bansal
23. Arrhythmias and Heart Block 262
Balbir Singh
24. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock 270
Jason Chui, Janet Martin, Davy Cheng
25. Hypertensive Crisis 284
Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Yatin Mehta
26. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis 291
Rahul Mehrotra, Jeetendra Sharma
27. Aortic Dissection and Aneurysm 301
Anil Bhan, Manvendra Singh
28. Cardiac Tamponade and Constrictive Pericarditis 307
Biswajit Paul, Sameer Shrivastav
29. Anticoagulants, Thrombolytic and Antiplatelet Agents 312
Ashok Seth, Vijay Kumar, Saket Junagade
Section 3: Respiratory System
30. Oxygenation and Respiratory Failure 327
Gopi C Khilnani, Neetu Jain
31. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 334
Christopher Howard, Philip Ong, Joseph Thachuthara, Charlie Lan, Kalpalatha K Guntupalli
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32. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Acute Severe Asthma 344
Ghulam Saydain, Manish Patel, Kalpalatha K Guntupalli
33. Community-acquired Pneumonia 351
Rajesh Chawla, Deven Juneja
34. Nosocomial Pneumonia 360
Rajesh Chawla, Prashant Nasa
35. Massive Hemoptysis 369
Chitra Mehta, Yatin Mehta
36. Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax 379
Jagdish Chander Suri, Dipak Bhattacharya
Section 4: Renal System
37. Acute Kidney Injury 401
Celina D Cepeda, Ravindra L Mehta
38. Renal Replacement Therapy 417
Ashish Nandwani, Vijay Kher
Section 5: Gastrointestinal Tract, Pancreas And
Hepatobiliary System
39. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Stress Ulcer Syndrome 429
Rajesh Puri, Parvesh Jain, Zubin Dev Sharma
40. Paralytic Ileus 441
Ajeet Singh, Sachin Gupta, Sweta J Patel
41. Mesenteric Ischemia 450
Shrikanth Srinivasan, Ankit Sharma, Deepak Govil
42. Fulminant Colitis and Toxic Megacolon 458
Naresh Bansal, Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Anil Arora
43. Approach to Elevated Liver Enzymes 461
Kaushal Madan, Richa Bhargava
44. Acute Liver Dysfunction and Hepatic Encephalopathy 466
Shalimar, Subrat K Acharya
45. Acute Pancreatitis 475
Randhir Sud, Smruti Ranjan Mishra, Zubin Dev Sharma
46. Hepatorenal Syndrome 483
Saurabh Taneja, Sumit Ray
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47. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome 489
Randeep Guleria, Vijay Hadda
48. Intra-abdominal Sepsis and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome 495
Prakash Shastri
49. Approach to Portal Hypertension and Ascites 501
Ajay Kumar, Rajeev Shandil
Section 6: Neurology
50. Approach to Unconscious Patient 513
Shivakumar Iyer, Jignesh Shah
51. Acute Ischemic Stroke 522
Arun Garg, Susant Bhuyan
52. Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke 532
Kapil Zirpe, Sushma Patil
53. Seizure and Status Epilepticus 544
Atma Ram Bansal
54. Central Nervous System Infection 548
Arvind Kumar Baronia, Armin Ahmed
55. Neuromuscular Disorders 554
Susant Bhuyan, Sumit Singh
Section 7: Endocrinology
56. Glycemic Emergencies 565
Wasir JS, Beena Bansal, Yatin Mehta, Ambrish Mithal
57. Thyroid Dysfunction in Critically Ill 575
Sauren Panja, Sudakshina Mullick
58. Adrenal Dysfunction in the Critically Ill 580
Subhash Todi, Bala Venkatesh
59. Diabetic Insipidus and Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Secretion 587
Beena Bansal
Section 8: Post-Surgical Critical Care
60. General Principles 599
CR Das, Rupak Bhattarai
61. Cardiac Surgery 612
Yatin Mehta, Abhinav Gupta, Richie Jain, Naresh Trehan
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62. Vascular Surgery 615
Rajiv Parakh, Himanshu Verma
63. Neurosurgery 623
Anshul Bhatia, Harsh Sapra
64. Renal, Heart and Lung Transplant 629
Ashish Kumar, Yatin Mehta
65. Liver Transplant Patient 642
Shrikanth Srinivasan, Deepak Govil, Jagadeesh KN
66. Immunosuppression in Solid Organ Transplant 651
Ravichand Siddachari, Subhash Gupta
Section 9: Obstetric Critical Care
67. Approach to Critically Ill Pregnant Female 661
Donald R Lazarus, Uma Munnur, Nicole R Hall, Kalpalatha K Guntupalli
68. Pregnancy-induced Hypertension and Hellp Syndrome 671
Lakshmi Mudambi, Kalpalatha K Guntupalli, Saketh R Guntupalli
69. Liver Dysfunction in Pregnant Female 678
Maitree Pande, Rajesh Pande
70. Amniotic Fluid Embolism 682
Anjan Trikha, Bharathram Vasudevan
71. Ectopic Pregnancy, Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage 690
Khusrav Bajan, Archana Shrivastava
Section 10: Hematology, Rheumatology And Oncology
72. Coagulation Disorders 699
Nitin Sood
73. Thrombocytopenia in Icu 703
Jeetendra Sharma, Sharmishtha Shukla, Yatin Mehta
74. Anemia in Icu 708
Vijaya Patil, Nayana Amin
75. Transfusion Therapy 713
Palepu B Gopal
76. Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Vasculitis 723
Shruti Bajad, Rajiva Gupta
77. Hemophagocytic Syndrome 729
Nitin Sood, Priya Priyadarshini Nayak
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78. Oncology Emergencies 734
Ashok Vaid, Ruchira Misra, Devender Sharma
79. Integrating Palliative Care in Intensive Care 741
Abhijit Bhattacharya, Balakrishnan Ashokka
Section 11: Infections
80. Evaluation of Fever in Icu 747
Mrinal Sircar, Renuka Agarwal, Prashant Ranjan
81. Pharmacology of Antimicrobial Agents 756
Suresh Ramasubban
82. Principles of Antimicrobial Use 763
Supradip Ghosh
83. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 771
Gauri Saroj, Dilip R Karnad
84. Clostridium difficile Colitis 780
Sameer Jog, Jai Mulchandani
85. Prevention of Nosocomial Infections 788
Uday Aditya Gupta, Abhinav Gupta, Yatin Mehta
86. Fungal Sepsis 795
Neha Gupta, Camilla Rodrigues, Yatin Mehta
87. Icu Care of Hiv Infected Patient 806
Madhu Nair, Kalpalatha K Guntupalli, Goutham Dronavalli
88. Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts 819
Amol Kothekar, Janarthanan S, JV Divatia
89. Tropical Infections 826
Ashit Hegde
90. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 831
Rakesh Kumar Khazanchi, Sanjay Mahendru, Ruchika Rajan
91. Acute Viral Syndrome 840
Anil Gurnani, Tajinder Kaur Bedi, Kavita Khandelwal
Section 12: Toxicology And Environmental Injuries
92. General Approach to Poisoning 849
Dhruva Chaudhry, Sunny Virdi
93. Organophosphate Poisoning 855
Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya, Lata Bhattacharya, Santosh Bhaskar
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94. Common Poisoning 866
Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal
95. Snakebite 885
Dhruva Chaudhry, Manjri Garg
96. Hypothermia and Drowning 891
Prithwis Bhattacharya, Debasish Pradhan
97. Hyperthermia and Heat Stroke 904
Prasad Rao P Voleti
98. Electric Injuries 909
Pradeep Kumar Verma
Section 13: Trauma
99. Initial Management of Polytraumatic Patient 919
Wajahat Zafar Khan, Tanveer A Yadgir, Zafar M Khan, Ghulam Yasin Naroo, Marcus Ong
100. Traumatic Head Injury 932
Karanjit Singh Narang, Anurag Sharma, Rishabh Kedia, Ajaya Nand Jha
101. Thoracic Trauma 943
Ali Zamir Khan
102. Abdominal Trauma 954
Pankaj Sonar, Adarsh Chaudhary
103. Spinal Injury 959
Sumit Sinha, Gaurang Vaghani, Ashish Bindra, MC Mishra
104. Pelvic and Long Bone Injuries 974
Balvinder Rana, Ritabh Kumar, Pushkar Chawla, Ashok Rajgopal
105. Rhabdomyolysis and Fat Embolism Syndrome 979
Rakesh V Sondekoppam, YK Batra
Section 14: Miscellaneous
106. Immunological Emergencies 991
Sandeep Dewan, Munish Chauhan
107. Brain Death and Care of Patient for Organ Donation 995
Subhash Arora, Gopal Taori
108. End of Life Care 1004
RK Mani, Prashant Saxena
109. Quality and Errors in ICU 1008
Banambar Ray
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110. Intensive Care Design, Organization, Functions and Administration 1016
Narendra Rungta, Neeru Sharma, Neena Rungta, Manish Munjal
111. Critical Care Research 1022
Ravi P Mahajan
Appendix-I: Cardiovascular Imaging 1029
Yatin Mehta
Appendix-II: Neuroimaging 1032
Harsh Sapra, Dhruba Lahkar
Appendix-III: Respiratory Imaging 1035
Poulomi Chatterjee
Index 1045
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