Rajesh Chawla
Head, Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110078
India

Subhash Todi
Director, Critical Care and Emergency Department
A.M.R.I. Hospital
Garihat Road, P 4 City Scheme
Kolkata 700029, India

Provides step-by-step guidance on point-of-care treatment

Covers all the relevant and most commonly seen emergencies in intensive care units

Features informative algorithms, figures and tables

Provides useful references, websites and an appendix on drug dosages

Part I: Respiratory System.- Airway Management.- Acute Respiratory Failure.- Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation.- High Flow Nasal Canula (HFNC).- Basic Mechanical Ventilation.- Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Management of Refractory hypoxemia in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Airway Diseases.- Weaning.- Massive Hemoptysis.- Pulmonary Thromboembolism.- Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- Pleural Diseases.- Sleep-Disordered Breathing.- Oxygen Therapy.- Pulse Oximetry and Capnography.- Part-II: Cardiovascular System.- Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Echocardiography.- Fluid Therapy, Vasopressors, and Inotropes.- Cardiorespiratory Arrest.- Cardiogenic Shock.- Acute Heart Failure.- Cardiac arrhythmias.- Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies.- Part III: Nervous System.- Acute Ischemic Stroke.- Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Status Epilepticus.- Acute Flaccid Paralysis.- Coma.- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Management.- Acute Febrile Encephalopathy.- Sedation and Analgesia.- Brain Death.- Part IV: Gastrointestinal System.- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Acute Diarrhea.- Acute Abdominal Distension.- Intra-abdominal Hypertension.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Acute Liver Failure.- Acute Decompensation in Chronic Liver Failure.- Nutrition Support.- Part V: Renal System: Acute Kidney Injury.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Managing a Patient on Dialysis.- Drug Dosing in Renal Failure in ICU.- Part VI: Infection Diseases.- General Measures of Infection Control.- Antibiotic Stewardship.- Septic Shock.- Severe Tropical Infections.- New-Onset Fever.- Fungal Infections.- Infections in the Immunocompromised Host.- Central line related blood stream infections (CRBSI).- Antibiotic Pearls : A case based discussion.- Hyponatremia.- Hypernatremia