Overview

This book is a comprehensive guide to critical care medicine for postgraduate medical students. Presented in a case-based, question and answer format, the text begins with guidance on patient examination in the intensive care unit (ICU). Each of the following chapters covers a different disorder, from acute severe asthma, pulmonary embolism and septic shock, to traumatic brain injury, acute liver failure and many more. The book concludes with cases examining out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, brain death and organ donation, as well as end-of-life care in the ICU. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to provide trainees with the latest advances and knowledge in the field. A number of new topics have been added to this edition including tropical infections, acute coronary syndrome, acute ischemic stroke, spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage, meningoencephalitis and status epilepticus, infective endocarditis, acute aortic emergencies, and snake and scorpion bites. The text is further enhanced by clinical photographs, illustrations and tables to assist learning. The previous edition (9789388958554) published in 2019.

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Author:   Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni ,  Kapil Gangadhar Zirpe ,  Subhal Bhalchandra Dixit ,  Rahul Anil Pandit
Publisher:   Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Imprint:   Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9789356963870

ISBN 10:   9356963878
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   31 July 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1. How to Examine an ICU Patient in the Examination? 2. Community-acquired Pneumonia 3. Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation, Ventilator-associated Pneumonia, and ICU-acquired Weakness 4. Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 5. Acute Severe Asthma 6. Pulmonary Embolism 7. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 8. Approach to Tropical Infections in the ICU 9. Sepsis and Septic Shock 10. Acute Coronary Syndrome 11. Eclampsia and Cerebral Venous Thrombosis 12. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 13. Acute Ischemic Stroke 14. Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage 15. Meningoencephalitis and Status Epilepticus 16. Traumatic Brain Injury 17. Polytrauma 18. Snake and Scorpion Bites 19. Infective Endocarditis 20. Acute Aortic Emergencies 21. Hyponatremia 22. Guillain–Barre Syndrome 23. Approach to a Patient with Unknown Poisoning 24. Organophosphorus Poisoning 25. Acute Kidney Injury 26. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 28. Acute Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock 29. Severe Acute Pancreatitis 30. Acute Liver Failure 31. Diabetic Ketoacidosis 32. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Brain Death, and Organ Donation 33. End-of-life Care in Intensive Care Unit 34. Tips and Tricks for the Table Viva Voce

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Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni MD (Anaesthesiology) FISCCM PGDHHM FICCM Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Kapil Gangadhar Zirpe MBBS MD (Chest) FICCM FCCM FSNCC Head, Department of Neuro-Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Grant Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India Subhal Bhalchandra Dixit MD (Medicine) FCCM FICCM FICP Director, Department of Critical Care ICU, Sanjeevan and MJM Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India Rahul Anil Pandit MD FJFICM FCICM IFCCM EDIC DA Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and all other Reliance Foundation Healthcare Initiatives, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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