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ICU Protocols

A stepwise approach

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Rajesh Chawla

    1. , Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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  2. Subhash Todi

    1. Critical Care Department, Amri Hospital, Kolkata, India

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  • Step-by-step management of most commonly seen emergencies in intensive care units
  • Point-of-care treatment guidance for critically ill patients
  • Richly supplemented with algorithms, figures, and tables
  • Annotation of key citations in the suggested reading
  • 101 chapters, one chapter devoted to each clinical emergency

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Table of contents (101 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Respiratory System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

    1. Airway Management

      • Sheila Nainan Myatra, Jigeeshu V. Divatia
      Pages 3-15

    2. Acute Respiratory Failure

      • Randeep Guleria, Jaya Kumar
      Pages 17-22

    3. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation

      • Rajesh Chawla, Subhash Todi
      Pages 23-30

    4. Basic Mechanical Ventilation

      • Gopi Chand Khilnani, Vijay Hadda
      Pages 31-37

    5. Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

      • Farhad N. Kapadia, Umakant Bhutada
      Pages 39-49

    6. Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Airway Diseases

      • Raj Kumar Mani
      Pages 51-55

    7. Weaning

      • Rajesh Chawla, Vishakh Varma, Rakesh Sharma
      Pages 57-64

    8. Massive Hemoptysis

      • Avdhesh Bansal, Viny Kantroo
      Pages 65-70

    9. Pulmonary Thromboembolism

      • Rajesh Chawla, Subhash Todi
      Pages 71-78

    10. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

      • Subhash Todi, Rajesh Chawla
      Pages 79-83

    11. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

      • Rajesh Pande
      Pages 85-91

    12. Pleural Diseases

      • Sudha Kansal, Rajesh Chawla
      Pages 93-99

    13. Sleep-Disordered Breathing

      • Jagdish Chander Suri
      Pages 101-106

    14. Oxygen Therapy

      • Surinder K. Jindal, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal
      Pages 107-112

    15. Pulse Oximetry and Capnography

      • Deepak Govil, Sachin Gupta
      Pages 113-121

  4. Cardiovascular System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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  5. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

    1. Hemodynamic Monitoring

      • Sheila Nainan Myatra, Jigeeshu V. Divatia, Ramesh Venkatraman
      Pages 125-135

    2. Echocardiography

      • Rahul Pandit, Jigeeshu V. Divatia
      Pages 137-142
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About this book

The book describes step-wise management of clinical emergencies seen every day in Intensive care units (ICUs. As a practical guide, clinicians can refer to it on a day-to-day basis during their work hours, or while in transit to update their knowledge. Targeted readers are intensivists, critical care specialists, and residents involved in the care of patients admitted in ICUs. This handbook covers an array of specialities such as cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, nephrology, traumatology, and toxicology. This monograph provides point-of-care treatment guidance and will serve as a ready-reckoner for physicians to quickly learn the management steps in a methodical manner.

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“This is a multiauthored set of summaries of approaches to common conditions encountered in the critical care unit, sponsored by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. … Students and junior trainees in the critical care unit are an appropriate audience for this work. … This book provides an introduction for junior trainees to the management of problems common to the critical care unit.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

    Rajesh Chawla

  • Critical Care Department, Amri Hospital, Kolkata, India

    Subhash Todi

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