Description
Wolters Kluwer (India) Pvt. Ltd. The Washington Manual of Critical Care South Asian Editon by Dalim Kumar Baidya & Hemanshu
About The Book
The South Asian Edition of The Washington Manual" of Critical Care provides a multidisciplinary, clinically oriented approach to the management of patients in critical care. This book discusses the complete range of critical care subspecialties, including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, toxicology, nephrology, infectious disease, various procedures, and much more. This will serve as a bedside quick reference guide for the intensive care physicians. Readers will find comprehensive and current information about the diagnosis and management of some of the most common illnesses and problems encountered in the critical care setting. This book will be very helpful for the preparation of various critical care exit examinations in the country and abroad.
Key Features
•Extensive coverage of neurocritical care disorders, sepsis, shock, and infectious diseases in terms of updated guidelines, common drugs used, and the latest antibiotic policies in the Indian subcontinent.
•Addition of three new chapters relevant to this region-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),
Tropical Fever in ICU, and Extracorporeal Therapy in ICU.
•Organophosphate poisoning and anti-snake venom (ASY) have been added in the Toxicology section.
•Overviews of various procedures performed have been provided along with the physiological
and pharmacological aspects of critical care.
•Includes concise, easy-to-read diagnosis and treatment algorithms for common conditions, and bibliographical references for additional, in-depth reading.
•Tables and illustrations provide a quick and easy bedside reference and a practical approach
towards management
Table of Contents :
SECTION I SHOCK
SECTION II
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS SECTION III
CARDIAC DISORDERS SECTION IV
ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES SECTION V
ACID BASE DISORDERS SECTION VI
ENDOCRINE DISORDERS SECTION VII
ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES SECTION VIII
TEMPERATURE REGULATION SECTION IX
TOXICOLOGY
SECTION X
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION XI
RENAL DISORDERS SECTION XII
HEPATIC DISEASES SECTION XIII
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS SECTION XIV
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS SECTION XV
HAEMATOPOEITIC DISORDERS SECTION XVI
PREGNANCY
SECTION XVII
SURGICAL PROBLEMS SECTION XVIII
NUTRITION IN THE ICU SECTION XIX
PROCEDURES SECTION XX
END-OF-LIFE ISSUES SECTION XXI
APPENDICES