Main description:

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 much 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.

A large selection of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) practice questions are included to assist students in their preparation for examinations.

Nearly 300 clinical photographs, illustrations and tables further enhance learning.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to critical care medicine for postgraduates
Presented in a case-based, question and answer format
Includes numerous OSCE practice questions to help students prepare for examinations
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables

Contents:

How to Examine an ICU Patient in the Examination?
Community-acquired Pneumonia
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation, Ventilator-associated Pneumonia, and

ICU-acquired Weakness
Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Acute Severe Asthma
Pulmonary Embolism
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Febrile Neutropenia
Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
Septic Shock
Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock
Perioperative Myocardial Infarction
Postoperative Respiratory Failure
Pregnancy-induced Hypertension and Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Bacterial Meningitis with Status Epilepticus
Traumatic Brain Injury
Polytrauma
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Hyponatremia
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Unknown Poisoning
Organophosphate Poisoning
Acute Kidney Injury
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Liver Failure
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Brain Death and Organ Donation
End-of-Life Care in ICU
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Tips and Tricks for the Table Viva Voce

Index