Research Catalog

Title

Principles of critical care / Farokh Erach Udwadia.

Author

Udwadia, Farokh Erach.

Publication

Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Description

xii, 684 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subject

• Critical Care
• Critical care medicine
• Intensive Care Units > organization & administration
• Intensive care units

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. An Introduction to Critical Care -- 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cerebral Preservation in Adults -- 3. Basic Cardiorespiratory Physiology in the Intensive Care Unit -- 4. Procedures and Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit. Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit / J. D. Sunavala. Cardiac Monitoring in Adults / J. D. Sunavala. Respiratory Monitoring in Adults -- 5. Imaging in the Critical Care Unit. Imaging Techniques in the Chest / Anirudh Kohli. Imaging Techniques in the Abdomen / Anirudh Kohli. Neuroimaging Techniques / Anirudh Kohli -- 6. Clinical Shock Syndromes -- 7. Cardiovascular Problems Requiring Critical Care -- 8. Respiratory Problems Requiring Critical Care. Acute Respiratory Failure in Adults. Oxygen Therapy. Tracheostomy. Acute Respiratory Crisis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Acute Lung Injury (ARDS) / Zarir F. Udwadia and F. E. Udwadia. Acute Severe Asthma / Zarir F. Udwadia.
• Community-Acquired Pneumonias Requiring Critical Care. Massive Haemoptysis -- 9. Mechanical Ventilation in the Critically Ill -- 10. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances in the Critically Ill -- 11. Acid-Base Disturbances in the Critically Ill -- 12. Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Adult -- 13. Fever and Acute Infections in a Critical Care Setting -- 14. Surgical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit -- 15. Organ System Dysfunction Requiring Critical Care. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS). Renal Dysfunction in the Critically Ill. Critical Care in Fulminant Hepatitis. Acute (Fulminant) Necrotizing Pancreatitis. Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeds Requiring Critical Care. Haemorrhagic Disorders in the ICU. Transfusion (Blood Product) Therapy. Endocrine Dysfunction in the Critically Ill. Diabetes Mellitus and the Critically Ill Patient. Neurological Disorders Requiring Critical Care. A. Increased Intracranial Pressure / Sarosh M. Katrak and Noshir H. Wadia.
• B. Cranial Trauma / Sohrab K. Bhabha and Noshir H. Wadia. C. Acute Stroke / Sarosh M. Katrak and Noshir H. Wadia. D. Fulminant Neurological Infections / Sohrab K. Bhabha and Noshir H. Wadia. E. Status Epilepticus / Sarosh M. Katrak and Noshir H. Wadia. F. Peri-Operative Neurological Care / Sohrab K. Bhabha and Noshir H. Wadia -- 16. Critical Care After Open Heart Surgery -- 17. The Immunocompromised Patient -- 18. Physical Injuries Requiring Critical Care. Intensive Care Management of Polytrauma / N. S. Laud. Management of Critically Ill Burns Patients / M. H. Keswani and F. E. Udwadia. Critical Care in Poisonings. Critical Care in Envenomation -- 19. Critical Care of the Cancer Patient -- 20. Control of Pain and Anxiety and the Use of Muscle Relaxants in the Critically Ill -- 21. Critical Care of the Transplant Patient -- 22. The Critically Ill Child. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Infants and Children / Y. K. Amdekar.
• Respiratory and Haemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Child / Joseph Britto. Approach to Shock in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit / Y. K. Amdekar. Hypertensive Emergencies in Paediatrics / Y. K. Amdekar. Heart Failure in Neonates and Children / Y. K. Amdekar. Acute Respiratory Failure in Children and Hyaline Membrane Disease / Y. K. Amdekar. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances in the Critically Ill Child / Y. K. Amdekar. Nutritional Support in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit / Y. K. Amdekar. Paediatric Life-Threatening Infections Requiring Critical Care / Y. K. Amdekar. Acute Renal Failure in Infants and Children / B. V. Gandhi.

ISBN

0195637283

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Columbia University Libraries