Critical Care Update 2009 Vineet Nayyar, JV Peter, Roop Kishen, S Srinivas
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1Critical Care Update 2009
3Critical Care Update 2009
Editors Vineet Nayyar MD DNB MPH FRACP FJFICM Senior Staff Specialist Intensive Care Unit Westmead Hospital Westmead, Sydney NSW 2145 (Australia) John V Peter MD DNB MAMS FRACP FJFICM Reader, Department of Medicine Consultant, Medical Intensive Care Unit Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Tamil Nadu (India) Roop Kishen MBBS DA MD FRCA Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Lecturer, Victoria University of Manchester Intensive Care Unit, Hope Hospital Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Salford, Manchester M6 8HD (UK) S Srinivas MD FNB MRCP EDIC Consultant and Head Department of Critical Care Care Hospital, Banjara Hills Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)
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5Contributors
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7Preface
As always, this year's Update contains articles on a range of topics relevant to Critical Care. I hope, readers of this book will come away with refreshed ideas about aspects of their work and will change practice to improve the quality of patient care. If, as a result of this, loss of a single human life is prevented or if a complication is avoided, then the goal of this exercise would be achieved.
It has become something of a tradition to include in the Update, topics that relate directly to patient management and also those that indirectly impact on patient care. This year's theme on Manpower is the reason for inclusion of four ‘off-beat’ but fascinating chapters at the beginning of the book. Issues like teamwork, burn out and shift-work are particularly relevant to the specialty of Intensive Care. Therefore, I recommend these chapters to all the readers of the book.
The most important part of any book is the content, and for this, I am grateful to all the authors who have contributed willingly to this year's effort. Working on tight schedules while juggling with other competing deadlines is never easy. I would, therefore, like to thank all the authors for providing excellent chapters for inclusion in the book within the time lines set by the publishers. As previously, these chapters have been subjected to minimal peer review and their content, therefore, remains the responsibility of individual authors.
Members of the editorial team have worked tirelessly behind the scenes, not only to encourage the creativity of authors, but also in the difficult task of serving reminders. I would like to thank all the co-editors for their contributions. As senior editor of the publication, I wish to place on record my gratitude for the continued support of the publishers M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi. The Update has been released in time for the ISCCM conference at various locations in India with a remarkable consistency over the past few years. The team at Jaypee Brothers has been largely responsible for the timely production and delivery of the book and they have done an outstanding job for nine consecutive years.
There are, in addition, a few people whose efforts have allowed me to undertake the task of editing the Update year after year. As always, I am thankful for their support.
Sydney, Australia
31 December 2009
Vineet Nayyar