Vinod Kumar
Singh
MD MRCP FRCA FFICM
Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Foreword
Keith A (Tony)
Jones
Arun K
Gupta
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A Manual of Intensive Care
First Edition: 2017
9789352700851
fm5Dedicated to
My wife, Sipu who remains always my inspiration
My sons, Ishaan and Ryaan, the joys of my life
My parents and in-laws, who have always supported me
fm7Foreword
Ever since the days of Florence Nightingale, intensive care has been evolving as a specialty. We have seen a rapid expansion in intensive care medicine over the last decade. It is a very complex field that combines the skills and knowledge from almost all the specialties in medicine. When a patient is unstable anywhere in the hospital, patients and physicians look for answers from the intensive care team. This makes the specialty highly satisfying. As the specialty spreads globally, new advances are seen on a daily basis. The manual, divided into 20 chapters, has been excellently planned to include all the topics relevant to the practice of intensive care medicine encompassing the recent advances. This book can be used as the bedside management of patients by the students and nurses alike. The chapters contains ‘Golden tips’ and ‘Further readings’ that makes it unique. The readers can explore the subject in more detail with this feature. I wish Dr Singh all the success with this book and sincerely hope that this book will be utilized widely in the field of intensive care medicine.
Keith A (Tony) Jones
MBBS MD
Professor and Alfred Habeeb Endowed Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine
fm9Foreword
The expansion of the specialty of intensive care medicine has captured the interest of the healthcare professionals worldwide. Our ability to combine clinical practice, based on a solid platform of basic science and technological advances, makes intensive care medicine an attractive and exciting specialty which has the potential to have a major impact on patient outcomes now and in the future.
The key to the delivery of high quality intensive care is in the education and training of healthcare staff at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr Singh combines his passion for education with his expertise in intensive care in producing this manual. It will be an excellent companion to students and residents alike, providing the core knowledge which the practicing intensivist will need to deliver a safe and informed clinical care.
The chapters in the manual are well thought out to encompass all the areas of practice commonly seen in the ICU and make a quick and succinct reference which covers the key aspects of the subject matter. It is an ideal text to have ‘on the shelf’ in the ICU ward with some very useful features within chapters, such as the ‘Golden tips’ which highlight key aspects of a particular subject.
I hope readers of this manual find it interesting, informative and enjoyable. Most of all, I hope this manual will stimulate readers to follow a career in intensive care medicine—a fascinating, challenging and most rewarding specialty.
Arun K Gupta
MBBS MA PhD FFICM FRCA FHEA
Director of Postgraduate Education
Academic Health Sciences Centre
Cambridge University Health Partners
Director of the Addenbrooke's Simulation Centre
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Neurointensive Care
Cambridge University Hospitals
Associate Lecturer, University of Cambridge
fm11Preface
Intensive care medicine is rapidly gaining upfront position in modern medical care. Intensive care covers the knowledge, experience, expertise and much more from all the fields of medicine and surgery. Technically, intensive care specialty is on evidence-based medicine that demands knowledge of all and every medical skills at once. Doctors learning this art of medicine require quick reference to a wide variety of ailments encountered in critical care practice.
This book covers the essential topics related to intensive care medicine and emergency management of critically ill patients. Simplicity of language and elaborated illustrations and diagrams make this book easily readable. References are provided for further reading for the related topics. One of the highlights of this book is an easy explanation of procedures and techniques relevant to intensive care practice.
This book is presented in a way appropriate to the medical students and residents, physicians already working in the field of intensive care medicine and those who are interested in critical care medicine as a career. This book can also be used by the nursing staff for their curriculum and training as well as a quick reference while caring for the critically ill patients not only in the intensive care unit, but also the patients on general wards. This book will also help students taking their examinations in critical care medicine.
Regular use of this book will definitely add to the better outcomes for the critically ill patients. This book gives a very good overview of critical care medicine and intensive care in a systematic format, while providing easy readability for doctors and healthcare professionals at the same time.
fm13Acknowledgments
I would like to thank:
- Dr Kazim Momin.
- My all friends and well-wishers, for their best wishes.