ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol I

by Rajesh Chawla (Editor), Subhash Todi (Editor)

Overview

The third edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the stepwise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides concise information for point-of-care treatment, making it a practical guide clinicians can refer to daily at work while traveling, or just to expand their knowledge.

Volume 1 of ICU Prools covers topics in pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, nephrology, and infectious diseases. The endocrine and metabolic systems, oncology, trauma, toxicology, envenomation and thermoregulation, obstetrics, and perioperative care are covered in the second volume of ICU Prools.

This two-volume book is a must-read for intensivists, critical care specialists, junior trainees, and residents working in ICUs. It is also relevant as course material for workshops on critical care, and essential for all hospital-based libraries.

“This book provides junior trainees with an introduction to the management of problems common to the critical care unit.” David J Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, March 2013, for the first edition of ICU Prools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789819656325
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	08/18/2025
Edition description:	Third Edition 2025
Pages:	804
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Rajesh Chawla working as a senior consultant and head of department (HOD) in the department of critical care at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India. He is the former president of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine; chancellor ,Indian college of critical care Medicine and president of the National College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Chawla’s research interests include non-invasive ventilation, viral infections, and reducing infection rates in the ICUs and hospitals across India. Under the aegis of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, he had also conceptualized and developed online course on topics such as critical care infectious disease and comprehensive critical care. These courses are available on the website www.ISCCMcourses.org.

Dr Subhash Todi MD MRCP completed his graduation and postgraduation from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India; fellowship from Syracuse Health Science Centre, New York, USA and ST. Johns Medical Centre, St. Louis, USA. Dr. Todi has published several articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authored some chapters. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK.

Table of Contents

Part I Respiratory System.- 1 Airway Management.- 2 Acute Respiratory Failure.- 3 Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation.- 4 High Flow Nasal Canula (HFNC).- 5 Basic Mechanical Ventilation.- 6 Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- 7 Management of Refractory hypoxemia in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- 8 Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Airway Diseases.- 9 Weaning from mechanical ventilation.- 10 Massive Hemoptysis.- 11 Pulmonary Thromboembolism.- 12 Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia.- 13 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- 14 Pleural Diseases and BPF.- 15 Sleep-Disordered Breathing.- 16 Oxygen Therapy.- 17 Pulse Oximetry and Capnography.- Part 2 Cardiovascular System.- 18 Hemodynamic Monitoring.- 19 Fluid Therapy, Vasopressors, and Inotropes.- 20 Fluid stewardship.- 21 Echocardiography.- 22 Acute Coronary Syndromes.- 23 Cardiorespiratory Arrest.- 24 Cardiogenic Shock.- 25 Acute Heart Failure.- 26 Cardiac arrhythmia.- 27 Aortic dissection and Cardiac Tamponade.- 28 Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies.- Part III Nervous System.- 29 Acute Ischemic Stroke.- 30 Spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.- 31 Subarachnoid haemorrhage.- 32 Acute Flaccid Paralysis.- 33 Coma.-34 Acute Febrile Encephalopathy.- 35 Brain Death.- 36 Status Epilepticus .- 37 Intracranial pressure monitoring and management.- 38 Multimodel neuro monitoring.- Part IV Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- 39 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- 40 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- 41 Acute Diarrhea.- 42 Acute Abdominal Distension.- 43 Acute Pancreatitis.- 44 Acute liver failure.- 45 Acute Decompensation in Chronic Liver Failure.- 46 Intraabdominal hypertension.- 47 Nutrition Support in icu.- Part V Renal System.- 48 Acute Kidney Injury.- 49 An approach to oliguria in icu.- 50 Renal Replacement Therapy.- Part VI Infection Diseases.- 51 New onset fever.- 52 Rapid diagnostic tools in microbiology in ICU.- 53 Severe gram positive infections.- 54 Managing Severe Gram negative infections in ICU.- 55 Fungal Infections in ICU.- 56 Severe Tropical Infections in ICU.- 57 Necrotising Skin infections in icu.- 58 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host.- 59 Central line related blood stream infections 60 Management of Septic shock.- 61 Sepsis mimics-case based discussion.- 62 Antibiotic Stewardship.