ISCCM Textbook of Critical Care Medicine

Section 1: General Considerations

1. Approach to Critically Ill Patients

2. Routine Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients

3. Airway Management

4. Sedation in Intensive Care Unit

5. Clinical Review: Scoring Systems in Critical Care

6. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Critically Ill Patients

7. Disorders of Acid-Base Balance in Critically Ill Patients



Section 2: Cardiovascular System

8. Approach to Critically Ill Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

9. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Including Mechanical Cardiac Support

10. Acute Coronary Syndromes (Except Acute Myocardial Infarction)

11. Acute Myocardial Infarction

12. Cardiac Arrhythmias

13. Cardiogenic Shock: Role of Mechanical Support Devices

14. Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade

15. Critically Ill Patients with Valvular Heart Disease

16. Hypertensive Emergencies

17. Aortic Diseases in Intensive Care Unit

18. Drugs in Cardiac Diseases (Antiplatelet, Anticoagulant, and Thrombolytic Drugs)



Section 3: Hemodynamic Monitoring

19. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring

20. Arterial Line Cannulation and Care

21. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

22. Central Venous Cannulation

23. Overview and Importance of Hemodynamic Monitoring

24. Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring

25. Predictors and Markers of Perfusion



Section 4: Respiratory

26. Approach to a Critically Ill Patient with Respiratory Disease

27. Pulmonary Embolism

28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

29. Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

30. Mechanical Ventilation

31. Mechanical Ventilation: Noninvasive Including High-flow Nasal Cannula

32. Mechanical Ventilation: Weaning

33. Extracorporeal Therapy in Intensive Care Unit

34. Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

35. Pleural Diseases in Intensive Care Unit

36. Tracheostomy and Its Care

37. Heart-Lung Interaction: Physiology, Clinical Relevance, and Application in Critical Care Practice

38. Aerosol Therapy in Ventilated Patients



Section 5: Central Nervous System

39. Approach to a Critically Ill Patient with Central Nervous System Disease

40. Status Epilepticus

41. Ischemic Stroke

42. Intracranial Hemorrhage

43. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit

44. Myasthenia Gravis and Other Neuromuscular Disorders in Intensive Care Unit

45. Meningoencephalitis: Cause, Approach, and Management

46. Clinical Review: Neuromonitoring in Critical Care



Section 6: Renal System

47. Approach to A Critically Ill Patient with Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care Unit

48. Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury

49. Renal Replacement Therapy: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis, and Filters

50. Regional Anticoagulation

51. Drug Dosing in Renal Disease and Extracorporeal Therapies



Section 7: Infectious Diseases in ICU

52. Approach to Fever in the Intensive Care Unit

53. Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection

54. Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection

55. Hospital-associated Pneumonia Including Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

56. Tropical Infection in Intensive Care Unit

57. Sepsis and Septic Shock

58. Invasive Fungal Infections in Intensive Care Settings

59. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

60. Diarrhea in the Intensive Care Unit



Section 8: Gastrointestinal System

61. Approach to a Patient with a Gastrointestinal Problem

62. Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Upper and Lower)

63. Hepatic Encephalopathy

64. Acute Pancreatitis

65. Hepatorenal Syndrome

66. Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Feeds