The ICU Manual

SECTION 1: INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
1. Setting up an ICU
 
SECTION 2: PHYSIOLOGY OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
2. Critically Ill Patient and Oxygenation
 
SECTION 3: VASCULAR ACCESS AND HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
3. Peripheral Arterial Catheterization
4. Peripheral Venous Catheterization
5. Central Venous Catheterization
6. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
7. Hemodynamic Monitoring
 
SECTION 4: SHOCK
8. An Overview of Shock
9. Hypovolemic Shock
10. Obstructive Shock
11. Cardiogenic Shock
12. Multiple Organ Dysfunction
 
SECTION 5: INFECTION AND IMMUNE DISORDERS IN ICU
13. Approach to Health Care Associated Infections
14. Urinary Tract Infections
15. Sepsis and Septic Shock
16. Principles of Antibiotic Use in ICU
17. Tropical Infections
18. COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management
19. Anaphylaxis
 
SECTION 6: POISONING AND ENVENOMATION
20. General Principles of Poisoning
21. Poisoning
22. Drug Overdose
23. Envenomation
 
SECTION 7: BURNS
24. Classification and Evaluation of Burns
25. Management of Burns
 
SECTION 8: RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ICU
26. Approach to Acute Respiratory Failure
27. Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
28. Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
29. Acute Severe Asthma
30. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
31. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
 
SECTION 9: APPROACH TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION
32. Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
33. Initiation of Ventilation
34. Modes of Ventilation
35. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
36. Patient Ventilator Asynchrony
37. Noninvasive Ventilation
 
SECTION 10: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN ICU
38. Cardiac Arrhythmias
39. Acute Heart Failure
40. Approach to Acute Myocardial Infarction
41. Hypertensive Crisis
42. Cardiac Tamponade
43. Echocardiogram in ICU
 
SECTION 11: RENAL AND ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES IN ICU
44. Acute Kidney Injury
45. Renal Replacement Therapy
46. Sodium
47. Potassium
48. Calcium
49. Phosphorus
50. Magnesium
 
SECTION 12: GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES IN ICU
51. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
52. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
53. Acute Pancreatitis
54. Acute Liver Failure
55. Abdominal Infections in ICU
 
SECTION 13: HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN ICU
56. Hemolytic Anemia and Sickle Cell Crisis
57. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
58. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
 
SECTION 14: ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN ICU
59. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
60. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
61. Diabetes Insipidus
62. Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
63. Thyroid Emergencies
64. Adrenal Emergencies
 
SECTION 15: OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES
65. Obstetric Hemorrhage
66. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
67. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
68. Amniotic Fluid Embolism
 
SECTION 16: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN ICU
69. Cerebrovascular Diseases
70. Status Epilepticus
71. Meningitis and Encephalitis
72. Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
73. Delirium in ICU
 
SECTION 17: NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
74. Guillain Barre Syndrome
75. Myasthenia Gravis
76. Periodic Paralysis
77. Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
 
SECTION 18: APPROACH TO A TRAUMA PATIENT
78. Advanced Trauma Life Support
79. Open Fractures
80. Pelvic Fractures
81. Fat Embolism Syndrome
82. Abdominal Trauma
83. Vascular Trauma of Extremities
84. Traumatic Head Injury
85. Thoracic trauma
 
SECTION 19: POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS)
86. POCUS in Critical Care
 
SECTION 20: ACID BASE DISORDERS
87. Basics of Acid Base Balance
88. Metabolic and Respiratory Acid Base Disorders
89. Interpretation of Acid Base Disorder
 
SECTION 21: NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
90. Nutrition and Metabolism in Critically Ill Patient
91. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
 
SECTION 22: SEDATION AND ANALGESIA IN ICU
92. Sedation and Analgesia for Critical Care Patients
93. Patient Controlled Analgesia
 
SECTION 23: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN ICU
94. Rapid Sequence Induction
95. Endotracheal Intubation in Critical Care
96. Tracheostomy
 
SECTION 24: TRANSFUSION PRACTICE IN ICU
97. Blood Transfusion: Components and Indications
98. Complications of Blood Transfusion
 
SECTION 25: FLUID MANAGEMENT
99. Perioperative Fluid Balance
100. Fluid Resuscitation
 
SECTION 26: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
101. Basic Life Support
102. Advanced Cardiac Life Support
103.Cardiac Arrest in Special Situations
 
SECTION 27: BRAIN DEATH
104. Care of a Brain Dead Patient
 
SECTION 28: MEDICAL ETHICS
105. Ethics in Critical Care
 
SECTION 29: ONCOLOGY
106. Oncological Emergencies
 
SECTION 30: APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Normal Biochemical Values
Appendix 2: Clinical Scores, Indices and Equations
Appendix 3: Drugs, Dosages and Side Effects
Appendix 4: ICU Rounds

Prem Kumar MD DA DNB FIPM CCEPC
Head, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Dr Mehta's Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Former Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India