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Book Review
The textbook of critical
care including trauma
and emergency care
Editor: Dr. Yatin Mehta
Edition: 1st edition
ISBN: 9789351529682
Year: 2016
Jaypee Brothers Publisher
I am delighted to write a review on “The
textbook of critical care including trauma and
emergency care” edited by Dr. Yatin Mehta
and published by Jaypee Brothers, 2016.
Critical care medicine has grown by leaps
and bounds over the past two decades:
it is ever expanding and has become
multidisciplinary, exhaustive, and complex.
Critical care medicine now encompasses
imaging techniques, invasive hemodynamic
monitoring, advanced models of ventilation,
extracorporeal techniques, mechanical
support for the failure heart, infection control,
care of patient after organ transplant, so
on and so forth. It has become imperative
for the physician taking care of patients in
the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to have a
comprehensive knowledge of all the diseases
processes, diagnoses, and optimal treatments
for the critically ill.
This book is an honest attempt to help the
bedside clinicians in the ICUs with the
current practices and has immensely achieved
this goal. I believe that this textbook will be
extremely helpful for those who are preparing
for the fellowship and DM examination in
critical care medicine. Dr. Yatin Mehta has
done a tremendous job of putting experts
in the field from all over the world to write
chapters in this compendium.
This book has 111 chapters that are segregated
into 14 sections for easy understanding of the
subject. Section 1 titled, “general principles”
discusses the basic issues such as airway
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management, resuscitation, monitoring
techniques, and principles of mechanical
ventilation. Section 2 titled, “cardiovascular
system” deals with the pharmacology of
cardiovascular drugs including antiplatelet/
anti-thrombotic agents, acute coronary
syndrome, and emergent hemodynamic
abnormalities. Section 3 titled, “respiratory
system” deals with the intensive care of acute
respiratory failure and management of massive
hemoptysis. Section 4 deals with acute kidney
injury and renal replacement therapy. Section
5 has 11 chapters dealing with the intensive
care problems relating to gastrointestinal
system, pancreas, and liver. Section 6 is
devoted to neurological, neurosurgical, and
neuromuscular diseases in critical care units.
Section 7 deals with endocrine disorders
covering diabetic emergencies, thyroid and
adrenal dysfunction. Section 8 deals with the
general principles of postoperative care, with
chapters devoted to post-transplant critical
care management and immunosuppression.
Section 9 deals with obstetric critical care
and Section 10 deals with hematological/
rheumatological and oncological issues.
Section 11 deals with pyrexia in ICUs and
the principles of antimicrobial therapy and
bacterial/viral/fungal infections. Section 12
is devoted to toxicology and environmental
injury. Section 13 deals with the care of
patients with trauma. Section 14 is devoted to
miscellaneous issues, importantly brain death
and “end-of-life” care issues.
This book is a boon to the students and the
trainees in the branch of critical care medicine.
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Book Review

This is bound to be useful irrespective of the place of
work, be it a busy hospital in a metropolis or a district
general hospital. I would, however, add that if we have
videos of common procedures done in ICUs included
in this textbook, it would immensely help the trainees/
fellows in the ICUs in refining their practical skills.
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K. Muralidhar ***
Director (Academic), Senior Consultant and Professor Anaesthesia
and Intensive Care, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, DOI:
10.4103/0971-9784.185569
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
E-mail: kanchirulestheworld@gmail.com
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