Interpreting Laboratory Tests in Intensive Care

Dr Anirban Hom Choudhuri is Director Professor in the Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care and an expert in Critical Care Medicine at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. He has nearly twenty years of experience in the practice of Critical Care Medicine and is an avid researcher, teacher, guide and examiner. He has published many original research, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and chapters in text books and holds a patent with Govt. of Australia (Patent number: 2021106431). He is the recipient of Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan distinguished Professor Award in 2021.His book “Imaging in Critical Care (1st edition)” was published by Taylor & Francis in 2023.Dr Barnali Das is a Lead Consultant of Biochemistry, Immunology and Toxicology Divisions of Laboratory Medicine Department at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute at Mumbai. She is the Chair, Association for diagnostics and laboratory medicine (formerly American Association of Clinical Chemistry), India section. She is Fellow in the Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine. She has been invited as adjunct faculty at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE. She is core committee member of ICMR Taskforce on Establishment of Reference Intervals in Indian Population (TERIIP). She is associated with IFCC Committee for Reference Interval and Decision Limits (C-RIDL) and was Executive Member of the Scientific Division of International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and laboratory Medicine (IFCC). Dr. Barnali is recipient of three oration awards and seven international and ten national awards. She has many original research publications in international & national journals.

• Foreword by Padma Shri (Honorary) Brigadier Dr. Arvind Lal. Foreword by Dr. Atul Mohan Kochhar. Preface. Acknowledgment. Editor Biographies. List of Contributors. 1 Shock. 2 Sepsis and Septic Shock. 3 Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disturbances in Intensive Care. 4 Polytrauma and Multi-Organ Dysfunction. 5 Emergency and Intensive Care Management for Acute Poisonings and Toxicities. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. 7 Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit. 8 Organ-Support Devices. 9 Organ Retrieval and Transplant. 10 Malnutrition and Related Complications. 11 Reporting Critical Laboratory Values. 12 Respiratory Disorders. 13 Interpreting Laboratory Diagnosis for the Cardiovascular System in Intensive Care. 14 Neurological Disorders. 15 Enhancing Diagnostic Precision: Interpreting Laboratory Findings for Gastrointestinal Diseases in Intensive Care. 16 Bone and Joint Diseases. 17 Interpreting Laboratory Diagnosis in Intensive Care Urinary System. 18 Haematological Disorders. 19 Endocrine System. 20 Pregnancy and Puerperium. 21 Pediatric Diseases.22 Miscellaneous Diseases. Index.