Decision Making in Critical Care Medicine

Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni MD (Anaesthesiology) FISCCM PGDHHM FICCMShilpushp Jagannath Bhosale DM (Critical Care Medicine) Fellowship Paediatric Critical Care Medicine (University of Toronto)

• SECTION 1: Trauma and Prehospital Care1. Primary and Secondary Survey in Trauma Patients2. Assessment and Management of Cervical Spine Injury3. Evaluation and Management of a Patient with Penetrating Thoracic Trauma4. Blunt Abdominal Trauma5. Management of a Patient with Penetrating Abdominal Trauma6. Management of Patient with Traumatic Long Bone Fractures7. Massive Transfusion in Trauma Patients8. Damage Control ResuscitationSECTION 2: Airway9. High-flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Mild-to-Moderate Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure10. NIV for Mild-to-Moderate AHRF11. Airway Management in the Critically Ill PatientSECTION 3: Poisoning and Toxic Exposure12. General Approach to Management of a Patient with Poisoning13. Management of Acute Alcohol Intoxication (Ethanol, Methanol, Isopropanol, Ethylene Glycol)14. Organophosphorus Poisoning15. Heavy Metal Poisoning in the ICU16. Iron Toxicity17. Lithium Toxicity18. Antimony Poisoning19. Thallium Toxicity20. Corrosive Poisoning21. Hydrocarbon Poisoning22. Acetaminophen Toxicity23. Tricyclic Antidepressants Toxicity24. Cocaine Toxicity25. Paraquat Poisoning26. Phosphorus Poisoning27. Beta-Blocker Toxicity28. Barbiturate Toxicity29. Salicylate Toxicity30. Phenylbutazone Poisoning31. Antiarrhythmic Drug Toxicity32. Theophylline Toxicity33. Valproate Overdose34. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning35. Cyanide Poisoning36. Mustard Gas Inhalation37. Digoxin Toxicity38. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Overdose39. Mushroom PoisoningSECTION 4: Bites, Stings, and Envenomations40. Management of Patients with Snake Bite41. Management of Patients with Scorpion Sting42. Management of Patients with Tick-borne ParalysisSECTION 5: Immune System43. Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid ReactionsSECTION 6: Burns, Electrical Injuries and Heat Related Injuries44. Management of a Patient with Extensive Burns45. Management of a Patient with Massive Electrical Injury46. Management of a Patient with Severe Hypothermia47. Management of HeatstrokeSECTION 7: Near Drowning and Hanging48. Management of a Drowning Victim49. Management of a Patient with Strangulation or Near-HangingSECTION 8: Respiratory System50. Bronchial Asthma51. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease52. Restrictive Lung Diseases53. Ventilatory Management of a Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome54. Ventilatory Management of Patient with Bronchopleural Fistula55. Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia56. Management of a Patient with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia57. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage58. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis59. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation60. High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilation61. Prone Ventilation62. Management of a Patient with Massive Hemoptysis63. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome64. Acute Pulmonary Embolism65. Fat Embolism Syndrome66. Blood Transfusion ReactionSECTION 9: Cardiovascular System67. Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies68. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction69. Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction70. Aortic Dissection71. Supraventricular Tachycardia72. Ventricular Arrhythmias73. Heart Blocks74. Acute Myocarditis75. Infective Endocarditis76. Management of Valvular Heart DiseaseSECTION 10: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disorders77. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding78. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding79. Hepatic Encephalopathy80. Severe Acute Pancreatitis81. Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitis82. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis83. Fulminant Hepatic Failure84. Acute Intestinal Obstruction/Perforation85. Toxic Megacolon86. Paralytic Ileus87. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome88. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome89. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia90. Nonocclusive Mesenteric IschemiaSECTION 11: Renal Disorders and Electrolyte Derangements91. Acute Kidney Injury92. Hypokalemia93. Hyperkalemia94. Hyponatremia95. Hypernatremia96. Hypercalcemia97. Hyperphosphatemia98. Metabolic AlkalosisSECTION 12: Endocrine Disorders99. Diabetic Ketoacidosis100. Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State101. Adrenal Insufficiency102. Thyroid Storm103. Myxedema Coma104. Diabetes InsipidusSECTION 13: Central Nervous System Disorders105. Acute Ischemic Stroke106. Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke107. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage108. Management of Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury with Raised ICP109. Status Epilepticus110. Spinal Cord Compression111. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in Children112. Guillain–Barre Syndrome113. Myasthenia GravisSECTION 14: Rheumatology and Autoimmune Disorders114. Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis115. Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome116. Acute Interstitial PneumoniaSECTION 15: Obstetric Emergencies117. Eclampsia118. HELLP Syndrome119. Antepartum Hemorrhage120. Postpartum Hemorrhage121. Amniotic Fluid EmbolismSECTION 16: Infectious Diseases122. Approach to Fever in ICU123. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host124. Meningitis125. Encephalitis126. Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections127. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Infections128. Clostridioides Difficile Diarrhea129. Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients130. Intra-abdominal Sepsis131. Sepsis in Asplenic PatientsSECTION 17: Tropical Illness132. Dengue Shock Syndrome133. Severe Malaria134. Leptospirosis135. Scrub TyphusSECTION 18: Miscellaneous136. Management of Brain-dead Organ Donor137. Macrophage Activation Syndrome138. Thrombotic Microangiopathy139. Tumor Lysis Syndrome