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This edition comprises of 101 Chapters divided across 13 sections with coverage of all the major subspecialties of critical care. The ratio of chapter distribution is in keeping with the relative scientific work done in the respective field. ISCCM has allocated a substantial space to the quality, research and organizational aspect keeping in mind the growing importance of these often neglected areas of critical care.Most of the chapter topics will be covered during the annual congress and will be a ready reckoner for the attendees. The topics have been carefully selected by the ISCCM National Scientific Committee and the contributors are mostly national and international faculty in the congress. Young talents in the field have been encouraged to contribute to the book and the trend will increase in future.

Oxygen therapy is a treatment that provides a patient with extra oxygen to breathe in. It is also called supplemental oxygen. It is only available through a prescription from a health care provider. Patients may receive it in hospital, another medical setting, or at home. Some people only need it for a short period of time. Others will need long-term oxygen therapy.There are different types of devices that can provide oxygen. Some use tanks of liquid or gas oxygen. Others use an oxygen concentrator, which pulls oxygen out of the air. The oxygen is administered through a nose tube (cannula), a mask, or a tent. The extra oxygen is breathed in along with normal air.This book is a concise guide to oxygen therapy for clinicians and trainees.Divided into four sections the text begins with an overview of the basic facts of oxygen, describing the different types and their individual uses in clinical therapy.Section two discusses the physiology and monitoring of oxygen therapy, and section three covers different devices and delivery systems, and oxygen toxicity (lung damage from breathing in too much extra oxygen).The final section examines oxygen targets in disease specifics, how the therapy works, and the effects of hypoxia (low oxygen levels in body tissues) and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood).

This revised second edition includes 668 MCQs related to critical care medicine with 300+ new to this edition. A few new sections such as imaging, pharma therapy, etc, have been included and the theory paper of 50 questions has been added for practice purposes at the end of book.Emphasis has been attributed to tropical diseases, the respiratory system, sepsis, infection control, neurocritical care, trauma and mechanical ventilation. The answers have been given for MCQs along with explanations at the end of every chapter.