1st Edition
Interpreting Laboratory Tests in Intensive Care
Foreword by Padma Shri (Honorary) Brigadier Dr. Arvind Lal
Foreword by Dr. Atul Mohan Kochhar
Preface
Acknowledgment
Editor Biographies
List of Contributors
1 Shock
Bikash Ranjan Ray and Rakupathy Shanmugam
2 Sepsis and Septic Shock
Pradeep Rangappa and Amrita Shah
3 Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disturbances in Intensive Care
Souvik Maitra
4 Polytrauma and Multi-Organ Dysfunction
Rahul Chaurasia and Kapildev Soni
5 Emergency and Intensive Care Management for Acute Poisonings and Toxicities
Uttam Garg and Michael Christian
6 Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Shaik Arif Pasha and Siva Prabodh Vuddandi
7 Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
Tanu Singhal and Sweta Shah
8 Organ-Support Devices
Sayan Nath and Shashikant Sharma
9 Organ Retrieval and Transplant
Parshotam Lal Gautam
10 Malnutrition and Related Complications
Sanjith Saseedharan, Surendra Shingnapurkar and Jayram Navade
11 Reporting Critical Laboratory Values
Sridevi Devaraj and Anil K. Chokkalla
12 Respiratory Disorders
Manoj Goel and Aditi Singh
13 Interpreting Laboratory Diagnosis for the Cardiovascular System in Intensive Care
David C. Gaze and Paul O. Collinson
14 Neurological Disorders
Arun Koul and Abha Sharma
15 Enhancing Diagnostic Precision: Interpreting Laboratory Findings for Gastrointestinal Diseases in Intensive Care
Anuupama Suchiita, Binita Goswami and Nikhil Gupta
16 Bone and Joint Diseases
Anirban Bhattacharjee and Ankit Patowary
17 Interpreting Laboratory Diagnosis in Intensive Care Urinary System
Urmila Anandh, Divya Bajpai and Barnali Das
18 Haematological Disorders
Anirban Hom Choudhuri and Santvana Kohli Arora
19 Endocrine System
A. Zara Herskovits, Nina Raoof and Lakshmi V. Ramanathan
20 Pregnancy and Puerperium
Manju Mathew and Kannan Vaidyanathan
21 Pediatric Diseases
R. Saxena and U.D. Bindal
22 Miscellaneous Diseases
Rahul Kumar Anand and Magesh Parthiban
Index
Biography
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.
