Critical Care Pearls: Case-based Discussions is a case-based intensive care medicine reference edited by faculty from the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, and Synergy Plus and Galaxy Hospital, Agra, and carries the endorsement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), with forewords from ISCCM leadership. It brings together 51 chapters authored by intensivists from across India and abroad, most of whom teach DM and DNB Critical Care Medicine, with each chapter written by an expert who routinely manages the exact condition discussed.
Every chapter follows the same structure: a real clinical case vignette opens the discussion, the case is then worked through in a Question-and-Answer sequence that tracks the patient's clinical course from presentation to outcome, and the chapter closes with a List of DOs and DON'Ts pairing each recommended action with the specific pitfall to avoid, backed by numbered guideline references.
It covers the broad spectrum of conditions seen in a typical Indian intensive care unit - from CNS emergencies, respiratory failure, and cardiovascular shock to acute abdominal disease, infectious disease, endocrine emergencies, poisoning and envenomation, pregnancy-related critical illness, transplant complications, and trauma - alongside conditions particularly relevant to the Indian subcontinent such as snakebite envenomation, heat stress injury, and tropical illnesses, together with contemporary topics such as antimicrobial resistance.
- Structures ICU decision-making around real cases: each chapter mirrors an actual bedside scenario rather than a generic disease review, making the reasoning behind each step explicit.
- Speeds guideline-based learning: stepwise management in every chapter is aligned with current international guidelines, condensed into a Question-and-Answer format usable at the point of care.
- Prevents common pitfalls: the DOs and DON'Ts box at the end of every chapter names the specific error clinicians make alongside the correct action.
- Covers the Indian ICU case mix specifically: alongside universal topics like ARDS and septic shock, it addresses snakebite envenomation, organophosphorus poisoning, scrub typhus, and other conditions an Indian intensivist regularly encounters.
- Reinforces learning digitally: a complimentary infographic accompanies every chapter, accessed through an online QR code, for quick visual revision alongside the text.
Key Features:
- 51 real-world ICU cases with evidence-based solutions, authored by leading DM/DrNB Critical Care faculty.
- Structured Question-and-Answer format in every chapter, tracing the case from initial presentation through to outcome.
- A List of DOs and DON'Ts closing every chapter, pairing each recommended action with the specific pitfall to avoid.
- Comparative differential-diagnosis and drug-dosing tables, plus labeled clinical and radiology figures, built into each chapter.
- 51 complimentary online infographics, one per chapter, accessed via a QR and registration code for quick revision.
- 13 sections spanning CNS, respiratory, cardiovascular, infectious disease, endocrine, poisoning, obstetric, transplant, renal, malignancy, and trauma emergencies.
