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Infectious Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit

  • Covers all aspects of the common infections encountered in the intensive care unit

  • Chapters cover the latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of common infections in the intensive care unit

  • Chapters are supplemented with ample illustrations and figures

  • Easy to follow algorithms and key points in each chapter

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Fever in Intensive Care Unit

    • Ghan Shyam Pangtey, Rajnikant Prasad
    Pages 1-13
  3. Clinical Approach to Sepsis

    • Ankit Mittal, Manish Soneja
    Pages 15-35
  4. Tropical Infections in ICU

    • Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas, Manish Soneja
    Pages 37-57
  5. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    • Puneet Saxena, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Ritesh Agarwal, Sahajal Dhooria
    Pages 59-86
  6. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

    • Saurabh Mittal, Karan Madan
    Pages 87-96
  7. Blood Stream Infections

    • Bikash Ranjan Ray, Srikant Behera
    Pages 97-108
  8. Urosepsis

    • Devanshu Bansal, Prabhjot Singh, Brusabhanu Nayak
    Pages 109-116
  9. Infections of the Central Nervous System (CNS) in the ICU

    • Deepti Vibha, Divyani Garg
    Pages 117-137
  10. Obstetric and Gynecological Infections

    • Puneet Khanna, Velmurugan Selvam
    Pages 139-148
  11. Surgical Infections in ICU

    • Asuri Krishna, Aditya Baksi
    Pages 149-156
  12. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in ICU

    • Anirban Bhattacharjee, Dalim Kumar Baidya
    Pages 157-166
  13. Infections in Renal Transplant Recipient in ICU: An Overview

    • Praveen Tirlangi, Harsh Vardhan, Manish Soneja
    Pages 167-174
  14. Infections in Burn Patients in ICU

    • Shivangi Saha, Shashank Chauhan, Maneesh Singhal
    Pages 175-190
  15. Approach and Management of Severe Infections in Neutropenic Patients

    • Prantar Chakrabarti, Ankit Kumar Jitani
    Pages 191-209
  16. Management of Viral Infections in ICU

    • Sameer Gulati, Anu Maheshwari
    Pages 211-227
  17. Tuberculosis in Critical Care

    • Surendran Deepanjali, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan
    Pages 229-245
  18. HIV in ICU

    • Pranav Ish, Neeraj Nischal
    Pages 247-265
  19. Infections in the Intensive Care Setting: Role of Radiology

    • Naren Hemachandran, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy
    Pages 275-289

About this book

Infections in intensive care is a very broad topic, and this book provides concise yet comprehensive coverage. It focuses on the appropriate and judicious use of microbiological, radiological and point-of-care tests in diagnostic work-ups and evidence-based management protocols. Moreover, it offers essential information on the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered infections in the intensive care unit, making it a handy ready-reference manual for intensivists. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Manish Soneja

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Puneet Khanna

About the editors

Manish Soneja graduated from Calcutta Medical College and received his MD in Medicine from AIIMS, New Delhi. Presently, he is an Additional Professor at the Department of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi and has a keen interest in infectious diseases and critical care. He played a key role in launching the DM Infectious Diseases program at AIIMS, the first of its kind in India. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and has delivered numerous conference presentations on topics in infectious disease and critical care.

Puneet Khanna received his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and completed his MD in Anaesthesiology at AIIMS, New Delhi. He is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical care at AIIMS, New Delhi. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anaesthesia, PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has published in several prominent national and international journals and has contributed chapters to Indian and international textbooks. Most recently, he published a book on Critical Care Sonography. His research interests include obstetric anaesthesia, translational research, critical care, paediatric anaesthesia, and post-op cognition.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit

  • Editors: Manish Soneja, Puneet Khanna

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4039-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4038-7Published: 01 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4041-7Published: 02 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4039-4Published: 31 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 411

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine

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