Critical Care Update 2023

Rajesh Chandra Mishra MD (Medicine) FNCCCM EDICM FCCM FCCP FICCM FICPSheila Nainan Myatra MD FCCM FICCMDeepak Govil MD EDIC FICCM FCCMSubhash Todi MD MRCP

• SECTION 1: Sepsis Diagnosis and Management1. Precision Medicine in Septic Shock2. Optimal Blood Pressure Target in Patients with Septic Shock3. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines in 2022: What is New and what has Changed?4. Individualizing Hemodynamics in Septic Shock5. Adjunctive Therapies in Sepsis: Current Status6. Refractory Septic Shock: What are the Options7. Steroids in Sepsis and Clinical Outcomes8. Candida auris: Detection, Prevention, and Management9. Empirical Antifungal Treatment: Is It Justified?10. Role of Steroids in Severe Community acquired Pneumonia11. Procalcitonin: Can It Differentiate Bacterial versus Fungal InfectionSECTION 2: Antimicrobial Therapy in ICU12. Optimizing Antimicrobial Dosing in the Intensive Care Unit13. Antibiotic within 1 hour: Should this be Applied to all Patients with Sepsis?14. Dark Side of Antibiotics15. Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Therapy16. Cefiderocol: Is this the Answer to Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Infection?SECTION 3: Respiratory Critical Care17. Management of Pneumonia in Intensive Care18. Reverse Triggering during Controlled Ventilation: A Frequent Dysynchrony with Various Consequences19. Use of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction in Pneumonia20. Management of Complicated Pleural Effusion21. Hepatic Hydrothorax22. Submassive Pulmonary Embolism23. Role of Magnesium in Respiratory Failure24. ARDS in Children: How is it Different?25. Safe Tracheal Intubation in Intensive Care Unit26. Lateral Positioning: Does it Work?27. Dyspnea in Patients on Invasive Ventilation: Clinical Impact28. Complications of Noninvasive Ventilation FailureSECTION 4: Mechanical Ventilation29. Setting Optimum PEEP30. Open Lung or Keep Lung Closed: Which Strategy to Choose?31. Driving Pressure or Mechanical Power: Which One to Monitor?32. Measuring Respiratory Drive and Muscle Effort33. Oxygenation Targets in Mechanically Ventilated Critically-ill Patients34. Ventilatory Ratio: A New Monitoring Tool35. Helmet NIV: Is it a Game Changer?36. Electrical Impedance Tomography: Current Application37. Automatic Tube Compensation: Does it have a Role?38. High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome39. Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatrics: Current StatusSECTION 5: Cardiovascular Critical Care40. Crystalloid Resuscitation: Finding the Balance41. Artificial Intelligence Tools to Optimize Hemodynamics in the ICU42. Aggressive or Restrictive Fluid Resuscitation43. Predicting Hypotension: Is It Useful?44. Vasopressors: How Early?45. Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery46. Use of Vasopressin during Cardiac ArrestSECTION 6: Echocardiography and Ultrasound47. Advances in Intensive Care Unit Echocardiography48. Transesophageal Echocardiography: Is It Preferable in the Intensive Care Unit?49. ECHO Features of Pulmonary Hypertension and Increased Left Atrial Pressures50. Role of Echocardiography in Shock State51. Use of Echocardiography in Assessing Fluid Responsiveness52. Venous Excess Ultrasound Score (VExUS)SECTION 7: Nephrology, Fluids, Acid-Base Balance and Electrolytes Balance53. Fluid Management in Acute Kidney Injury54. Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury: Common but Poorly Understood55. Delayed versus Very Delayed Renal Replacement Therapy56. Plasma Exchange in Intensive Care Unit: Current Status57. Acute Kidney Injury Care Bundle58. Biomarker-driven Therapy in AKI59. How to Approach Dyselectrolytemias in a Patient on CRRT?SECTION 8: Neurocritical Care60. Prognostication in Neurocritical Care61. Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus62. Early Detection of Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness63. Personalized Hemodynamic Management in Neurocritical Care64. Extracranial Complications of Brain Injury65. Ketamine: Current Status in ICU66. Inhalational Sedation in Intensive Care Unit67. Hypoactive Delirium: Detection and Management68. Status Epilepticus: Anticonvulsants of ChoiceSECTION 9: Gastrointestinal, Liver and Nutrition69. The Microbiome70. Personalized Glucose Control71. Hypoxic Liver Injury and Management72. Enteral Nutrition in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients73. Problems of Overfeeding74. Protein or Calories—Which is More Important?SECTION 10: Trauma75. Role of Tranexamic Acid in Trauma: When and where?76. REBOA in Trauma77. Transfusion Triggers in Trauma Shock78. RhabdomyolysisSECTION 11: Toxicology79. Paraquat Poisoning: Current Status80. MethemoglobinemiaSECTION 12: Oncology and Hematology81. Intravascular Hemolysis82. Cytokine Storm and Hemophagocytic Syndromes83. Pulmonary and Neurological Complications and their Management in Immune Cancer Therapy84. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: Approach to Management85. Hyperviscosity SyndromesSECTION 13: Medicolegal Issues and End-of-life Care86. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Is It an Elusive or Essential Goal?87. Care of Elderly in Intensive Care Unit: Special Issues that Need to be Addressed88. Feeding and Antibiotic Use in End-of-life Care: Is It Justified?89. Communication in the ICU90. Breaking Bad News to ChildrenSECTION 14: Clinical Research Methodology91. Understanding Bayesian Analysis92. Platform and Adaptive Trials93. Data Science Implementation in Intensive Care UnitSECTION 15: Obstetric Critical Care94. Complicated Tropical Fever95. HELLP SyndromeSECTION 16: ICU Organization/Quality of CareSection Editors: BK Rao, Palepu B Gopal96. Smart ICU: The Era of Safety and Precision in ICU97. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Patients and Family Members of ICU Patients98. Cost Containment in the ICU99. Simulation based Training in ICU100. ICU Quality Indicators in Resource-limited SettingSECTION 17: Extracorporeal Life Support101. Extracorporeal Life Support: Does it Improve Outcome in Septic Shock?102. Certifying Brain Death on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation103. How to Wean off ECMO104. Thrombocytopenia in ECMO Patient: TroubleshootingSECTION 18: Miscellaneous105. Post ICU Care in India: An Unmet Need106. Preventing Post-transplant Respiratory Failure107. Human Mesenchymal Cell Therapy in Critically Ill: An Update108. Withdrawal Syndromes in Intensive Care Unit: Recognition and Management109. Zentensivism: A Holistic Approach to the Art of Caring110. Gender Balance in the Intensive Care Unit: Where are We Today?