Farokh Erach Udwadia MD FRCPE FRCP (LONDON) MASTER FCCP FAMS FACP HON DSCConsultant Physician and Director, Intensive Care Unit, Breach Candy Hospital; Emeritus Professor in Medicine, Grant Medical College and the JJ Group of Hospitals; Consultant Physician, BD Petit Parsee General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Section 1. An Introduction to Critical CareSection 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cerebral Preservation in AdultsSection 3. Basic Cardiorespiratory Physiology in the Intensive Care UnitSection 4. Procedures and Monitoring in the Intensive Care UnitSection 5. Imaging in the Critical Care UnitSection 6. Clinical Shock SyndromesSection 7. Cardiovascular Problems Requiring Critical CareSection 8. Respiratory Problems Requiring Critical CareSection 9. Mechanical Ventilation in the Critically IllSection 10. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances in the Critically IllSection 11. Acid-Base Disturbances in the Critically IllSection 12. Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill AdultSection 13. Fever and Acute Infections in a Critical Care SettingSection 14. Surgical Infections in the Intensive Care UnitSection 15. Organ System Dysfunction Requiring Critical CareSection 16. Critical Care after Open Heart SurgerySection 17. The Immunocompromised PatientSection 18. Physical Injuries Requiring Critical CareSection 19. Critical Care of the Cancer PatientSection 20. Control of Pain and Anxiety and the Use of Muscle Relaxants in the Critically Ill PatientSection 21. Critical Care of the Transplant PatientSection 22. Critical Care in PregnancySection 23. End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit