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ICU Drugs: One Drug, One Page

A bedside handbook of 100 critical care drugs

  • Free PDF
  • Emergency & ICU
  • Clinical guide
  • 118 pages
  • 2.6 MB
  • 1st (2026) edition

The 100 drugs most often used in intensive care, each on a single page in the same order: drug and class, mechanism of action, ICU dose for each common indication, dilution and syringe-pump infusion in the 50 ml format used in Indian ICUs, dose adjustment in renal failure, liver failure, shock and electrolyte imbalance, cautions and adverse effects, and the antidote or reversal strategy, with an ICU pearl on every page. Eleven drug classes: sedatives and anaesthetic agents, analgesics, neuromuscular blockers, reversal agents, vasopressors and inotropes, antiarrhythmics, antihypertensives and vasodilators, diuretics and electrolytes, antimicrobials, corticosteroids, and anticoagulants, thrombolytics and other ICU agents, each closing with a one-page class summary table. Generic names only, adult doses, based on Surviving Sepsis, PADIS, resuscitation and neurocritical care guidance. For intensivists, emergency physicians, anaesthetists, residents, interns, ICU nurses and clinical pharmacists.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: PG (MD/MS/DNB), Practising doctors, Nursing & allied health

Inside this book

  1. 1. Anaesthetic and Sedative Agents
  2. 2. Analgesics — Opioids and Non-Opioids
  3. 3. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
  4. 4. Reversal Agents
  5. 5. Vasopressors and Inotropes
  6. 6. Antiarrhythmics and Cardiac Medications
  7. 7. Antihypertensives and Vasodilators
  8. 8. Diuretics and Fluid / Electrolyte Management
  9. 9. Antimicrobials — Antibiotics, Antifungals and Antivirals
  10. 10. Corticosteroids and Anti-inflammatory Agents
  11. 11. Anticoagulants, Thrombolytics and Other ICU Agents

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