This

easy to use pocket book covers all aspects of intravenous fluid therapy

in critically ill patients from applied physiology to bedside clinical

management succinctly. It includes updated and evidence-based content on

intravenous fluid therapy. The book is divided into four sections;

first section covering review of physiology, second section describing

different resuscitation agents, third section discussing fluid therapy

in various clinical conditions and final section providing a rational

approach to prescribing intravenous fluid. Each chapter starts with a

case scenario followed by an introduction focusing on the learning

objectives and take home message and recommendation at the end.

Each chapter includes a summary of important clinical trials in the

field, especially useful for students. The book maintains uniform style

throughout the chapters, written in simple language and includes charts,

boxes, tables and figures.
The book is useful for all clinicians

dealing with acutely ill patients including (but not limited to)

intensivists, emergency physicians, anaesthesiologists, internists,

other physicians and surgeons as well as trainees.