The OSCEs have become a part of most examinations in Critical Care Medicine. This book will be of great help to the examinees. The contents have been divided into two sections one is Questions and the second is Answers. It contains chapters on Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Nephrology, Microbiology and Infection Control, Hemodynamics, Drugs, Biochemistry, Miscellaneous, and Case Scenarios. Contains nearly 330 questions with model answers. Questions range from the old tests, new techniques and devices, and results of laboratory and other investigations. Also covers questions on all organ systems and different ways these systems may be affected by the disease. The answers are structured from examination point-of-view. These will help the examinees in developing the skills to face the objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) in their examination.

This book has been organized and sponsored by the Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM) to assist dissemination of the available evidence in the field. The book has been exclusively written by 85 authors, who practice in the Asia Pacific regions intensive care environment, thus provides a contemporary overview of the practice intensive care medicine in our region. In addition to the sections on general assessment and organ support in critically ill, over the half of the book is dedicated to organ dysfunction and specific critical illness syndromes (including the infectious diseases) that are prevalent in areas of the region.