Perioperative Critical Care

Section 1 General

• Critical care in perioperative period - need, indications, infrastructure and staffing
• Supplemental oxygenation
• Airway management in critical care setting
• Pain, agitation and delirium in postoperative period
• Goal directed fluid therapy in perioperative critical care
• Shock in postoperative period
• Fluid and electrolyte disturbances in the perioperative period
• Arterial blood gas analysis
• Acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation in postoperative critical care
• Venous and pulmonary thromboembolism

Section 2 Cardiothoracic and Vascular

• CABG - On pump and off pump
• Pediatric cardiac surgeries - cyanotic and acyanotic
• Valvular heart surgeries
• Blunt trauma chest surgeries
• Mediastinal mass excision
• Major lung resections - pneumonectomies and lobectomies
• Tracheal tumor surgeries
• Major Vascular surgeries
• Oesophageal surgeries - transthoracic, transhiatal
• Perioperative MI

Section 3 Neurosciences

• Brain aneurysmal surgeries
• Brain tumor surgeries including awake craniotomy
• Spinal surgeries
• Management of patients after surgery for neurotrauma

Section 4 Pediatrics

• Surgeries for developmental defects - TOF, diaphragmatic hernia, anorectal malformations
• Perioperative management of pediatric major abdominal cancer surgeries

Section 5 Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Postpartum obstetric hemorrhage
• Major gynecological cancer surgeries
• Perioperative management of patients with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
• Non obstetric major surgeries in pregnant patient

Section 6 Gastrointestinal

• Perioperative management of major Abdominal Surgeries-Pancreas, Stomach, retroperitoneal mass
• Major liver resections
• Perioperative management of colorectal surgeries
• Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
• Blunt trauma abdomen
• Emergency laparotomy including damage control surgeries
• Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome

Section 7 Genitourinary

• Bladder and prostate cancer surgeries
• Renal tumor surgeries including IVC thrombus
• Adrenal and extraadrenal pheochromocytoma

Section 8 Orthopedics

• Hemi-pelvectomies
• Perioperative management of major orthopedic trauma including pelvis fracture

Section 9 Head and Neck

• Major head and neck cancer surgeries
• Skull base surgeries including pituitary surgery

Section 10 Transplantation

• Renal transplantation
• Perioperative care of patients undergoing liver transplant
• Perioperative care of patients undergoing heart transplant
• Perioperative care of patients undergoing lung transplant

Section 11 Miscellaneous

• Nutrition in perioperative critical care setting
• Prehabilitation and rehabilitation
• ICU physiotherapy and weaning
• Hemodynamic monitoring in postoperative critical care
• Vasoactive agents
• Blood transfusion in the perioperative period
• Role of POCUS in the perioperative period
• Management of hypertension in the perioperative period
• Antibiotic strategies in postoperative period
• Trans-thoracic echocardiography
• Trans-esophageal echocardiography
• Renal replacement therapy
• Postoperative pulmonary complications and treatment
• Perioperative mechanical ventilation
• Sepsis and infection control in perioperative critical care
• Critical care nursing
• Audit and quality improvement in perioperative critical care
• Communication in the perioperative period
• Evaluation and management of obstructive sleep apnea during perioperative care
• Neonatal postoperative critical care