Books by Anand Kumar

I thought it was all over until I met her again. I was hurting myself to forget her, and yet I kept falling inlove I saw her, smiling and happy with him. As the tears in my eyes pleaded for freedom, I waited, for her, to give me that one smile... Sometimes life gives you a thousand reasons to fall inlove and just one reason to fall apart. I had stepped on it, and, I had to wait for three years to rediscover the soul within me. But, what happened to her in these three years? Does sheloveme still? This intenselovestory will make your heart fall inloveover and over again.

Examines the problem of terrorism in South Asia. The contributors to the volume provide valuable insights on the issue of terrorism and suggest measures to deal with the problem. They consider terrorism as a phenomenon that has been harmful to society, economy and polity of the South Asian nations.

Features articles on: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy in Life-threatening infection, sepsis and septic shock; General principles of antimicrobial dosing and PK/PD; Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues in the critically ill with severe sepsis and septic shock; Understanding antimicrobial resistance; and, Antifungal therapy.

Describes modern critical care techniques in a historical context. This book includes such topics as 'Shock and Organ failure', 'Battlefield trauma, traumatic shock and consequences: War-related advances in critical care', and Lessons from Modern Disasters and Wars: Bhopal, Chernobyl, Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Iraq'.

This issue is the first of a two-part series on Life-Threatening Infections, edited by Dr. Anand Kumar. Article topics include: Meningitis and other non-viral CNS infections, Encephalitis and viral meningitis, Community Acquired Pneumonia, Hospital Acquired Pneumonia/Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Clostridial gangrene and bacterial myositis, Acute peritonitis and bowel perforations, Post-operative wound and surgical site infections and Fulminant viral hepatitis.

Includes article topics such as Biowarfare/Bioterrorism pathogens, Infections in neutropenics, Infections in AIDS, Influenza and endemic viral pneumonias, Resistant gram negative infections, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Fulminant viral myocarditis, and Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection.