Critical Care Medicine

Critical care or Intensive care medicine is that branch of medicine which deals with the diagnosis and management of life threatening conditions like Respiratory Failure, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Sepsis, Shock, Multi-Organ Failure, Coma, Electrolyte Imbalance and many more.

Such patients can be very challenging & require immediate care. They are managed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital.

Dr. Nangia, is one of the few in the city, with over 15 years of experience of working in this field. He has been a visiting fellow to the Pulmonary & Critical Care Units of Cleveland Clinics, USA. He is, currently, the Director of Medical ICU at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj and commonly gets transfers of very sick patients from various hospitals. He has also been involved in the care of patients on ventilators and BiPAPs at home.