DrDNB Critical Care Medicine: The Complete Examination Guide

DrDNB Critical Care Medicine: The Complete Examination Guide

Part 1A — Basic Sciences and Physiology

DrNB / DNB Critical Care Medicine — Paper 1: Applied Physiology & Critical Care Pharmacology

Passing DrNB Paper 1 isn’t just about recalling physiology — it’s about mastering the foundations the examiners keep returning to, and being able to defend every answer. This book gives you both. It distils bedside ICU experience and academic preparation into a single, exam-focused resource where every clinical statement is traced back to its source, so nothing you learn rests on memory alone.

What’s inside

• Complete basic-sciences coverage — cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurological, endocrine, and metabolic physiology in the critically ill
• Core critical care pharmacology — drug mechanisms, dosing principles, interactions, and the pitfalls most commonly tested in the DrNB exam
• Chapters mapped directly to the DrNB syllabus for Paper 1 (Applied Physiology & Critical Care Pharmacology)
• Every clinical statement cross-referenced to three cornerstone texts — Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, Marino’s The ICU Book, and Oh’s Intensive Care Manual — with Vancouver-style citations and PMIDs/DOIs so each point is fully traceable
• High-yield, exam-oriented summaries built as an active study tool, not a passive reference
• Structured explanations that move you efficiently from foundational science to confident exam performance

Also useful for FNB Critical Care Medicine trainees, EDIC and NEET SS CCM aspirants, and intensivists wanting a rapid, well-referenced refresher.

This is Part 1A of a multi-volume DrNB Critical Care Medicine Examination Guide Series — continuing through organ-system critical care, perioperative and ethics topics, long-case and practical skills, and viva voce preparation. A complete pathway from first principles to final examination.

Medical Disclaimer: For examination preparation only. Clinical decisions must be based on current evidence-based guidelines and independent, qualified clinical judgment.

By Dr. Gunadhar Padhi — Chief Intensivist, HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai; MD, IDCCM, FCCCM, ECMO (Paris); author of the DrNB Critical Care Medicine Examination Guide Series.