Intensive Care Medicine provides immediate access to current guidance on the full range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring procedures used in adult critical care.

Intensive Care Medicine guides the reader through noninvasive monitoring of critically ill patients with up-to-the-minute recommendations.

Intensive Care Medicine features:

• Step-by-step instructuctions guide you through the best practices for perfomring each procedure.
• Detailed illustrations clarigy complex techniques and draw your attention to key points.
• Evidence-based advice covers indications, contraindications, outcomes, and complications for every procedure.
• Concise, scientifically-based, practical format gives the reader essential information at a glance.

Contents

Procedures and Techniques

1. Airway Management and Endotracheal Intubation
2. Central Venous Catheterization
3. Arterial Line Placement and Care
4. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
5. Temporary Cardiac Pacing
6. Cardioversion and Defibrillation
7. Pericardiocentesis
8. Chest Tube Insertion and Care
9. Bronchoscopy
10. Thoracentesis
11. Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis
12. Tracheostomy
13. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
14. Paracentesis nad Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
15. Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade for Acute Bariceal Hemorrhage
16. Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes
17. Cerebrospinal Fluid Aspiration
18. Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystostomy
19. Aspiration of the Knee and Synovial Fluid Analysis
20. Anesthesia for Bedside Procedures
21. Interventional Radiology: Drainage Techniques
22. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
23. Management of Pain in the Critically Ill Patient
24. Therapeutic Paralysis
25. Dialysis Therapy in the Intensive Care Setting
26. therapeutic Apheresis: Technical Considerations and Indications in Critical Care

Minimally Invasive Monitoring

27. Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients
28. Indirect Calorimetry
29. Minimally Invasive Cardiology
30. Neurologic and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
31. Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit
32. Monitoring Gastrointestinal Tract Function
33. Respiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation

Index

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