Procedures and techniques in intensive care medicine / editors Richard S. Irwin ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irwin, Richard S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine.

Critical Care--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Critical Care--methods.

Physical Description:

xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Intensive care medicine

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

Summary:

Containing all of the new and updated information from Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine, Fifth Edition, this bench manual of procedures and techniques is available as a separate portable paperback reference. This extremely practical "how-to" guide provides graphically illustrated, step-by-step instructions for every diagnostic and therapeutic procedure used in adult critical care. Coverage of each procedure includes indications, contraindications, equipment, technique, complications, and ongoing care. All ICU staff as well as well as general practitioners can depend on this manual of immediate access to reliable, easy-to-follow instructions.

Contents:

1. Airway Management and Endotracheal Intubation / Shubjeet Kaur, Stephen O. Heard 3

2. Central Venous Catheters / Michael G. Seneff 17

3. Arterial Line Placement and Care / Michael G. Seneff 36

4. Pulmonary Artery Catheters / Stephen J. Voyce, D. Robert McCaffree 45

5. Temporary Cardiac Pacing / Seth T. Dahlberg, Michael G. Mooradd 67

6. Cardioversion and Defibrillation / Michael O. Sweeney 73

7. Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit / Gerard P. Aurigemma, Dennis A. Tighe 80

8. Pericardiocentesis / Glenn D. Focht, Richard C. Becker 97

9. The Intraaortic Balloon and Counterpulsation / Bruce S. Cutler, Michael J. Singh 102

10. Extracorporeal and Intracorporeal Support Technologies for Severe Cardiac and Respiratory Failure / Robert A. Lancey, Harry L. Anderson III 112

11. Chest Tube Insertion and Care / Robert A. Lancey 127

12. Bronchoscopy / Stephen J. Krinzman, Richard S. Irwin 135

13. Thoracentesis / Mark M. Wilson, Richard S. Irwin 140

14. Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis / Deborah H. Markowitz, Richard S. Irwin 146

15. Tracheostomy / A. Alan Conlan, Scott E. Kopec, Wayne E. Silva 150

16. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy / Bernard D. Clifford, Peter E. Krims 160

17. Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage / Lena M. Napolitano 164

18. Management of Acute Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage with Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade / Marie T. Pavini, Juan Carlos Puyana 171

19. Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes / Lena M. Napolitano 176

20. Therapeutic Hemapheresis / Irma O. Szymanski, Brian E. Moore 182

21. Cerebrospinal Fluid Aspiration / John P. Weaver, Robin I. Davidson, Viviane Tabar 187

22. Neurologic and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring / Eric A. Bedell, Donald J. Deyo, Donald S. Prough 196

23. Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystostomy / Philip J. Ayvazian 210

24. Aspiration of the Knee and Synovial Fluid Analysis / Eric W. Jacobson, Maria E. Abruzzo 214

25. Anesthesia for Bedside Procedures / Mark Dershwitz, Laurence Landow, Wandana Joshi-Ryzewicz 219

26 Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients / Frederick J. Curley, Nicholas A. Smyrnios 226

27. Indirect Calorimetry / Nicholas A. Smyrnios, Frederick J. Curley 246

28. Interventional Radiology: Drainage Techniques / Ashley Davidoff 251

29. Lung Biopsy / Scott E. Kopec, A. Alan Conlan, Richard S. Irwin 255

30. Dialysis Therapy in the Intensive Care Setting / Joseph A. Coladonato, Todd F. Griffith, William F. Owen, Jr. 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781743346

OCLC:

52259657