Procedures in Critical Care

A Complete "Visual Atlas" for Critical-Care Treatments Procedures in Critical Care is packed with color images and includes a DVD to provide complete visual coverage of the subject-from general monitoring to treating neurologic and infectious disease-all supported by comprehensive descriptions of the procedures. C. William Hanson, III, MD Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery and Internal Medicine Section Chief, Critical Care Medicine Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Medical Director, ICU Telemedicine Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA CONTENTS SECTION I: ICU BASICS Chapter 1. The ICU Room and Equipment Chapter 2. The ICU Bed Chapter 3. The Universal Protocol in the ICU Chapter 4. Hand Washing in the ICU Chapter 5. Prepping and Draping in the ICU Chapter 6. Informed Consent and Procedure Documentation Chapter 7. Critical Care Transport Chapter 8. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation SECTION II: NEUROLOGICAL PROCEDURES Chapter 9. Pain Management in the ICU Chapter 10. Agitation Scale Chapter 11. Glasgow Coma Score Chapter 12. Neuromuscular Blockade Chapter 13. Lumbar Puncture Chapter 14. Brain Death Examination Chapter 15. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Chapter 16. Electroencephalography Chapter 17. Cerebral Oximetry Chapter 18. Direct Brain Tissue Oxygen Measurement Chapter 19. Jugular Venous Oximetry Chapter 20. Cerebral Microdialysis Chapter 21. Transcranial Doppler Examination Chapter 22. Portable Computerized Axial Tomography Scanning SECTION III: THORACIC AND RESPIRATORY PROCEDURES Chapter 23. Emergency Airway Cart Chapter 24. Bag-Mask Ventilation Chapter 25. Noninvasive Ventilation Chapter 26. Laryngeal Mask Airway Chapter 27. Oral Endotracheal Intubation Chapter 28. Percutaneous Airways Chapter 29. Mechanical Ventilation Chapter 30. Bronchoscopy Chapter 31. Thoracentesis Chapter 32. Tube Thoracostomy SECTION IV: CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES Chapter 33. Electrocardiography Chapter 34. Catheter Insertion Chapter 35. Arterial Line Cannulation Chapter 36. Central Venous Catheterization Chapter 37. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Chapter 38. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Chapter 39. Cardiac Output Determination Chapter 40. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion Chapter 41. Pericardiocentesis SECTION V: GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES Chapter 42. Nasogastric Tube Insertion Chapter 43. Nasoduodenal Feeding Tube Chapter 44. Percutaneous Gastric Tube Chapter 45. Paracentesis Chapter 46. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Diagnosis SECTION VI: GENITOURINARY PROCEDURES Chapter 47. Male Urinary Drainage Catheter Chapter 48. Female Urinary Drainage Catheter Chapter 49. Suprapubic Catheterization Chapter 50. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies SECTION VII: EXTREMITY PROCEDURES Chapter 51. Deep Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis Chapter 52. Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome Chapter 53. Doppler Evaluation of Pulses Chapter 54. Extremity Splinting Chapter 55. Blood Culturing