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Therapeutic Paralysis J. Matthias Walz Raimis Matulionis Khaldoun Faris Despite the routine use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) in the intensive care unit (ICU), limited data are currently available to…

Management of pain in the critically ill patient Mario De Pinto W. Thomas Edwards Pain is a major problem for patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) [1, 2, 3,…

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation John A. Paraskos Alan A. Orquiola History Since the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), we have been forced to rethink our definitions of life and death. Although sporadic…

Interventional Radiology: Drainage Techniques Young H. Kim Ducksoo Kim Image-guided percutaneous drainage is a safe and widely accepted first-line treatment for infected or symptomatic fluid collections in the body. Image…

Anesthesia for Bedside Procedures Mark Dershwitz When a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) requires a bedside procedure, it is usually the attending intensivist, as opposed to a consultant…

Aspiration of the Knee and Synovial Fluid Analysis Bonnie J. Bidinger Maria E. Abruzzo Eric W. Jacobson Arthrocentesis is a safe and relatively simple procedure that involves the introduction of…

Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystostomy Philip J. Ayvazian Percutaneous suprapubic cystotomy is used to divert urine from the bladder when standard urethral catheterization is impossible or undesirable [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10]. The procedure…

Cerebrospinal Fluid Aspiration John P. Weaver This chapter presents guidelines for safe cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) aspiration for the emergency department or the intensive care physician, and provides a basic understanding…

Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes Lena M. Napolitano Indications for Enteral Feeding Nutritional support is an essential component of intensive care medicine. It has become increasingly evident that nutritional support…