Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit Achikam Oren-Grinberg Adam B. Lerner Daniel Talmor Echocardiography was introduced to the operating suite in the 1970s, with epicardial echocardiography as its initial application….
Neurologic and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Eric A. Bedell Donald S. Prough Options for evaluating and monitoring neurologic function have increased steadily in the past 10 years and provide the clinician…
Minimally Invasive Cardiology Andrew J. Goodwin Ednan K. Bajwa Atul Malhotra The assessment of cardiac output has historically been vital to the management of critically ill or hemodynamically unstable patients….
Indirect Calorimetry Nicholas A. Smyrnios Frederick J. Curley Indirect calorimetry is a technique that uses measurements of inspired and expired gas flows, volumes, and concentrations to measure oxygen consumption and…
Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients Alan Lisbon Michael D. Howell Frederick J. Curley Nicholas A. Smyrnios The ability to intensively, continuously, and routinely monitor both usual vital signs and…
Therapeutic Apheresis: Technical Considerations and Indications in Critical Care Theresa Nester Michael Linenberger Technical Rationale and Instruments Apheresis means to remove. Apheresis instruments are designed to separate whole blood into…
Dialysis Therapy in the Intensive Care Setting Arif Showkat Sergio R. Acchiardo William F. Owen Jr. Overview of Dialysis Modalities Bones can break, muscles can atrophy, glands can loaf, even…
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…
