Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit Achikam Oren-Grinberg Sajid Shahul Adam B. Lerner Introduction Echocardiography was introduced to the operating suite in the 1970s, with epicardial echocardiography as its initial…
Monitoring Gastrointestinal Tract Function Ruben J. Azocar Laura Santos Pavia Suresh Agarwal Gastrointestinal system function is of paramount importance for the maintenance of the body’s homeostasis, which is not only…
Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Andrew J. Goodwin Ednan K. Bajwa Atul Malhotra Introduction The assessment of cardiac output (CO) has historically been vital to the management of critically ill patients….
Neurologic Multimodal Monitoring Raphael A. Carandang Wiley R. Hall Donald S. Prough Neurologic function is a major determinant of quality of life. Injury or dysfunction can have a profound effect…
Therapeutic Paralysis Khaldoun Faris The most common indications for the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in the intensive care unit (ICU) include emergency or elective intubations, optimization of patient–ventilator…
Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients Patrick Troy Nicholas A. Smyrnios Michael D. Howell A key difference between intensive care units (ICUs) and other hospital units is the level of…
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Bruce Greenberg John A. Paraskos History Since the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), we have been forced to rethink our definitions of life and death. Although sporadic accounts…
Management of Pain in the Critically Ill Patient Armagan Dagal Mario De Pinto W. Thomas Edwards Pain in critically ill patients should be systematically observed and regularly assessed. All means…
Interventional Radiology: Percutaneous Drainage Techniques Brian T. Callahan Salomao Faintuch Felipe B. Collares Over the past decade, image-guided percutaneous drainage procedures have become accepted as safe and effective alternatives to…
Interventional Ultrasound Gisela I. Banauch Paul H. Mayo Introduction Ultrasonography has major applications in critical care medicine. When used at the bedside by the intensivist who is in charge of…
