Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has assumed an important role in the intensive care unit (ICU), with increasing use during the past 15 years. It is now considered the ventilatory mode of…
Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge the contributions of Drs. Jason Brainard and Clifford Deutschman, who authored a previous edition of this chapter. The specific indications for endotracheal intubation are difficult to…
This topic covers an area of rapidly evolving research. As such, an exhaustive approach is guaranteed to be outdated by publication. Therefore this chapter seeks to provide an approach to…
Over the past 50 years, critical care medicine has rapidly developed into a complex, resource-intensive, and multidisciplinary field. The care of patients has evolved with implementation of new monitoring devices…
Evidence-based medicine, in existence for just over two decades, has resulted in monumental changes in critical care medicine. In the last 20 years, practice has shifted from a reliance on…
Intensive care units (ICUs) were developed in the 1950s to treat patients with two distinct problems. In some cases, ICU care was required to provide an intervention to support organ…
Introduction Print Section Listen The intensivist caring for the critically ill patient may often consider abdominal pathology when assessing for the causes of the patient’s ill health. Patient symptoms, vital…
Introduction Print Section Listen Vascular access procedures, such as central venous and arterial catheterization, are commonly performed in the critical care setting. An estimated 5 million central venous catheters (CVCs)…
Introduction Print Section Listen Nearly 3% off all visits to emergency departments in the United States involve ocular complaints. Bedside ultrasound has become an indispensable tool for both traumatic and…
Introduction Print Section Listen Duplex ultrasound examination of the peripheral arterial and venous systems has been refined to the point where it has become the initial modality of choice for…
