Bedside Procedures in the ICU [Paperback]

This handbook is a guide to best practice in interventions commonly encountered in the ICU. It is clinically orientated providing :step-by-step explanations and illustrations of most invasive procedures, check lists to make sure the indication is right, check lists to ensure appropriate assessment once the procedure has been carried out.The information is easily accessible providing practical advice and essential background for every member of the multi-disciplinary team caring for critically ill patients. It will serve the senior consultant who has not performed a procedure for some time as well as the junior doctor in need of an aide memoire.This clinically oriented handbook is a guide to best practice in interventions commonly encountered in the ICU. It includes illustrated step-by-step explanations of most invasive procedures, checklists to help verify indications and assessment, and more.

Sedation and analgesia.- Airway Management and Intubation.- Bronchoscopy.- Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy.- Arterial and Venous Catheter Insertion.- Advanced Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring.- Temporary cardiac pacing.- DC Cardioversion.- Pericardiocentesis.- Intercostal chest drain insertion.- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement.- Gastroesophageal Balloon Tube Tamponade.- Acute Compartment Syndrome.- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.- Ultrasound Guided Procedures.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Lumbar Puncture.- External Ventricular Drain Insertion.- Intracranial Pressure Measurement.

Dr Florian Falter is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Papworth Clinic in Cambridge.
At often critical times, ICU staff require immediate access to information regarding the management of patients in terms of procedures, drugs or any other aspect of treatment.Written by experts in the field of ICU, Bedside Procedures in the ICU facilitates rapid acquiring of clinical knowledge in a concise and didactic format. Focusing on l#,