Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Frankel, Heidi L. (Editor), deBoisblanc, Bennett P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist delivers practical tips and clear, step-by-step instruction on the most common procedures in the ICU. The convenient and portable handbook focuses on ultrasound-guided techniques, including an introduction to ultrasound physics and principles, while individual...

Table of Contents:

• General Considerations
• Conscious Sedation and Deep Sedation, Including Neuromuscular Blockade
• Airway Management
• Ultrasound Physics and Equipment
• Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Procedures
• Ultrasound-Guided Drainage Procedures for the Intensivist
• Focused Echocardiography in the ICU
• Procedures in Critical Care: Dialysis and Apheresis
• Pericardiocentesis
• Bedside Insertion of Vena Cava Filters in the Intensive Care Unit
• Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
• Open Tracheostomy
• Transbronchial Biopsy in the Intensive Care Unit
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
• Chest Drainage
• Intracranial Monitoring
• Billing for Bedside Procedures.