Tag: monitoring
10 Reasons for Pharmacy Professionals Presence in the ICU
The momentum exists for establishing and expanding ICU pharmacy practice throughout Europe. A first step should be a White Paper, describing the roles and key priorities for ICU pharmacy professionals. Education should... read more
Simple Blood Test Indicating Sepsis Relapse
Sepsis is often not adequately diagnosed at the early stage when it could still be potentially avoidable. In this report, we describe the dramatic hematological changes found in the blood of a sepsis survivor just after discharge... read more
ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been in clinical use for some 40 years, but it is only in the past decade that its application in the treatment of life-threatening circulatory and respiratory failure has truly... read more
Nursing Care and ECMO
This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training... read more
Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
This book describes the pathophysiological significance of the hemodynamic monitoring parameters available to the clinician and their role in providing reliable and reproducible information on the cardiocirculatory status... read more
Workbook on Hemodynamic Management
This workbook focuses on hemodynamics management. Hemodynamic management should be aimed at minimizing the ischemic injury. Cerebral ischemia impairs the brain's ability to autoregulate its circulation through vasoconstriction... read more
Intracranial Pressure: Current Perspectives on Physiology and Monitoring
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is now viewed as integral to the clinical care of many life-threatening brain insults, such as severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and malignant stroke. It serves... read more
Plasma Exchange in the ICU
In this narrative review, we discuss the relevant issues of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in critically ill patients. For many conditions, the optimal indication, device type, frequency, duration, type of replacement... read more
Perioperative Hemodynamic Monitoring and Goal Directed Therapy: From Theory to Practice
This unique book provides clinicians and administrators with a comprehensive understanding of perioperative hemodynamic monitoring and goal directed therapy, emphasizing practical guidance for implementation at the bedside.... read more
Pulmonary Aeration and Posterior Collapse Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography in Healthy Children
The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the lung aeration estimated by electrical impedance tomography as the end-expiratory lung impedance after anesthesia induction in pediatric patients. This was a prospective,... read more
A Decade of Progress in Critical Care Echocardiography
Critical care echocardiography (CCE) is now widely accepted by the critical care community as a valuable tool in the ICU and emergency department, and in perioperative settings. It allows rapid and accurate diagnosis,... read more
Patients Monitored Using Wearable Monitors Experienced Fewer Unplanned ICU Admissions
Implementation of continuous monitoring of patient vital signs using wearable monitoring technology linked wirelessly to hospital systems was associated with a reduction in unplanned ICU admissions and rapid response team... read more
Physiological Responses to In-Bed Cycle Ergometry Treatment in ICU Patients with External Ventricular Drainage
These data suggest that supine CE in a heterogeneous cohort of neurocritical care patients with EVDs is safe and tolerable. Larger prospective studies are needed to determine the efficacy and optimal dose and timing of supine... read more
Bedside Procedures for the Intensivist
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... read more