Full Description
This book will prove to be useful resource for students and experienced practitioners. It will make their task of managing critically-ill patients suffering from complex illnesses easier, and will improve their patient outcomes. The topics in this book have been authored by experts in their own field of monitoring, from India and abroad.
Easy flow to the prose; elaborating the physics, physiology, and principles of how different monitors work.
Describes the clinical application of monitoring systems.
Includes the advantages and disadvantages of the systems or tests and limitations of technology, where applicable.
Comprehensive coverage of all topics dealing with hemodynamic monitoring and therapy in critically ill patients.
Many pioneers writing about the tests they themselves developed.
Fully supported with reference lists so that interested readers can read further details, if interested.
Useful for students and practitioners of critical care alike.
Contents
SECTION 1: PHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGY
SECTION 2: CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASUREMENT
SECTION 3: DOWNSTREAM PARAMETERS AND OTHERS
SECTION 4: TYPES OF SHOCK
SECTION 5: ASSESSING CARDIAC FUNCTION
SECTION 6: SUPPORTING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
SECTION 7: ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Index
