Interventional Critical Care: A Manual for Advanced Care Practitioners (Paperback, 2016)

Foreword.- Preface.- Part 1. Administrative Considerations.- 1. The Multidisciplinary ICU Team.- 2. The Surgical Setting: ICU vs. OR.- 3.Patient Safety.- 4. The Administrative Process: Credentialing, Privileges, and Maintenance of Certification.- 5. Billing and Coding for Procedures.- Part 2. Airway Procedures.- 6. Airway Management in the ICU.- 7. Rescue Airway Techniques in the ICU.- 8. Emergency Airway: Cricothyroidotom.- 9. Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy.- 10. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy.- Part 3. Vascular Access Procedures.- 11. Arterial Access and Monitoring.- 12. Central Venous Catheterization with and without Ultrasound Guidance.- 13. Pulmonary Artery Catheters.- 14. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters.- 15. Intraosseous Access Techniques in the ICU.- 16. Temporary Transvenous Pacemakers.- 17. Intra-aortic Balloon Pump.- Part 4. Thoracic Procedures.- 18. Thoracentesis.- 19. Needle Chest Decompression.- 20. Tube Thoracostomy (Chest Tube).- 21. Pericardiocentesis.- Part 5. Neurological Procedures.- 22. Intercranial Pressure Monitors and Bolts (ICP).- 23. Extraventricular Drains and Ventriculostomy.- 24. Lumbar Puncture and Drainage.- Part 6. Maxofacial Procedures.- 25. Drainage of the Maxillary Sinus.- 26. Nasal Packing for Epistaxis.- Part 7. Gastrointestinal and Urologic Procedures.- 27. Enteral Access.- 28. Placement of the Difficult Nasogastric Tube.- 29. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.- 30. Flexible Intestinal Endoscopy.- 31. Common Urologic Procedures in the ICU Setting.- Part 8. Abdominal Procedures.- 32. Paracentesis.- 33. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage.- 34. Bedside Laparoscopy in the ICU.- 35. Decompressive Laparotomy.- 36. The Open Abdomen and Temporary Abdominal Closure Techniques.- Part 9. Musculoskeletal Procedures.- 37. Fracture Immobilization and Splinting.- 38. Skeletal Traction and External Fixation in Fracture Management.- 39. Compartment Measurements.- 40. Fasciotomies.- 41. Amputation in the ICU Setting.- 42. Wound Management in the ICU.- Part 10. Special Procedures and Concepts.- 43. Vena Cava Filtration.- 44. Left Ventricular Assist Devices.- 45. Extra Corporal Membrane Oxygenation and Extracorporeal Life Support.- Index. v