Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to the monitoring of different organ systems in anaesthetics and intensive care.

Divided into nine sections, the text begins with an introduction to the evolution of monitoring equipment, computerised reporting, and minimum standards.

The following sections cover monitoring techniques for different systems of the body - cardiovascular, respiratory, central and peripheral nervous, musculoskeletal, metabolic, and coagulation.

The final chapters discuss the monitoring of pain and related topics such as ventilator waveforms, foetal monitoring, and future technologies.

The book also features discussion on research-based monitoring ideas for the future, including quantifying pain, sedation, and maternal-foetal safety management.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to the monitoring of organ systems in anaesthetics and intensive care
In depth coverage of many different systems of the body
Includes discussion on pain monitoring and future technologies
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs and diagrams

Contents:

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

Evolution of Monitoring in Anesthesia and Critical Care
Standardizing Agencies, Ethics, and Legalities
Minimum Monitoring Standards
Automatic Computerized Monitoring Systems and Recording Systems

Section 2: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Electrocardiography
Monitoring of Arterial Pressure and Waveform Analysis
Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring: Death of the Swan
Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Transthoracic Echocardiography
Dynamic Volume Status Indicators
Pulse Oximetry, Co-oximetry, and Other Newer Technologies
Tissue Perfusion Monitoring: Outside of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Section 3: RESPIRATORY/PULMONARY SYSTEM

Monitoring of the Pulmonary Functions
Transcutaneous Gas Monitoring
End-tidal Gas Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit and Perioperative Period
Ultrasound as a Monitor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Practice
Thoracic Bioimpedance and Respiratory Rate Monitoring

Section 4: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Monitoring Sedation Using Scales in Intensive Care Unit and Operating Room
Transcranial Doppler Monitoring in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Monitoring During Epilepsy Surgery and Awake Craniotomy

Section 5: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCULOSKELETAL MONITORING

Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring
Evoked Potentials (Spinal Cord Monitors)
Perioperative Monitoring of the Autonomic Nervous System

Section 6: METABOLIC MONITORING

Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring
Nutritional Status Monitoring
Electrolytes, Glucose, and Ketones: Metabolic Monitoring
Biomarkers in Intensive Care Unit and Perioperative Period
Temperature Monitoring
Drug-level Monitoring

Section 7: COAGULATION MONITORING

Laboratory Based Conventional Blood Tests
Thromboelastography and other Point of Care Tests
Platelet Function Testing and Newer Perioperative Anticoagulant Monitoring

Section 8: MONITORING OF PAIN

Assessing and Measuring Pain in Special Populations: Children, Nonverbal and Cognitively Impaired Adults
Assessing and Measuring Pain in Adults

Section 9: MISCELLANEOUS

Ventilator Waveforms
Fetal Monitoring of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
Future of Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices in Obstetric Critical Care
Future Monitoring Technologies in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Index