Procedures, Techniques, and Minimally Invasive Monitoring in Intensive Care Medicine

This portable paperback bench manual contains the painstakingly updated atlas of procedures and techniques and the new section on noninvasive monitoring from Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, Sixth Edition. In a user-friendly format, this extremely matter-of-fact “how-to” guide provides graphically illustrated, step-by-step instructions for every diagnostic, therapeutic, and noninvasive monitoring course of action used in adult critical care. Coverage of each course of action includes indications, contraindications, equipment, anatomy, technique, complications, and ongoing care. All ICU staff as well as general practitioners can depend on this manual for immediate access to reliable, simple-to-follow instructions.