ECMO in the Adult Patient

ISBN-13: 9781107681248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 228 str.

Vuylsteke, Alain|||Brodie, Daniel|||Combes, Alain

Opis

Part of the Core Critical Care series, this book is an easy-to-read guide for the aspiring ECMO clinician.

Spis treści

Note from the authors; List of abbreviations; A patient testimony: I survived ECMO; 1. A brief history of ECMO; 2. An ECMO service; 3. The ECMO circuit; 4. Monitoring the patient on ECMO; 5. Case-selection; 6. Cannulation and decannulation; 7. Coagulation, blood and ECMO; 8. Management of the patient on veno-venous ECMO: general principles; 9. Management of the patient on veno-arterial ECMO: general principles; 10. Patient's transfer; 11. Liberating from ECMO; 12. Specifics of intensive care management for the patient on ECMO; 13. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal or ECCO2R; 14. ECMO to support organ donation; 15. The future of ECMO; Appendix: ECMO registries and research; Index.