ECMO in the Adult Patient
£37.99
Part of Core Critical Care
- Authors:
- Alain Vuylsteke, Papworth Hospital
- Daniel Brodie, NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Centre
- Alain Combes, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
- Jo-anne Fowles, Papworth Hospital
- Giles Peek, Green Medical Arts Pavilion
- Date Published: February 2017
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107681248
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is developing rapidly, and is now part of the toolkit for the management of all patients with severe respiratory or cardiac failure. Clinicians of all disciplines are in need of a simple manual, easy and fun to read, that will take them through the management of these patients, explaining the principles of safe and successful practice. Part of the Core Critical Care series, this book is an easy-to-read guide for the aspiring ECMO clinician. Doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists and all other key members of the team will learn the basics required to better understand the technology and care of the patient. The experienced clinician will enjoy reading through the chapters, which present structured thoughts and knowledge acquired through clinical experience.
Read more- Covers the basics of ECMO required to better understand the technology and care of the patient
- Presents structured thoughts and knowledge acquired through bedside experience
- Explains the principles of safe and successful practice to ensure the best possible patient care
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- Date Published: February 2017
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107681248
- length: 228 pages
- dimensions: 185 x 123 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.25kg
- contains: 38 b/w illus. 20 tables
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
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.
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