"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 toread, 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Part of the Core Critical Care series, this book is an easy-to-read guide for the aspiring ECMO clinician.
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| A patient testimony: I survived ECMO |
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1 A brief history of ECMO |
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9 | (16) |
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25 | (33) |
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4 Monitoring the patient on ECMO |
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58 | (10) |
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68 | (28) |
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6 Cannulation and decannulation |
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96 | (23) |
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7 Coagulation, blood and ECMO |
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119 | (22) |
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8 Management of the patient on veno-venous ECMO: general principles |
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141 | (12) |
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9 Management of the patient on veno-arterial ECMO: general principles |
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153 | (6) |
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159 | (6) |
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165 | (6) |
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12 Specifics of intensive care management for the patient on ECMO |
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171 | (26) |
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13 Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal or ECCO2R |
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197 | (7) |
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14 ECMO to support organ donation |
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15 ECMO registries and research |
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| Appendix: The future of ECMO |
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| Index |
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Dr Alain Vuylsteke BSc, MA, MD, FRCA, FICM is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Clinical Director at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire. Daniel Brodie, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Centre, New York. Alain Combes, MD PhD is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie, and Senior Intensivist at the Service de Réanimation Médicale Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris. Jo-anne Fowles is Senior Nurse in Critical Care at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire. Giles Peek, MD FRCS CTh FFICM is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, co-Director of the Pediatric Heart Center, and ECMO Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Green Medical Arts Pavilion, New York.
