Research Catalog

Title

House officer guide to ICU care : fundamentals of management of the heart and lungs / John A. Elefteriades, Alexander S. Geha, Lawrence S. Cohen ; foreward by Burton E. Sobel.

Author

Elefteriades, John A.

Publication

New York : Raven Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Cohen, Lawrence S.
• Geha, Alexander S. (Alexander Salim), 1936-

Description

xviii, 286 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

House officer guide to intensive care unit care.

Subjects

• Surgical intensive care
• Postoperative Care
• Intensive Care Units
• Respiratory intensive care
• Cardiac intensive care
• Thoracic Surgery

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword to the First Edition / Dwight C. McGoon -- Foreword / Burton E. Sobel -- 1. Respirators and Respiratory Management -- 2. Arrhythmias -- 3. Temporary Pacemakers -- 4. The Defibrillator -- 5. Hemodynamic Monitoring and the Swan-Ganz Catheter -- 6. Hemodynamic Management -- 7. Continuous Infusion Agents -- 8. The Intra-aortic Balloon Pump -- 9. Cardiac Assist Devices -- 10. Cardiac Arrest and Near Arrest -- 11. Thoracic Imaging in Acute Disease -- 12. Management of Acute Coronary Ischemia -- 13. Acute Management of Valvular Heart Disease / John F. Setaro -- 14. Arrhythmia Surgery: Postoperative Care -- 15. Postoperative Bleeding -- 16. Chest Trauma -- 17. Chest Tubes -- 18. Management of Acute Pulmonary Disease -- 19. Problems Following Noncardiac Thoracic Surgery -- 20. Aortic Emergencies -- 21. Additional Topics.

ISBN

0781701988

LCCN

94006124

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries