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ECMO in the Adult Patient

ECMO in the Adult Patient

ECMO in the Adult Patient

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
April 2017
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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.

    • 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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    April 2017
    Paperback
    9781107681248
    228 pages
    185 × 123 × 10 mm
    0.25kg
    38 b/w illus. 20 tables
    Available

    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.
      Authors
    • Alain Vuylsteke , Papworth Hospital

      Dr Alain Vuylsteke BSc, MA, MD, FRCA, FICM is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Clinical Director at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.

    • Daniel Brodie , NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Centre

      Daniel Brodie, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Centre, New York.

    • Alain Combes , Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière

      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 , Papworth Hospital

      Jo-anne Fowles is Senior Nurse in Critical Care at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.

    • Giles Peek , Green Medical Arts Pavilion

      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.