Hemodynamic Monitoring Made Easy

Hemodynamic Monitoring Made Incredibly Visual! Second Edition offers an innovative visual approach to mastering the principles and practice of hemodynamic monitoring. Hundreds of detailed and colorful photographs, diagrams, charts, and other visual aids clarify essential cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology and demonstrate the technical points and clinical applications of today's pressure monitoring systems, hemodynamic monitoring techniques, and circulatory assist devices. Lighthearted logos present visual mnemonics and reinforce key points. This edition includes new noninvasive cardiac output monitoring techniques and has been updated to current Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice, Centers for Disease Control requirements, and American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Standards of Practice.

HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING Made Incredibly VISUAL, Third Edition combines images and clearly written, concise text to make the complex concepts of hemodynamic monitoring easy to understand. Great for reference or review, it uses hundreds of detailed photographs, diagram, charts, and other visual aids to clarify essential cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology - and demonstrate how to confirm that lungs are getting enough oxygen and how well the heart is pumping. Chapters cover vascular access and the monitoring of arterial pressure, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, cardiac output, and tissue oxygenation, as well as minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring and circulatory assist devices.

"Hemodynamic Monitoring Made Easy provides a sound foundation for knowledge and understanding of hemodynamic monitoring which will help nurses to understand the new technology and make decisions about its value in practice. It will help readers to understand what they are doing and why and what the information from monitors is (or is not) telling them physiologically. Hemodynamic Monitoring Made Easy will also be very useful to doctors new to the intensive care environment and to those teaching critical care in relation to hemodynamics."--BOOK JACKET.

The nursing ins and outs of hemodynamics-fully illustrated in easy-to-follow terms: Newly updated content on hemodynamic monitoring skills and responsibilities, Hundreds of colorful, detailed images - photos, diagrams, charts and other visual aids that clarify essential monitoring skills, including measurements and assessments, Clear, concise text that defines the fundamental hemodynamics concepts and latest nursing best practices in easy-to-retain terms Seasoned insights, essential wisdom, and enjoyable humor Real-world, expert instruction for students, new nurses, and experienced nurses returning to critical care: Ideal teaching aid that offers step-by-step, expert guidance - demonstrates vital monitoring processes, explaining nursing tasks and responsibilities in easy-to-remember ways, Perfect for visual learners - numerous images that illustrate cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology and functions, measuring cardiac function and output, maintaining catheters, and more, Ideal on-the-spot reference and review - demonstrates use of pressure monitoring systems, tissue oxygenation, thermodilution methods, and more, Offer optimal on-the-unit care, with effective and efficient monitoring methods Chapter features that make it enjoyable to learn and retain top-level guidance: On the level -defines normal and abnormal pressure readings for different patient conditions, Q & A - illustrated riddles, diagrams, and questions and answers at the end of each chapter that help you fully integrate new knowledge, Memory board - learning aids and memory cues that help you retain important definitions and processes, Ride the wave - explains the actions of waveforms, including how to recognize abnormal waveforms, "Nurse Joy and Jake"-expert insights and encouraging advice Book jacket.

Through three editions, this comprehensive reference on hemodynamic monitoring for critical care nurses, whether novice or expert, has been respected for being practical and clinically reliable. The text concentrates on the educational needs of the clinician for optimal care of the patient

This book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine textbook series, teaches readers how to use hemodynamic monitoring, an essential skill for today’s intensivists. It offers a valuable guide for beginners, as well as for experienced intensivists who want to hone their skills, helping both groups detect an inadequacy of perfusion and make the right choices to achieve the main goal of hemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill, i.e., to correctly assess the cardiovascular system and its response to tissue oxygen demands. The book is divided into distinguished sections: from physiology to pathophysiology; clinical assessment and measurements; and clinical practice achievements including techniques, the basic goals in clinical practice as well as the more appropriate hemodynamic therapy to be applied in different conditions. All chapters use a learning-oriented style, with practical examples, key points and take home messages, helping readers quickly absorb the content and, at the same time, apply what they have learned in the clinical setting. The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine has developed the Lessons from the ICU series with the vision of providing focused and state-of-the-art overviews of central topics in Intensive Care and optimal resources for clinicians working in Intensive Care.