Clinical examination skills in the adult critically ill patient. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin W. Dünser, Daniel Dankl, Sirak Petros, Mervyn Mer, editors.
• Editors: Dünser, Martin W; Dankl, Daniel; Petros, Sirak; Mer, Mervyn
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: General Approach to the Critically III Patient; 1: Basic Principles; 2: The First Impression; References; 3: Checking Vital Functions; 3.1 A: Airway; 3.2 B: Breathing; 3.3 C: Circulation; 4: Recognizing Preterminal Signs; 4.1 Decrease in Respiratory Rate; 4.2 Bradypnoea; 4.3 Apneustic Breathing or Gasping; 4.4 Massive Centralization; 4.5 Decrease in Heart Rate; 4.6 Severe Bradycardia; 4.7 Loss of Consciousness Due to Respiratory or Cardiovascular Compromise 4.8 Parasympathetic Symptoms in Patients with Massive Sympathetic Stimulation4.9 Cushing Triad; 4.10 Unilateral or Bilateral Mydriasis; Reference; Part II: Examining Single Organ Systems; 5: The Airway and Lungs; 5.1 Inspection; 5.1.1 Body Position; 5.1.2 Chest Form, Chest Wall Expansion and Symmetry; 5.1.3 Skin Colour; 5.1.4 Respiratory Rate; 5.1.5 Respiratory Rhythm; 5.1.6 Breathing Pattern; 5.1.7 Work of Breathing; 5.1.8 Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony; 5.1.9 Tracheobronchial Secretions; 5.1.10 Miscellaneous; 5.2 Listening; 5.2.1 Without the Stethoscope 5.2.2 Auscultation: Listening with the Stethoscope5.2.2.1 Normal Breath Sounds; 5.2.2.2 Bronchial Breath Sounds Auscultated over the Lung Peripheries; 5.2.2.3 Diminished or Absent Breath Sounds; 5.2.2.4 Crackles; 5.2.2.5 Rhonchi; 5.2.2.6 Wheeze; 5.2.2.7 Pleural Friction Rub; 5.3 Palpation; 5.4 Percussion; 5.5 The Physical Examination in Relation to Intubation and Extubation; 5.5.1 Recognition of the Anatomically Difficult Airway: The LEMON Approach; 5.5.2 Clinical Indicators of Endotracheal Tube Position; 5.5.3 Assessing Preparedness for Extubation 5.5.4 Screening for (Post-­extubation) Dysphagia5.6 Clinical Evaluation of the ECMO Circuit; Clinical Practices; References; 6: The Circulation; 6.1 Inspection; 6.1.1 Assessing the Adequacy of Systemic Perfusion; 6.1.1.1 The Skin; 6.1.1.2 The Kidneys; 6.1.1.3 The Mental State; 6.1.1.4 Skin Colour and General Appearance (See Part I Sect. 4.4); 6.1.2 Venous Filling; 6.1.2.1 External Jugular Vein; 6.1.2.2 Peripheral Veins; 6.1.3 Oedema; 6.1.3.1 Cardiac Oedema; 6.1.3.2 Oedema Associated with Capillary Leak; 6.1.3.3 Oedema in the Chronic Critically Ill Patient; 6.1.3.4 Renal Oedema 6.1.3.5 Other Forms of Oedema6.1.4 Clinical Estimation of Haemoglobin Levels; 6.1.5 Miscellaneous Inspection Results; 6.2 Palpation; 6.2.1 Palpation of the Arterial Pulse Wave; 6.2.2 Estimating Arterial Blood Pressure by Palpating the Arterial Pulse Wave; 6.2.3 Precordial Palpation; 6.3 Heart Auscultation; 6.3.1 Heart Sounds; 6.3.2 Murmurs and Adventitious Heart Sounds (Box 6); 6.4 Interpreting Chest Pain or Discomfort; 6.4.1 Chest Pain Associated with Acute Myocardial Ischaemia/Infarction; 6.4.2 Chest Pain Associated with Non-ischaemic Causes; 6.5 Evaluating Extremity Perfusion
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.02/8; Medicine; Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis; Critical care medicine; Emergency medicine; Anesthesiology; Surgery; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Critical care medicine; Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Anesthesiology; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Accident & emergency medicine; Anaesthetics; Surgery; Medical -- Critical Care; Intensive care medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Anesthesiology; Surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319773650; 3319773658
• Related ISBNs: 9783319773643; 331977364X
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 16, 2018).
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