Monitoring Technologies in Acute Care Environments

• ​ Section I. Fundamental Principles of Monitoring.- 1. Overview of Clinical Monitoring.- 2. Monitoring in Acute Care Environments: Unique Aspects of Intensive Care Units, Operating Rooms, Recovery Rooms, Telemetry Floors.- 3. Introduction to Signals.- 4. Signal Analysis: Acquisition, Storage, and Analysis of Physiological Signals.- 5. Information Displays and Ergonomics.- 6. Decision Support and Closed-Loop Systems.- Section II. Hemodynamic Monitoring.- 7. Introduction to Hemodynamic Monitoring.- 8. Pulmonary Artery Catherization.- 9. Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring.- 10. Transpulmonary Thermodilution.- 11. Echocardiography in the Acute Care Setting.- 12. Non-invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring.- 13. Heart Rate Variability.- 14. Preload-Dependent Monitoring.- 15. Monitoring the Microcirculation in Critically Ill Patients.- 16. Hemodynamic Monitoring During Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- 17. Closed-Loop Fluid Management and Hemodynamic Optimization.- Section III. Respiratory Monitoring.- 18. Introduction to Respiratory Monitoring.- 19. Photoplethysmography: Analysis of the Pulse Oximeter Waveform.- 20. Time and Volumetric Capnography.- 21. Monitoring Diaphragmatic Function.- 22. The Anesthesia Machine as a Monitor.- 23. Ventilator Settings in Acute Care Environments.- 24. Monitoring Respiratory Rate.- 25. Closed-Loop Mechanical Ventilation.- Section IV. Neuromonitoring.- 26. Introduction to Neuromonitoring.- 27. Transcranial Doppler.- 28. Brain Oxygenation.- 29. Intracranial Pressure and SvjO2.- 30. Monitoring the EEG for Assessing Depth of Anesthesia.- 31. Monitoring Analgesia.- 32. Neuromonitoring during Spine Surgery.- 33. Closed-loop Anesthesia Based on Neuromonitoring.- 34. Target-Controlled Infusions.- Section V. Metabolic Monitoring.- 35. Glucometrics and Measuring Blood Glucose in Critically Ill Patients.- 36. Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring.- 37. Monitoring of O2 Uptake and CO2 Elimination During Anesthesia and Surgery.- 38. GastricTonometry.- 39. Temperature Monitoring.- Section VI. Other Forms of Monitoring in the Acute Care Environment.- 40. Point-of-Care Coagulation Monitoring.- 41. Pediatric Monitoring.- 42. Fetal  Monitoring.- 43. Other Forms of Monitoring in the Acute Care Environment – Ultrasound.- Section VII. Information Technologies in the Acute Care Setting.- 44. Overview of Electronic Health Records.- 45. Benefits and Drawbacks of Health Information Technology.- 46. Special Case: Perioperative Information Management Systems.- Section VIII. New and Emerging Technologies.- 47. Intelligent Patient Monitoring and Clinical Decision-Making.- 48. Robotization.

From the book reviews: "The monograph is comprehensive yet eminently readable. The chapters are concise, but each is thorough without obvious weaknesses. ... this text is a valuable resource for trainees who seek a more thorough understanding of some of the technology used in the hospital. ... would be most at home in the library of a training program in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, or critical care medicine." (Nicholas S. Goehner and Philip E. F. Roman, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthesie, Vol. 61, 2014)