Mark Belham 2009 The first transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE/TEE) was performed in 1976 (M-mode only) and there were some who doubted that it would find a place in mainstream cardiac imaging. Over the last 30 years the technological advances in TEE have been exponential and have been refl ected by its increasing utilization.
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Jerry Stonemetz • Keith Ruskin Editors 2009 The seeds of this project were sown at a chance meeting between one of the editors (JS) and Marion Ball, PhD, at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ball, who is arguably the matriarch of medical informatics, convinced us that we should take on the challenge of describing the components of the […]
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 The development of pediatric cardiac surgical programs has had a profound effect on the specialty of pediatric critical care medicine, and as a result, the field of pediatric cardiac intensive care is rapidly emerging as a separate subspecialty of pediatric critical care medicine. The ability to […]
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Dakshesh H. Parikh • David C.G. Crabbe Alexander W. Auldist • Steven S. Rothenberg Editors 2009 Most pediatric surgeons operate on the chest. Some operate with confidence, some with trepidation. The concept behind this project was to publish a comprehensive textbook of pediatric thoracic surgery that would assist surgeons in both groups. The book includes forty seven chapters […]
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Antonino Gullo • José Besso • Philip D. Lumb Ged F. Williams (Eds.) 2009 The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) has reached the age of maturity. Physicians, nurses, and many others associated with the field of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine will be coming from all corners of the world to Florence, […]
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Jordi Rello • Emili Díaz • Alejandro Rodríguez (Eds.) 2009
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Ashfaq Hasan 2009 Blood gas analysis has become the ‘‘. . .single most helpful laboratory test in managing respiratory and metabolic disorders. (It is). . . imperative to consider an ABG for virtually any symptom. . ., sign. . ., or scenario. . . that occurs in a clinical setting, whether it be the clinic, hospital, or ICU.’’1
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Wolfgang Krüger and Andrew Ludman 2009 Heart failure is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Europe and the United States of America. The incidence within the European population is estimated to range between 0.4 to 2.0%, and in the USA approximately one million people per year are admitted to hospital suffering from heart failure.
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Antonino Gullo (Ed.) 2011 Proceedings of the 23rd Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine
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Mark P Jensen 2011
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