The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist

The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist is specially designed for physicians, medical students, respiratory therapists, and nurses who work with critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit. The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist contains 120 multiple choice question/answer sets with detailed explanations and illustrations to help learners become competent bronchoscopists and bronchoscopy assistants. Topics include indications and complications of flexible bronchoscopy in the ICU, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, moderate sedation and anesthesia, bronchoscopy in burn, inhalation injury, and trauma victims, bronchoscopy in patients with pulmonary infiltrates, airway bleeding, central airway obstruction, and hypoxemia, difficult airway management, bronchoscopic intubation, and endobronchial valve insertion for patients with advanced emphysema or pneumothorax. Written and peer-reviewed by some of the world's experts in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist is officially endorsed by numerous national and international medical societies, and is part of the World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology's (WABIP) highly acclaimed Bronchoscopy Education Project.

The Essential EBUS Bronchoscopist(c) contains a specific competency-oriented list of learning objectives and thirty multiple choice question/answer sets. Information pertains to major topics related to endobronchial ultrasound and EBUS-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, including ultrasound physics, mediastinal anatomy, patient preparation, indications contraindications and complications, bronchoscopic technique, image acquisition, radiographic interpretation and ultrasound image pattern recognition, equipment malfunction and troubleshooting, nodal sampling strategies, specimen collection, and expected results for diagnosing and staging lung cancer and other disorders involving the mediastinum. This module pertains only to convex-probe EBUS and does not cover in detail radial-probe based interventions. As for volume 1 in the Bronchoscopy Education Project series, The Essential Bronchoscopist, the aim of The Essential EBUS Bronchoscopist(c) is to enhance the learner's progress along the learning curve from novice to competent practitioner.

The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist is comprised of six multiple choice question/answer self-learning modules (186 total questions and answers) dedicated to flexible bronchoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure used to examine the larynx, tracheal and bronchial tree. Each module also contains numerous a list of module-specific competency-based learning objectives and a ten question post-test addressing fundamentals of flexible bronchoscopy. This novel text and well-illustrated contains information pertaining to topics such as anatomy and airway abnormalities, patient preparation, indications, contraindications and complications, techniques and solutions to technical problems, lung cancer and infections, bronchoalveolar lavage, lung biopsy techniques, therapeutic and interventional bronchoscopy, anesthesia and medications, equipment and its maintenance, infection control, images of specific airway disease abnormalities, as well as bronchoscopy history and education. The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist provides educators, program directors, medical practitioners, and physicians in-training with an in-depth, readily accessible and readable competency-oriented tool that enhances progress along the learning curve from novice to competent practitioner. Since the first edition of this volume, The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist has been translated into thirteen languages, and is recognized around the world as an essential training resource in pulmonary/critical care medicine and interventional pulmonology.

A comprehensive and unique review of the bronchoscopy, equipment and quality improvement fundamentals.

Salient Features: - The book `Bronchoscopy in ICU' provides a state-of-the-art detailed descriptions of bronchoscopic procedures depicting a variety of bronchoscopy findings. - Introductory chapters provide idea of anatomy of tracheobronchial tree and bronchoscope accessories. - Subsequent chapters provide detailed instructions for performing procedures such as bronchial washing and lavage, handing of bronchoscope, bronchoscopy assisted by noninvasive ventilation, and bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation. - Pediatric bronchoscopy in ICU is a highlighting feature of the book. - The book is a ready reckoner as it provides step-by-step descriptions and abundant illustrations. - The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date content for intensivists, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, surgeons and postgraduate students.

Bronchoscopy and Central Airway Disorders provides the guidance you need to plan and implement the most effective bronchoscopy procedure for every patient. Through specifically-designed case scenarios with correlating review questions and videos, this practical respiratory medicine reference leads you through the decision-making process and execution of these sometimes complex procedures, as well as the optimal long-term management of your patients. Master various bronchoscopic approaches and techniques necessary to treat a variety of malignancies that may occur in the trachea or lungs. Consider the rationale and weigh the consequences of each approach. Case resolutions at the end of each chapter --with commentary and alternative approaches from 36 key experts in interventional bronchoscopy -- illustrate the decision-making process from patient evaluation through long-term management. Reinforce learning by correlating key concepts and practice through study questions related to each clinical scenario. See exactly how to proceed with high-quality videos online that capture crucial teaching moments and provide a walkthrough of sometimes complex procedures including the placement of airway stents via bronchoscopy for a variety of diseases and complications, such as airway collapse due to COPD. Systematically think through diagnostic and interventional (therapeutic) bronchoscopic procedures using Dr. Colt’s unique "Four Box" approach: Initial Evaluation; Procedural Techniques and Results; Procedural Strategies; and Long-term Management Plan. Access the full text online at www.expertconsult.com, along with image and video libraries, review questions, and more!

This atlas is designed to provide an all-inclusive resource that describes step by step how to perform the essential bedside procedures required to provide optimal care to the critically ill patient. Detailed descriptions of these procedures, with sequential photographs depicting each critical step, provide an in depth understanding of the anatomy, critical technical steps and common pitfalls to both military and civilian trainees. For the advanced professional operator, this atlas will provide a rapid refresher of the critical steps and is an excellent teaching resource, based on the decades of collective experience accumulated by the authors. The top quality photographs of perfused and ventilated cadavers makes this atlas a standard reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals.

This updated and revised edition of the classic bedside pocket reference remains the gold standard in critical care medicine. The new edition maintains Dr. Marik's trademark humor and engaging writing style, while adding numerous references.

Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.