Includes bibliographical references and index.

Airway Management and Endotracheal Intubation -- Central Venous Catheters -- Arterial Line Placement and Care -- Pulmonary Artery Catheters -- Temporary Cardiac Pacing -- Cardioversion and Defibrillation -- Pericardiocentesis -- Chest Tube Insertion and Care -- Bronchoscopy -- Thoracentesis -- Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis -- Tracheostomy -- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy -- Paracentesis and Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage -- Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade for Acute Variceal Hemorrhage -- Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes -- Cerebrospinal Fluid Aspiration -- Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystostomy -- Aspiration of the Knee and Synovial Fluid Analysis -- Anesthesia for Bedside Procedures -- Interventional Ultrasound -- Interventional Radiology: Percutaneous Drainage Techniques -- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Management of Pain in the Critically Ill Patient -- Therapeutic Paralysis -- Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients -- Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring -- Neurologic Multimodal Monitoring -- Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit -- Monitoring Gastrointestinal Tract Function -- Respiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation -- Approach to the Patient with Hypotension and Hemodynamic Instability -- Management of Advanced Heart Failure -- Valvular Heart Disease -- Critical Care of Pericardial Disease -- Acute Aortic Syndromes -- Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in the Intensive Care Unit -- Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction -- Ventricular Tachycardia -- Supraventricular Tachycardias: Recognition and Management in the Intensive Care Setting -- Bradyarrhythmias and Temporary Pacing -- How to Manage Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators in the Intensive Care Unit -- Mechanical Support for Heart Failure -- Respiratory Failure Part I: A Physiologic Approach to Respiratory Failure -- Respiratory Failure Part II: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Respiratory Failure Part III: Asthma -- Respiratory Failure Part IV: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Respiratory Failure Part V: Extrapulmonary Causes of Respiratory Failure -- Respiratory Failure Part VI: Acute Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy -- Venous Thromboembolism: Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis --