Monitoring in Anesthesia and Critical Care

Anjan Trikha DA MD MAMS FICA FAMS FAOAProfessor Preet Mohinder Singh MD DNB MNAMSAssistant Professor Both from Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

• Section 1: INTRODUCTIONEvolution of Monitoring in Anesthesia and Critical CareStandardizing Agencies, Ethics, and LegalitiesMinimum Monitoring StandardsAutomatic Computerized Monitoring Systems and Recording Systems Section 2: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMElectrocardiographyMonitoring of Arterial Pressure and Waveform AnalysisCentral Venous and Pulmonary Artery Pressure MonitoringNoninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring: Death of the SwanPerioperative Transesophageal EchocardiographyTransthoracic EchocardiographyDynamic Volume Status IndicatorsPulse Oximetry, Co-oximetry, and Other Newer TechnologiesTissue Perfusion Monitoring: Outside of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Section 3: RESPIRATORY/PULMONARY SYSTEMMonitoring of the Pulmonary FunctionsTranscutaneous Gas MonitoringEnd-tidal Gas Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit and Perioperative PeriodUltrasound as a Monitor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care PracticeThoracic Bioimpedance and Respiratory Rate Monitoring Section 4: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMMonitoring Sedation Using Scales in Intensive Care Unit and Operating RoomTranscranial Doppler Monitoring in Anesthesia and Perioperative CareNear Infrared SpectroscopyIntracranial Pressure MonitoringMonitoring During Epilepsy Surgery and Awake Craniotomy Section 5: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MUSCULOSKELETAL MONITORINGNeuromuscular Blockade MonitoringEvoked Potentials (Spinal Cord Monitors)Perioperative Monitoring of the Autonomic Nervous System Section 6: METABOLIC MONITORINGArterial Blood Gas MonitoringNutritional Status MonitoringElectrolytes, Glucose, and Ketones: Metabolic MonitoringBiomarkers in Intensive Care Unit and Perioperative PeriodTemperature MonitoringDrug-level Monitoring Section 7: COAGULATION MONITORINGLaboratory Based Conventional Blood TestsThromboelastography and other Point of Care TestsPlatelet Function Testing and Newer Perioperative Anticoagulant Monitoring Section 8: MONITORING OF PAINAssessing and Measuring Pain in Special Populations: Children, Nonverbal and Cognitively Impaired AdultsAssessing and Measuring Pain in Adults Section 9: MISCELLANEOUSVentilator WaveformsFetal Monitoring of the Pregnant Patient in the Intensive Care UnitFuture of Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices in Obstetric Critical CareFuture Monitoring Technologies in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Index