Chapters 53–60. Routine critical care, rewritten for a patient whose gas exchange and circulation are partly extracorporeal.
# | Chapter | Core question it answers |
53 | Mechanical Ventilation During ECMO | What are lung-protective settings once ECMO is doing the work? |
54 | Fluid and Haemodynamic Management | Preload for the circuit versus de-resuscitation for the patient. |
55 | AKI and CRRT | How and where should renal support be integrated? |
56 | Nutrition During ECMO | Energy and protein targets when the circuit alters metabolism. |
57 | Sedation, Analgesia and Delirium | How light can sedation safely be? |
58 | Infection Prevention and Treatment | Diagnosis without fever, and cannula-associated infection. |
59 | Mobilization and Rehabilitation | What is safe, and what does it change? |
60 | ECMO Transport | Moving a patient on extracorporeal support. |