Contents

#### **Preface XI**


Preface

peritonitis, or blunt abdominal trauma.

The first chapter is the Introductory chapter.

of a child that needs endotracheal intubation.

management and ways to avoid life-threatening complications.

Shifting the performance of an invasive procedure from operating room or interventional lab to the ICU has advantages for both the patient and the doctor performing the procedure. *Bedside Procedures* is a guide to interventions that are commonly performed in the intensive care unit, without the need of an operating room. The increased availability of ultrasound guidance increases the success rate of these procedures and decreases the complication rate. In the following chapters, the authors show that procedures like endotracheal intubation, videolaryngoscopy, pericardial puncture, lumbar puncture, and percutaneous cholecystos‐ tomy can be safely performed outside the operating room, at the bed of the patient. Intraabdominal pressure monitoring should also be used at the bed of the patient to confirm intra-abdominal hypertension and compartment syndrome in patients with pancreatitis,

The second chapter "Videolaryngoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit" by Eugenio Martínez Hurtado and his team from Madrid demonstrates that videolaryngoscopy becomes and is effective in reducing difficult intubation in ICU patients and remains a basic pillar in surviv‐ al, evolution, and prognosis in critically ill patients. Compared with direct laryngoscopy, videolaryngoscopy reduces the risk of difficult intubation, decreases the number of Cor‐ mack grade 3 or grade 4 views, decreases esophageal intubation, and increases first-attempt success. This chapter of the book ends with illustrations demonstrating the correct airway

The third chapter "Endotracheal Intubation in Children: Practice Recommendations, In‐ sights, and Future Directions" proposed by the team of professor Maribel Ibara Sarlat from Mexico City demonstrates that endotracheal intubation can be safely performed at the bed of the patient in critically ill children. The chapter describes the rapid sequence intubation procedure, explains how doctors should identify a patient with difficult airway, and illus‐ trates the devices and techniques for the management of difficult airway. Tips and tricks for preparation of intubation equipment, premedication in neonates, ET size selection for neo‐ nates, glottic structure identification, and management of deterioration after intubation are described in attractive tables. Pertinent images present the devices used for the management

The fourth chapter "Emergency Pericardiocentesis in Children," written by professor Cecilia Lazea from Cluj-Napoca, describes the technique of echography-guided pericardiocentesis in cardiac tamponade. Images with materials used for emergency techniques emphasize the step-by-step approach to pericardiocentesis. Complications are presented at the end of the
