Section I. Fundamental Principles of Monitoring -- 1. Overview of Clinical Monitoring -- 2. Monitoring in Acute Care Environments: Unique Aspects of Intensive Care Units, Operating Rooms, Recovery Rooms, Telemetry Floors -- 3. Introduction to Signals -- 4. Signal Analysis: Acquisition, Storage, and Analysis of Physiological Signals -- 5. Information Displays and Ergonomics -- 6. Decision Support and Closed-Loop Systems -- Section II. Hemodynamic Monitoring -- 7. Introduction to Hemodynamic Monitoring -- 8. Pulmonary Artery Catherization -- 9. Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring -- 10. Transpulmonary Thermodilution -- 11. Echocardiography in the Acute Care Setting -- 12. Non-invasive Arterial Pressure Monitoring -- 13. Heart Rate Variability -- 14. Preload-Dependent Monitoring -- 15. Monitoring the Microcirculation in Critically Ill Patients -- 16. Hemodynamic Monitoring During Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- 17. Closed-Loop Fluid Management and Hemodynamic Optimization -- Section III. Respiratory Monitoring -- 18. Introduction to Respiratory Monitoring -- 19. Photoplethysmography: Analysis of the Pulse Oximeter Waveform -- 20. Time and Volumetric Capnography -- 21. Monitoring Diaphragmatic Function -- 22. The Anesthesia Machine as a Monitor -- 23. Ventilator Settings in Acute Care Environments -- 24. Monitoring Respiratory Rate -- 25. Closed-Loop Mechanical Ventilation -- Section IV. Neuromonitoring -- 26. Introduction to Neuromonitoring -- 27. Transcranial Doppler -- 28. Brain Oxygenation -- 29. Intracranial Pressure and SvjO2 -- 30. Monitoring the EEG for Assessing Depth of Anesthesia -- 31. Monitoring Analgesia -- 32. Neuromonitoring during Spine Surgery -- 33. Closed-loop Anesthesia Based on Neuromonitoring -- 34. Target-Controlled Infusions -- Section V. Metabolic Monitoring -- 35. Glucometrics and Measuring Blood Glucose in Critically Ill Patients -- 36. Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring -- 37. Monitoring of O2 Uptake and CO2 Elimination During Anesthesia and Surgery -- 38. Gastric Tonometry -- 39. Temperature Monitoring -- Section VI. Other Forms of Monitoring in the Acute Care Environment -- 40. Point-of-Care Coagulation Monitoring -- 41. Pediatric Monitoring -- 42. FetalÂ{u036F}nitoring -- 43. Other Forms of Monitoring in the Acute Care Environment â€{u056C}trasound -- Section VII. Information Technologies in the Acute Care Setting -- 44. Overview of Electronic Health Records -- 45. Benefits and Drawbacks of Health Information Technology -- 46. Special Case: Perioperative Information Management Systems -- Section VIII. New and Emerging Technologies -- 47. Intelligent Patient Monitoring and Clinical Decision-Making -- 48. Robotization.

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