Table of Contents

1 Cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology
Maria Elsa Rodriguez

2 Understanding a pressure monitoring system
Natalie Burkhalter

3 Vascular access
Susan Barnason
4 Arterial pressure monitoring
Patricia Walters

5 Central venous pressure monitoring
Kathleen M. Hill

6 Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring
Margaret McAtee
7 Cardiac output monitoring
Julene B. (Julie) Kruithof
8 Tissue oxygenation monitoring
Michelle D. Staggs

9 Minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Loisann Stapleton

10 Circulatory assist devices
Nancy M. Richards
Index