title: Minimally invasive and noninvasive diagnosis and therapy in critically ill and injured patients.
abstract: In this review, both the newer noninvasive (ie, those that pose no breach of an epithelial barrier) and minimally invasive techniques relevant to the treatment of the critically ill or injured patient will be discussed. In some cases, the development of the technology is so recent that published data describing their clinical applications may be scant. The emphasis herein is on newer technologies; therefore, the discussion of certain established noninvasive techniques, such as pulse oximetry, and minimally invasive therapies, such as percutaneous abscess drainage, will be deferred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Eachempati
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Barie
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013270:Stomach / Q000503:physiopathology; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*