A practical guide to mechanical ventilation

by Epstein, Scott K. Truwit, Jonathon Dean

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A new, case-oriented and practical guide to one of the core techniques in respiratory medicine and critical care. Concise, practical reference designed for use in the critical care setting. Case-oriented content is organised according to commonly encountered clinical scenarios. Flow charts and algorithms delineate appropriate treatment protocols.

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Full title :A practical guide to mechanical ventilation / edited by Jonathon D. Truwit and Scott K. Epstein.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 355 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470058077, 0470058072
oclc:ocn667592509
LC Classification:RC87.9
Dewey Decimal:615.8/36

Part I. Noninvasive ventilation. Introduction to noninvasive ventilation -- Physiology of noninvasive ventilation -- Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure from COPD -- Noninvasive ventilation in acute CHF -- Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure -- Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure associated with COPD -- Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory disease-- Weaning from invasive ventilation to noninvasive ventilation.

Part II. Invasive mechanical ventilation. Respiratory failure -- Airway management -- Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM) assisted ventilation -- Endotracheal intubation -- Cuff leak and laryngeal edema -- The difficult airway -- Cricothyroidotomy -- Ventilator mechanics -- Modes of mechanical ventilation -- Assessing lung physiology -- Mechanical ventilation in restrictive lung disease -- Mechanical ventilation in obstructive lung disease -- Ancillary methods to mechanical ventilation -- Mechanical ventilator outcomes.

Part III. Discontinuation from mechanical ventilation. Definitions -- Readiness testing and weaning predictors -- Physiologic barriers -- Modes used during discontinuation -- Extubation -- Adjuncts to facilita…

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Artificial respiration Artificial respiration -- Handbooks, ma… Guides et manuels Handbook Handbooks and manuals Respirateurs (Équipement médical) Respiration artificielle -- Guides, man… Respiration, Artificial -- methods Respirators (Medical equipment) Respiratory Tract Diseases -- therapy Ventilator Weaning -- methods Ventilators, Mechanical