Core topics in mechanical ventilation

Forlagets beskrivelse: Mechanical ventilation is a life-critical intervention provided to patients in a wide variety of clinical settings, involving the careful interplay of physiology, pathology, physics and technology. This unique text explains the underlying physiological and technical concepts of ventilation, aided by numerous full colour diagrams, and places these concepts into clinical context with practical examples. Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation provides a broad and in-depth coverage of key topics encountered in clinical practice, from the initial assessment of the patient to transportation of the ventilated patient and weaning from ventilation. Issues such as sedation, analgesia and paralysis and the management of complications are reviewed, along with a discussion of various ventilation modes and practical advice on patients with pre-existing diseases. Appealing to doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and paramedics, this book is applicable to a wide range of settings including intensive care, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, acute medicine and emergency medicine.

Indhold: Physiology of ventilation and gas exchange (Hugh Montgomery) ; Assessing the need for ventilatory support (Mick Nielsen & Iain Mackenzie) ; Oxygen therapy, continuous positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation (Ian Clement, Leigh Mansfield & Simon Baudouin) ; Management of the artificial airway (Peter Young & Iain Mackenzie) ; Modes of mechanical ventilation (Peter Macnaughton & Iain Mackenzie) ; Oxygenation (Bill Tunnicliffe & Sanjoy Shah) ; Carbon dioxide balance (Brian Keogh & Simon Finney) ; Sedation, paralysis and analgesia (Russell R. Miller III & E. Wesley Ely) ; Nutrition in the mechanically ventilated patient (Clare Reid) ; Mechanical ventilation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (David Tuxen & Matthew T. Naughton) ; Mechanical ventilation in patients with blast, burn and chest trauma injuries (William T. McBrid & Barry McGrattan) ; Ventilatory support: extreme solutions (Alain Vuylsteke) ; Heliox in airway obstruction and mechanical ventilation (Hubert Trubel) ; Adverse effects and complications of mechanical ventilation (Iain Mackenzie & Peter Young) ; Mechanical ventilation for transport (Terry Martin) ; Special considerations in i…