1. Edition - February 2011
55.90 Euro
2011. 366 Pages, Softcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-05807-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-05807-7 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Here is a practical introduction to the equipment, techniques, and protocols of mechanical ventilation. It is a comprehensive reference guide to both invasive and non-invasive procedures, together with detailed guidance on weaning from mechanical ventilation. Each section is accessible and clinically relevant, and each topic is illustrated by clinical cases and decision-making algorithms. The book is intended for medical postgraduates and professionals, as well as for trainees in respiratory medicine, critical or intensive care, and anesthesia in hospitals and medical centers.

From the contents
Part I - Non-invasive Ventilation.

1. NIV introduction.

2. NIV Physiology.

3. NIV Acute Respiratory Dailure COPD.

4. NIV Acute Respiratory Failure CHF.

5. NIV Acute Respiratory Failure other than COPD or CHF.

6. NIV for Chronic Respiratory Failure - COPD.

7. NIV Chronic Repiratory Failure other than COPD.

8. NIVWeaning.

Part II - Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.

1. Respiratory Failure.

2. Airway Management Chapters.

a. Bag-valve-mask ventilation.

b. Endotracheal intubation.

c. Cuff leaks.

d. The Difficult Airway.

e. Emergent Cricothyroidotomy.

3. Ventilator Mechanics.

4.Ventilator Modes.

5. Assessing Lung Physiology.

6.Mechanical Ventilation in Restrictive Lung Disease.

7. Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Lung Disease.

8.Ancillary Methods to Mechanical Ventilation.

9.Patient Outcomes post Mechanical Ventilation.

Part III - Discontinuation from Mechanical Ventilation.

1. Definitions.

2. Readiness testing and predictors.

3. Physiologic barriers.

4. Ventilatory modes used during weaning.

5. Extubation.

6. Adjuncts to facilitate weaning.

7. Tracheostomy.

8. Putting it all together: protocols and algorithms.