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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Truwit, Jonathon Dean.

Epstein, Scott K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial respiration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Artificial respiration.

Ventricular fibrillation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 settingCase-oriented content is organised according to commonly encountered clinical scenariosFlow charts and algorithms delineate appropriate treatment protocols

Contents:

A Practical Guide to Mechanical Ventilation; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Noninvasive ventilation; 1.1 Introduction to noninvasive ventilation; 1.2 Physiology of noninvasive ventilation; 1.3 Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure from COPD; 1.4 Noninvasive ventilation in acute CHF; 1.5 Noninvasive ventilation in acuter espiratory failure; 1.6 Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure associated with COPD; 1.7 Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory disease; 1.8 Weaning from invasive ventilation to noninvasive ventilation

Part II: Invasive mechanical ventilation2.1 Respiratory failure; 2.2 Airway management; 2.2a Bag - Valve - Mask ( BVM ) assisted ventilation; 2.2b Endotracheal intubation; 2.2c Cuff leak and laryngeal edema; 2.2d The difficult airway; 2.2e Cricothyroidotomy; 2.3 Ventilator mechanics; 2.4 Modes of mechanical ventilation; 2.5 Assessing lung physiology; 2.6 Mechanical ventilation in restrictive lung disease; 2.7 Mechanical ventilation in obstructive lung disease; 2.8 Ancillary methods to mechanical ventilation; 2.9 Mechanical ventilator outcomes

Part III: Discontinuation from mechanical ventilation3.1 Definitions; 3.2 Readiness testing and weaning predictors; 3.3 Physiological barriers; 3.4 Modes used during discontinuation; 3.5 Extubation; 3.6 Adjuncts to facilitate weaning; 3.7 Tracheostomy; 3.8 Putting it all together: protocols and algorithms; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9786613372987

9781523130702

1523130709

9780470976647

0470976640

9781283372985

1283372983

9780470976593

0470976594

9780470976609

0470976608

OCLC:

784883482