Understanding Mechanical Ventilation A Practical Handbook /

• Main Author: Hasan, Ashfaq (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

The care of patients with multiple life-threatening problems is a monumental challenge. Burgeoning information has deluged the generalist and placed increasing reliance on the specialist. Predictably, this has led to the evolution of a team approach, but this does not assist the novice in critical c...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Aspects of Mechanical Ventilation
• The Indications for Mechanical Ventilation
• Physiological Considerations in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
• The Conventional Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
• Ventilator Settings
• Ventilator Alarms
• Monitoring Gas Exchange in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
• Monitoring Lung Mechanics in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
• Mechanical Ventilation in Specific Disorders
• The Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
• Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
• Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure
• Negative Pressure Ventilation
• Airway Humidification in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
• Aerosol Therapy in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
• Nonconventional Modes and Adjunctive Therapies for Mechanical Ventilation
• Case Studies.