Basics of Mechanical Ventilation

• Main Author: Poor, Hooman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Critical care medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

This book is a practical and easily understandable guide for mechanical ventilation. With a focus on the basics, this text begins with a detailed account of the mechanisms of spontaneous breathing as a reference point to then describe how a ventilator actually works and how to effectively use it in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Respiratory Mechanics of Spontaneous Breathing
• Phase Variables
• Basic Modes of Ventilation
• Evaluating the Patient on the Ventilator with Acute Respiratory Decompensation
• Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony
• Hemodynamic Consequences of Mechanical Ventilation
• Ventilator Strategies in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Ventilator Strategies in Obstructive Lung Diseases
• Ventilator Weaning Strategies.