A practical guide to mechanical ventilation - Truwit, Jonathon Dean.; Epstein, Scott K. (Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
NIV introduction -- NIV physiology -- NIV acute respiratory dailure COPD -- NIV acute respiratory failure CHF -- NIV acute respiratory failure other than COPD or CHF -- NIV for chronic respiratory failure-COPD -- NIV chronic repiratory failure other than COPD -- NIV weaning -- Respiratory failure -- Airway management chapters -- Ventilator mechanics -- Ventilator modes -- Assessing lung physiology -- Mechanical ventilation in restrictive lung disease -- Mechanical ventilation in obstructive lung disease -- Ancillary methods to mechanical ventilation -- Patient outcomes post mechanical ventilation -- Definitions -- Readiness testing and predictors -- Physiologic barriers -- Ventilatory modes used during weaning -- Extubation -- Adjuncts to facilitate weaning -- Tracheostomy -- Putting it all together : protocols and algorithms.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Artificial respiration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Respiration, Artificial -- methods; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- therapy; Ventilator Weaning -- methods; Ventilators, Mechanical; Artificial respiration; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals