Mechanical ventilation
By: [edited by] Neil R. MacIntyre, Richard D. Branson
Contributors: MacIntyre, Neil R.; Branson, Richard D.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Artificial respiration; Respiratory therapy; Critical care medicine; Respirators (Medical equipment)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classification of mechanical ventilators / Robert L. Chatburn, Richard D. Branson; title: Modes of ventilator operation / Richard D. Branson, Robert S. Campbell; title: The patient-ventilator interface: ventilator circuit, airway care, and suctioning / Richard D. Branson; title: Humidification and aerosol therapy during mechanical ventilation / Richard D. Branson; title: Ventilator monitors, displays, and alarms / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Respiratory system mechanics / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Alveolar capillary gas transport / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Supplemental oxygen / Yuh-Chin T. Huang; title: Patient-ventilator interactions / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: The effects of respiratory support on the cardiovascular system / Jon N. Meliones; title: Lung injury from mechanical ventilation / Nancy W. Knudsen, William J. Fulkerson; title: Nutrition in the patient on mechanical ventilation / Stephen A. McClave ... [et al.]; title: Airway management / Michael S. Gorback; title: Sedation and paralysis in the mechanically ventilated patient / Clyde I. Miyagawa, Steven E. Pass; title: Pharmacology of respiratory drugs administered by aerosol during mechanical ventilation / Karen L. Gunther, Paul M. Dorinsky, Theodore J. Witek, Jr.; title: Positioning of the patient / Joseph A. Govert; title: Ventilator-associated pneumonia / Karen Welty-Wolf; title: Mechanical ventilation strategies for parenchymal lung injury / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Mechanical ventilation strategies for obstructive airway disease / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Weaning mechanical ventilatory support / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Long-term mechanical ventilation / Neil R. MacIntyre, Janice Thalman, Robert B. Campbell; title: Mechanical ventilation during transport and cardiopulmonary resuscitation / Richard D. Branson, Jay A. Johannigman, Robert S. Campbell; title: Assessing innovations in mechanical ventilation / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Modifications on conventional ventilation techniques / Robert R. McConnell, Jr.; title: High-frequency ventilation / Neil R. MacIntyre; title: Extracorporeal techniques for cardiopulmonary support / Michael A. Gentile, Ira M. Cheifetz; title: Liquid ventilation / David S. Foley, Ronald B. Hirschl; title: Heliox and inhaled nitric oxide / Dean Hess; title: Noninvasive ventilation / Richard G. Wunderink, S. Gregory Jennings; title: Case studies / Neil R. MacIntyre.