Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introductory Notes
- 1 Physiology of ventilation and gas exchange
- 2 Assessing the need for ventilatory support
- 3 Oxygen therapy, continuous positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation
- 4 Management of the artificial airway
- 5 Modes of mechanical ventilation
- 6 Oxygenation
- 7 Carbon dioxide balance
- 8 Sedation, paralysis and analgesia
- 9 Nutrition in the mechanically ventilated patient
- 10 Mechanical ventilation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 11 Mechanical ventilation in patients with blast, burn and chest trauma injuries
- 12 Ventilatory support: extreme solutions
- 13 Heliox in airway obstruction and mechanical ventilation
- 14 Adverse effects and complications of mechanical ventilation
- 15 Mechanical ventilation for transport
- 16 Special considerations in infants and children
- 17 Tracheostomy
- 18 Weaning, extubation and de-cannulation
- 19 Long-term ventilatory support
- 20 The history of mechanical ventilation
- Glossary
- Index
Introductory Notes
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introductory Notes
- 1 Physiology of ventilation and gas exchange
- 2 Assessing the need for ventilatory support
- 3 Oxygen therapy, continuous positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation
- 4 Management of the artificial airway
- 5 Modes of mechanical ventilation
- 6 Oxygenation
- 7 Carbon dioxide balance
- 8 Sedation, paralysis and analgesia
- 9 Nutrition in the mechanically ventilated patient
- 10 Mechanical ventilation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 11 Mechanical ventilation in patients with blast, burn and chest trauma injuries
- 12 Ventilatory support: extreme solutions
- 13 Heliox in airway obstruction and mechanical ventilation
- 14 Adverse effects and complications of mechanical ventilation
- 15 Mechanical ventilation for transport
- 16 Special considerations in infants and children
- 17 Tracheostomy
- 18 Weaning, extubation and de-cannulation
- 19 Long-term ventilatory support
- 20 The history of mechanical ventilation
- Glossary
- Index
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- Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation , pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008