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OverviewMechanical ventilation and weaning is one of the most common procedures carried out in critically ill patients. Appropriate management of these patients is of paramount importance to improve the outcome in terms of both morbidity and mortality. This book offers the physiological and clinical basis required to improve the care delivered to patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jordi Mancebo , Alvar Net , Laurent BrochardPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: 1st ed. 2002. 2nd printing 2002 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.220kg ISBN: 9783540441816ISBN 10: 3540441816 Pages: 378 Publication Date: 20 September 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure: What We Have Learnt and What We Still Need to Learn.- 2 Controlled Mechanical Ventilation.- 3 Proportional Assist Ventilation.- 4 Influence of Ventilator Performance on Assisted Modes of Ventilation.- 5 Application of Tracheal Gas Insufflation for Critical Care Patients.- 6 What a Clinician Should Do When a Patient “Fights the Ventilator”.- 7 Critical Illness Polyneuropathy and Critical Illness Myopathy.- 8 Factors Associated with Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.- 9 Pathophysiology of Weaning-Associated Respiratory Failure.- 10 Rapid Shallow Breathing: Causes and Consequences.- 11 Cardiopulmonary Interactions and Gas Exchange During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation.- 12 Weaning-Induced Cardiac Failure.- 13 Physiopathological Determinants of Patient-Ventilator Interaction and Dyssynchrony During Weaning.- 14 Weaning Criteria: Physiologic Indices in Different Groups of Patients.- 15 How Should We Interpret Weaning-Predictive Indices?.- 16 Timing and Criteria for Beginning Weaning.- 17 The Importance of Clinical Algorithms to Facilitate Weaning and Extubation.- 18 Strategies for Implementation of Weaning Algorithms in the Clinical Arena.- 19 The Role of Muscle Training and Rehabilitation During Weaning.- 20 The Role of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Facilitating Weaning and Extubation.- 21 Expanding Horizons of Noninvasive Ventilation.- 22 Unplanned Extubation.- 23 Extubation Failure: Can It Be Prevented or Predicted?.- 24 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Hypoxemic Patient.- 25 Closed-Loop Systems for Mechanical Ventilation.- 26 Tracheostomy in the ICU: Why, When and How?.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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