Management of the mechanically ventilated patient

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierce, Lynelle N. B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier , c2007
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Pulmonary anatomy
  • 2. Practical physiology of the pulmonary system
  • 3. Airway maintenance
  • 4. Administration of oxygen, humidification, and aerosol therapy
  • 5. Lung expansion, and secretion clearance
  • 6. Mechanical ventilator performance of the respiratory cycle, and initiation
  • 7. Modes of mechanical ventilation
  • 8. Ventlator ghrapics and waveform analysis
  • 9. Complications of mechanical ventilation and troubleshooting the patient-ventilator system
  • 10. Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and invasive monitoring of direct and derived tissue oxygenation variables
  • 11. Weaning from mechanical ventilation
  • 12. Specialized techniques in mechanical ventilation