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Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, Second Edition

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ISBN-10: 0071352295

ISBN-13: 9780071352291

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Dean R. Hess, Robert M. Kacmarek

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The essentials of mechanical ventilation of respiratory care patients are examined in this text. It includes details of a dozen common respiratory diseases seen by respiratory therapists. The new edition includes treatment algorithms.
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Book details

List price: $69.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
Publication date: 12/19/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 382
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Preface
Abbreviations
Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Physiologic Effects of Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Overview of the Mechanical Ventilator System and Classification
Traditional Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
Flows, Waveforms, and I:E Ratios
Humidification and the Ventilator Circuit
Pressure and Volume Ventilation
Fi[subscript O subscript 2], PEEP, and Mean Airway Pressure: Management of Oxygenation
Determining Appropriate Physiologic Goals
Indications and Initial Settings for Mechanical Ventilation
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator Management
Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chronic Pulmonary Disease
Chest Trauma
Head Injury
Postoperative Patients
Neuromuscular Disease and Chest Wall Deformities
Cardiac Failure
Asthma
Burns and Inhalation Injury
Bronchopleural Fistula
Drug Overdose
Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation
Arterial and Venous Blood Gases
Indices of Oxygenation and Ventilation
Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Transcutaneous Monitoring
Hemodynamic Monitoring
Basic Pulmonary Mechanics during Mechanical Ventilation
Advanced Pulmonary Mechanics during Mechanical Ventilation
Nutritional Assessment
Topics in Mechanical Ventilation
Airway Management
Secretion Clearance, Positioning, and Inhaled Aerosol Medication
Chest Tubes
Emergency and Transport Ventilation
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure
Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
Pharmacologic Therapy: Sedatives, Analgesics, and Paralytic Agents
High Frequency Ventilation, Partial Liquid Ventilation, and Tracheal Gas Insufflation
Index