Essentials Of Mechanical Ventilation, Fourth Edition

The acclaimed application-based guide to adult mechanical ventilation --- updated to reflect the latest topics and practice guidelines
This practical guide is written from the perspective of authors who have nearly 100 years’ experience as clinicians, educators, researchers, and authors. Unlike other references on the topic, this resource is about mechanical ventilation rather than mechanical ventilators. It is written to provide a solid understanding of the general principles and essential foundational knowledge of mechanical ventilation as required by respiratory therapists and critical care physicians.  To make it clinically relevant, Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation includes disease-specific chapters related to mechanical ventilation in these conditions. 
The Fourth Edition has been carefully updated throughout. New content includes coverage of mechanical ventilation of the obese patient and advanced monitoring procedures. Concepts such as driving pressure are included, and the content has been checked against the most recently published clinical practice guidelines.
Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, Fourth Edition is divided into four parts:
Part One, Principles of Mechanical Ventilation describes basic principles of mechanical ventilation and then continues with issues such as indications for mechanical ventilation, appropriate physiologic goals, and ventilator liberation.  
Part Two, Ventilator Management, gives practical advice for ventilating patients with a variety of diseases. 
Part Three, Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation, discusses blood gases, hemodynamics, mechanics, and waveforms. 
Part Four, Topics in Mechanical Ventilation, covers issues such as airway management, aerosol delivery, and extracorporeal life support.

Contents

Part 1 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation

Chapter 1 Physiologic Effects of Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 2 Physiologic Goals of Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 3 Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury 
Chapter 4 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 
Chapter 5 Ventilator Mode Classification 
Chapter 6 Traditional Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 7 Pressure and Volume Ventilation 
Chapter 8 Advanced Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 9 Flow Waveforms and I:E Ratios 
Chapter 10 High Frequency Ventilation 
Chapter 11 Noninvasive Ventilation 
Chapter 12 Humidification and the Ventilator Circuit
Chapter 13 Fio2 , Positive End-Expiratory Pressure, and Mean Airway Pressure 
Chapter 14 Initial Settings for Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 15 Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony 
Chapter 16 Ventilator Liberation

Part 2 Ventilator Management 
Chapter 17 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 18 Obstructive Lung Disease 
Chapter 19 Chest Trauma 
Chapter 20 Head Injury
Chapter 21 Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 22 Neuromuscular Disease
Chapter 23 Cardiac Failure
Chapter 24 Burns and Inhalation Injury 
Chapter 25 Bronchopleural Fistula
Chapter 26 Drug Overdose

Part 3 Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 27 Blood Gases
Chapter 28 Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Transcutaneous Monitoring 
Chapter 29 Hemodynamic Monitoring 
Chapter 30 Basic Pulmonary Mechanics During Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 31 Advanced Pulmonary Mechanics During Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 32 Nutritional Assessment 

Part 4 Topics Related to Mechanical Ventilation 
Chapter 33 Airway Management
Chapter 34 Airway Clearance
Chapter 35 Inhaled Drug Delivery
Chapter 36 Emergency Ventilation and Ventilation in a Disaster
Chapter 37 Mobilization and Portable Ventilation 
Chapter 38 Extracorporeal Life Support