Clinical Neurorespiratory Medicine

• Provides in-depth understanding of the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of breathing and related processes
• Explores clinical diagnosis and therapy regarding the complete spectrum of neurological conditions with respiratory impairment
• Clarifies the current and future role of neurological specialists and neurological institutions in diagnosing and treating patients with respiratory impairment

CONTENTS

1. A historical account of the neurology of breathing Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
2. Neurorespiratory medicine: scope of the problem Martin Groß and Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke
3. Anatomy and physiology of the lower airways and the lungs Markus Körner
4. Respiratory regulation Martin Groß, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Nahid Hassanpour
5. The respiratory muscle pump and respiratory mechanics Maxwell S. Damian and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
6. Sleep and respiration Martin Groß, David Gatfield, Raphael Heinzer and Nahid Hassanpour
7. Neurogenic dysphagia Rainer Dziewas and Tobias Warnecke
8. Neurorespiratory diagnostics Stephan Wenninger
9. Principles of mechanical ventilation and respiratory support Dominic Dellweg and Robin Schlott
10. Management of secretions and augmentation of cough in diseases of the nervous system and the muscles John R. Bach, David Troxell, Martin Groß and Jon Nilsestuen
11. Continuous noninvasive ventilatory support and mechanical insufflation-exsufflation for long-term management, extubation, and decannulation of patients with ventilatory pump failure John R. Bach, Kevin Huang and Yuka Ishikawa
12. Tracheostomy and tracheal cannulas in neurologic disease Janina Runkel and Teresa Grimm
13. Critical decisions in ventilation with acute neurologic injury Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
14. Weaning of neurological patients from long-term ventilation and home mechanical ventilation Jens D. Rollnik
15. Rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated neurological patients Marcus Pohl and Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke
16. Respiration in brain hemisphere and brainstem lesions Mathieu van der Jagt, Leo Heunks and Martin Groß
17. Spinal cord lesions affecting respiration Alexandru Budu, Sven Hirschfeld and Stasa Tumpa
18. Neuromuscular diseases Stephan Wenninger, Susana Quijano Roy and Maxwell Damian
19. Sleep disordered breathing Thomas Gossard and Erik K. St. Louis
20. Respiratory issues in children with neurological disorders Samiran Ray, Lisa Edel and Elaine Chan
21. Respiratory therapy Donatha Hornemann, Martin Groß and Regina Lomako
22. Quality of life in mechanically ventilated patients Dorothée E. Lulé and Albert C. Ludolph
23. The caregivers Victoria Kuhna
24. Palliative care Stefan Lorenzl, Martin Groß and Eelco Wijdicks
25. Organisational settings of respiratory care throughout the world ―a birds eye view and sample Martin Groß, Donatha Hornemann, Thomas Platz, Peter Wijkstra, Jean-Marc Scheer, Nathalie Scheer-Pfeifer, Michael Baumberger, Luca Brendebach, Peter Gay, Douglas McKim, Oxana Vakulenko, Andrej Lukianov, Regina Lomako, Mohammad Jalili, Hongcai Liu and Garima Aryal.