Management of the mechanically ventilated patient.

Pierce, Lynelle N. B. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0721603971
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 514 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 2nd. ed. /
Publisher: St. Louis, MO : Saunders/Elsevier, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pulmonary anatomy -- Practical physiology of the pulmonary system -- Airway maintenance -- Administration of oxygen, humidification and aerosol therapy -- Lung expansion, positioning and secretion clearance -- Mechanical ventilation: indications, ventilator performance of the respiratory cycle and initiation -- Modes of mechanical ventilation -- Ventilator graphics and waveform analysis -- Complications of mechanical ventilation and troubleshooting the patient-ventilator system -- Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and invasive monitoring of direct and derived tissue oxygenation variables -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation -- Specialized techniaues in mechanical ventilation.