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The acclaimed application-based guide to adult mechanical ventilation – updated to reflect the latest topics and practice guidelines
A Doody's Core Title for 2019!
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 physiological 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.
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Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation is a basic textbook presenting the important principles and practices of mechanical ventilation essential to the management of respiratory support in critically ill patients. This textbook is an indispensable resource for medical students, residents, practicing physicians, and other healthcare professionals involved in intensive care and anesthesiology.
The textbook begins with an overview of the physiology of the respiratory system and the principles of ventilation. Next, the main types of mechanical fans, their components and functionality are considered. Each chapter is structured to provide extensive information on ventilator operation, ventilation modes, and settings that can be modified to maintain adequate ventilatory support.
Subsequent chapters include an examination of the various clinical scenarios in which mechanical ventilation is used, including acute and chronic respiratory disease, traumatic injury, sepsis, and others. Specific strategies for ventilator setting and respiratory function management are presented for each clinical scenario.
In addition, the textbook also includes consideration of special topics such as non-invasive ventilation, extremely important for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, and the principles of mechanical ventilation in pediatric patients.
"Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation" is characterized by a brush and transparent exposition of complex topics, while at the same time providing practical advice and examples of application of theoretical knowledge in clinical practice. It is composed of authoritative international experts in the field of intensive care medicine and anesthesiology, which guarantees the reliability and topicality of the information provided.
Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation is an outstanding resource for anyone interested in the intensive care and ventilation of critically ill patients. It provides extensive and detailed information essential to the successful treatment and management of respiratory function in these patients.
