Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation

Abstract

Contributors Foreword Timothy W. Evans Preface Introductory notes 1. Physiology of ventilation and gas exchange Hugh Montgomery 2. Assessing the need for ventilatory support Mick Nielsen and Iain Mackenzie 3. Oxygen therapy, continuous positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation Ian Clement, Leigh Mansfield and Simon Baudouin 4. Management of the artificial airway Peter Youn and Iain Mackenzie 5. Modes of mechanical ventilation Peter Macnaughton and Iain Mackenzie 6. Oxygenation Bill Tunnicliffe and Sanjoy Shah 7. Carbon dioxide clearance Brian Keogh and Simon Finney 8. Sedation, paralysis and analgesia Russell R. Miller III and E. Wesley Ely 9. Nutrition in the mechanically ventilated patient Clare Reid 10. Mechanical ventilation of the patient with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease David Tuxen and Matthew T. Naughton 11. Mechanical ventilation in patients with blast, burn and chest trauma injuries William T. McBrid and Barry McGrattan 12. Ventilatory support: extreme solutions Alain Vuylsteke 13. Heliox in airway obstruction and mechanical ventilation Hubert Trubel 14. Adverse effects and complications of mechanical ventilation Iain Mackenzie and Peter Young 15. Mechanical ventilation on the move Terry Martin 16. Special considerations in infants and children Rob Ross-Russell and Natalie Yeaney 17. Tracheostomy Abhiram Mallick, Andrew Bodenham and Iain Mackenzie 18. Weaning, extubation and de-cannulation Iain Mackenzie 19. Long-term mechanical ventilation Craig Davidson 20. The history of mechanical ventilation Iain Mackenzie Glossary Index.