Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning

by Mancebo, Jordi, M.D.; Net, Alvar, M.D.; Brochard, Laurent, M.D.; Net Castel, A.

• ISBN13: 9783540441816
• ISBN10: 3540441816
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Mechanical ventilation and weaning is one of the most common procedures carried out in critically ill patients. Appropriate management of these patients is of paramount importance to improve the outcome in terms of both morbidity and mortality. This book offers the physiological and clinical basis required to improve the care delivered to patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

Table of Contents

Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure: What We Have Learnt and What We Still Need to Learn	p. 1
Controlled Mechanical Ventilation	p. 13
Proportional Assist Ventilation	p. 39
Influence of Ventilator Performance on Assisted Modes of Ventilation	p. 74
Application of Tracheal Gas Insufflation for Critical Care Patients	p. 86
What a Clinician Should Do When a Patient "Fights the Ventilator"	p. 100
Critical Illness Polyneuropathy and Critical Illness Myopathy	p. 118
Factors Associated with Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients	p. 133
Pathophysiology of Weaning-Associated Respiratory Failure	p. 152
Rapid Shallow Breathing: Causes and Consequences	p. 161
Cardiopulmonary Interactions and Gas Exchange During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation	p. 169
Weaning-Induced Cardiac Failure	p. 184
Physiopathological Determinants of Patient-Ventilator Interaction and Dyssynchrony During Weaning	p. 193
Weaning Criteria: Physiologic Indices in Different Groups of Patients	p. 203
How Should We Interpret Weaning-Predictive Indices?	p. 216
Timing and Criteria for Beginning Weaning	p. 239
The Importance of Clinical Algorithms to Facilitate Weaning and Extubation	p. 248
Strategies for Implementation of Weaning Algorithms in the Clinical Arena	p. 264
The Role of Muscle Training and Rehabilitation During Weaning	p. 279
The Role of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Facilitating Weaning and Extubation	p. 290
Expanding Horizons of Noninvasive Ventilation	p. 298
Unplanned Extubation	p. 313
Extubation Failure: Can It Be Prevented or Predicted?	p. 322
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Hypoxemic Patient	p. 336
Closed-Loop Systems for Mechanical Ventilation	p. 348
Tracheostomy in the ICU: Why, When and How?	p. 360
Subject Index	p. 375
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