Introducción

Audience: Critical Care Physicians, Pulmonary Medicine Physicians; Respiratory Care Practitioners; Intensive Care Nurses
Author is the most recognized name in Critical Care Medicine
Technical and clinical developments in mechanical ventilation have soared, and this new edition reflects these advances
Written for clinicians, unlike other books on the subject which have primarily an educational focus

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Comprehensive coverage¿all aspects of ventilation, from scientific to technical to clinical are addressed
Impeccable editor and contributors known worldwide for their expertise
Thorough, substantial revision with content being brought up to current clinical and technical standards
New or replacement chapters on major current issues in mechanical ventilation¿Closed Loop Ventilation, Inhaled Antibiotic Therapy, Liquid Ventilation, Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS and SARS, Ventilation Outside the ICU, and more
A new chapter on the use of clinical protocols in MV
New chapters on pharmacological and adjuvant therapy in MV
Written for clinicians, unlike other books that have a primarily educational focus
Greater use of tables and lists to summarize key information quickly and effectively

Tabla de Contenidos

PART I
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1. Historical Perspective on the Development of Mechanical Ventilation

PART II
PHYSICAL BASIS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
2. Classification of Mechanical Ventilators
3. Basic Principles of Ventilator Machinery
4. Equipment Required for Home Mechanical Ventilation

PART III INDICATIONS
5. Indications for Mechanical Ventilation

PART IV
CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
6. Setting the Ventilator
7. Assist-Control Ventilation
8. Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
9. Pressure Support Ventilation
10. Positive End-Expiratory Pressure

PART V
ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
11. Pressure- Controlled and Inverse Ratio Ventilation
12. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
13. Proportional Assist Ventilation
14. Closed-Loop Ventilation
15. Permissive Hypercapnia
16. New Modes

PART VI
NONINVASIVE METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
17. Negative Pressure Ventilation
18. Use of the Rocking Bed, Pneumobelt, and Other Noninvasive Aids to Ventilation
19. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by Nasal or Face Mask

PART VII
UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
20. High Frequency Ventilation
21. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Intravascular Membrane Oxygenation
22. Extracorporeal CO2 Removal for ARDS and the Evaluation of New Therapy
23. Liquid Ventilation
24. Transtracheal Gas Insufflation

PART VIII
VENTILATOR SUPPORT IN SPECIFIC SETTINGS
25. Mechanical Ventilation in the Neonatal and Pediatric Setting
26. Delivery of Mechanical Ventilation during General Anesthesia
27. Independent Lung Ventilation
28. Delivery of Mechanical Ventilation during Resuscitation
29. Transport of the Ventilator-Supported
30. Home Mechanical Ventilation
31. Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
32. Mechanical Ventilation in Asthma
33. Mechanical Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
34. Mechanical Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease
35. Chronic Ventilator Facilities (LTAC)
36. Mechanical Ventilation outside the ICU

PART IX
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECT OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
37. Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on the Control of Breathing
38. Heart-Lung Interactions
39. Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Gas Exchange

PART X
ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS AND MANAGEMENT
40. Airway Management
41. Complications of Translaryngeal Intubation
42. Care of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient with a Tracheotomy

PART XI
COMPLICATIONS IN VENTILATOR SUPPORTED PATIENTS
43. Complications Associated with Mechanical Ventilation
44. Ventilator-Induced Injury
45. Barotrauma and Bronchopleura
46. Oxygen Toxicity
47. Pneumonia in the Ventilator-Dependent Patient
48. Sinus Infections
49. Molecular-biological Injury

PART XII
EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF VENTILATOR-SUPPORTED PATIENTS 891
50. Imaging the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
51. Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation
52. Protocol-Based Management

PART XIII
MANAGEMENT OF THE VENTILATOR-SUPPORTED PATIENT
53. Technical Aspects of the Patient-Ventilator Interface
54. Patient Positioning in Acute Respiratory Failure
55. Neuromuscular Blockade, Sedation, and Pain Control
56. Humidification
57. Management of the Patient Who is ¿Fighting the Ventilator¿
58. Psychological Problems in the Ventilator-Dependent Patient
59. Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation

PART XIV
ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY
60. Surfactant
61. Nitric Oxide as an Adjunct
62. Diaphragmatic Pacer
63. Bronchodilator Therapy -
64 Inhaled Antibiotic Therapy

PART XV
ETHICS AND ECONOMICS 1207
65. Withholding and Withdrawing Ventilator Support: Ethical Problems
66. Economics of Ventilator Care
67. Purchasing a Ventilator
68. Effect of Mechanical Ventilation