Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical ventilation is a life-critical intervention provided to patients in a wide variety of clinical settings, involving the careful interplay of physiology, pathology, physics and technology. This unique text explains the underlying physiological and technical concepts of ventilation, aided by numerous full colour diagrams, and places these concepts into clinical context with practical examples. Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation provides a broad and in-depth coverage of key topics encountered in clinical practice, from the initial assessment of the patient to transportation of the ventilated patient and weaning from ventilation. Issues such as sedation, analgesia and paralysis and the management of complications are reviewed, along with a discussion of various ventilation modes and practical advice on patients with pre-existing diseases. Appealing to doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and paramedics, this book is applicable to a wide range of settings including intensive care, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, acute medicine and emergency medicine. '... the book is well laid-out, with frequent colour diagrams, tables and photographs. Chapters are concise and clinically relevant ... comprehensive but less 'wordy' than many traditional reference books and can be recommended for its target audience.' Anaesthesia 'This text makes a commendable effort in the initiation of the theory and practice of mechanical ventilation, and is a worthy member of the growing number of works on this subject which is integral to intensive care medicine, as well as anaesthesia. It would be a worthwhile text for trainees and it certainly would make a welcome addition to a departmental library.' Anaesthesia and Intensive Care '... practical but concise A major strength of this book is the extensive use of visual aid and thoughtfully constructed illustrations, which maximizes the reader's ability to rapidly assimilate the information being presented ... recommended reading for any individual in training or clinical practice who needs more than a superficial overview on the subject of mechanical ventilation ... concise, well-written, practical ... an extremely valuable addition to the library of physicians involved in the practice of anaesthesia and critical care medicine. Editor Iain Mackenzie and his collaborators have laudably achieved their stated goal in organizing this unique new book.' www.anesthesia-analgesia.orgContributors; 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.