Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Theory, Equipment, and Clinical Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Esquinas, Antonio Mata̕s. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Pneumology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Services.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11365-9

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation is an effective technique for the management of patients with acute or chronic respiratory failure due to a variety of disorders. This comprehensive and up-to-date book explores all aspects of the subject. The opening sections are devoted to theory and equipment, w...

Table of Contents:

• Interface technology in critical care settings
• Ventilatory modes and ventilators: Theory, technology, and equipment
• Patient-ventilator interactions
• Monitoring and complications
• Chronic applications of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and related issues
• Critical care applications of noninvasive mechanical ventilation and related issues
• The role of sedation
• Weaning from conventional mechanical ventilation and postextubation failure
• Intraoperative and postoperative indications for noninvasive mechanical ventilation
• Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in neonates and children.