Respiratory Disease and its Management
Recent advances in training for Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) have led to the introduction of competency based training, with a strong focus on the development of specific competencies at basic, intermediate and advanced stages of learning. This ensures trainees hold the appropriate skills and knowl...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Springer London,
2009.
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| Series: | Competency-Based Critical Care,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-095-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS)
- Life-threatening asthma
- Chronic obstructive airways disease
- Diffuse interstitial lung disease
- Pneumonia
- Pleural effusions in the critically ill
- Pneumothorax in the critically ill
- Diagnosis and management of the obstructed airway
- Postoperative management of patients undergoing lung resection, oesophagectomy or thymectomy
- 10 indications for ventilatory support in adults modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support
- Blood gas measurement and interpretation
- Inspired and expired gas monitoring
- Managing secretions in the ventilated patient the role of humidification, suction, physiotherapy, mucolytics, and airway adjuncts
- Drugs acting on the respiratory system
- Bronchoscopy in the intensive care unit
- Tracheostomy and mini-tracheostomy
- Weaning from mechanical ventilation.