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Understanding Mechanical Ventilation

A Practical Handbook

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Authors:
  1. Ashfaq Hasan

    1. Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India

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  • Simple, reader friendly approach

  • Builds up concepts from the very basics

  • Complex patient-ventilator interactions presented in a lucid manner

  • Material presented in parallel with underlying respiratory physiology

  • Rationale of treatment strategies explained

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Historical Aspects of Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 1-8

  3. The Indications for Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 9-17

  4. Physiological Considerations in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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    Pages 19-69

  5. The Conventional Modes of Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 71-113

  6. Ventilator Settings

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    Pages 115-140

  7. Ventilator Alarms

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    Pages 141-148

  8. Monitoring Gas Exchange in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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    Pages 149-187

  9. Monitoring Lung Mechanics in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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    Pages 189-240

  10. Mechanical Ventilation in Specific Disorders

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    Pages 241-304

  11. The Complications of Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 305-341

  12. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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    Pages 343-389

  13. Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 391-414

  14. Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure

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    Pages 415-440

  15. Negative Pressure Ventilation

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    Pages 441-448

  16. Airway Humidification in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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    Pages 449-461

  17. Aerosol Therapy in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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    Pages 463-478

  18. Nonconventional Modes and Adjunctive Therapies for Mechanical Ventilation

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    Pages 479-503

  19. Case Studies

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    Pages 505-525

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 527-543
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About this book

Simplify, simplify! Henry David Thoreau For writers of technical books, there can be no better piece of advice. Around the time of writing the first edition – about a decade ago – there were very few monographs on this s- ject: today, there are possibly no less than 20. Based on critical inputs, this edition stands thoroughly revamped. New chapters on ventilator waveforms, airway humidification, and aerosol therapy in the ICU now find a place. Novel software-based modes of ventilation have been included. Ventilator-associated pneumonia has been se- rated into a new chapter. Many new diagrams and algorithms have been added. As in the previous edition, considerable energy has been spent in presenting the material in a reader-friendly, conv- sational style. And as before, the book remains firmly rooted in physiology. My thanks are due to Madhu Reddy, Director of Universities Press – formerly a professional associate and now a friend, P. Sudhir, my tireless Pulmonary Function Lab technician who found the time to type the bits and pieces of this manuscript in between patients, A. Sobha for superbly organizing my time, Grant Weston and Cate Rogers at Springer, London, Balasaraswathi Jayakumar at Spi, India for her tremendous support, and to Dr. C. Eshwar Prasad, who, for his words of advice, I should have thanked years ago. vii viii Preface to the Second Edition Above all, I thank my wife and daughters, for understanding.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India

    Ashfaq Hasan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Mechanical Ventilation

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Handbook

  • Authors: Ashfaq Hasan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-869-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-868-1Published: 22 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-869-8Published: 01 February 2010

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 543

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Sangam Books Ltd., 2004

  • Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System

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