Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation

Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Pt. 1 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation 1
Ch. 1 Physiologic Effects of Mechanical Ventilation 3
Ch. 2 Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury 16
Ch. 3 Overview of the Mechanical Ventilator System and Classification 26
Ch. 4 Traditional Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 34
Ch. 5 New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 43
Ch. 6 Flows, Waveforms, and I:E Ratios 57
Ch. 7 Humidification and the Ventilator Circuit 70
Ch. 8 Pressure and Volume Ventilation 81
Ch. 9 FI[subscript O][subscript 2], PEEP, and Mean Airway Pressure: Management of Oxygenation 92
Ch. 10 Determining Appropriate Physiologic Goals 105
Ch. 11 Indications and Initial Settings for Mechanical Ventilation 113
Ch. 12 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation 121
Pt. 2 Ventilator Management 137
Ch. 13 Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 139
Ch. 14 Chronic Pulmonary Disease 149
Ch. 15 Chest Trauma 159
Ch. 16 Head Injury 166
Ch. 17 Postoperative Patients 175
Ch. 18 Neuromuscular Disease and Chest Wall Deformities 182
Ch. 19 Cardiac Failure 190
Ch. 20 Asthma 196
Ch. 21 Burns and Inhalation Injury 205
Ch. 22 Bronchopleural Fistula 215
Ch. 23 Drug Overdose 222
Pt. 3 Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation 227
Ch. 24 Arterial and Venous Blood Gases 229
Ch. 25 Indices of Oxygenation and Ventilation 240
Ch. 26 Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, and Transcutaneous Monitoring 246
Ch. 27 Hemodynamic Monitoring 255
Ch. 28 Basic Pulmonary Mechanics during Mechanical Ventilation 264
Ch. 29 Advanced Pulmonary Mechanics during Mechanical Ventilation 271
Ch. 30 Nutritional Assessment 284
Pt. 4 Topics in Mechanical Ventilation 293
Ch. 31 Airway Management 295
Ch. 32 Secretion Clearance, Positioning, and Inhaled Aerosol Medication 307
Ch. 33 Chest Tubes 316
Ch. 34 Emergency and Transport Ventilation 323
Ch. 35 Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure 332
Ch. 36 Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation 341
Ch. 37 Pharmacologic Therapy: Sedatives, Analgesics, and Paralytic Agents 351
Ch. 38 High Frequency Ventilation, Partial Liquid Ventilation, and Tracheal Gas Insufflation 361
Index 371