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	The definitive guide to the use of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients ' now in full color and updated to reflect the latest advances
	
	Principles & Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of all the clinical, pharmacological, and technical issues surrounding the use of mechanical ventilation.
	
	Editor Martin J. Tobin ' past editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ' has enlisted more than 100 authors, all of whom are at the forefront of research in their chosen subfield in order to provide the most authoritative and up-to-date information possible. No other text so thoroughly and comprehensively explores the myriad advances in modes and methodologies that have occurred in this ever-changing field as this cornerstone text.
	
	Features
	Table of contents
	Preface
	I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
	1. Historical Perspective on the Development of Mechanical Ventilation
	II PHYSICAL BASIS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
	2. Classifi cation of Mechanical Ventilators and Modes of Ventilation
	3. Basic Principles of Ventilator Design
	III INDICATIONS
	4. Indications for Mechanical Ventilation
	IV CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF VENTILATORY SUPPORT
	5. Setting the Ventilato
	6. Assist-Control Ventilation
	7. Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
	8. Pressure-Support Ventilation
	9. Pressure-Controlled and Inverse-Ratio Ventilation
	10. Positive End-Expiratory Pressure
	V ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
	11. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
	12. Proportional-Assist Ventilation
	13. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist
	14. Permissive Hypercapnia
	15. Feedback Enhancements on Conventional Ventilator Breaths
	VI NONINVASIVE METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
	16. Negative-Pressure Ventilation
	17. Noninvasive Respiratory Aids: Rocking Bed, Pneumobelt, and Glossopharyngeal Breathing
	18. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation
	VII UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF VENTILATOR SUPPORT
	19. High-Frequency Ventilation
	20. Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiopulmonary Failure
	21. Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal
	22. Transtracheal Gas Insuffl ation, Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy, Emergency Transtracheal Ventilation
	VIII VENTILATOR SUPPORT IN SPECIFIC SETTINGS
	23. Mechanical Ventilation in the Neonatal and Pediatric Setting
	24. Mechanical Ventilation during General Anesthesia
	25. Independent Lung Ventilation
	26. Mechanical Ventilation during Resuscitation
	27. Transport of the Ventilator-Supported Patient
	28. Home Mechanical Ventilation
	29. Mechanical Ventilation in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
	30. Mechanical Ventilation for Severe Asthma
	31. Mechanical Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
	32. Mechanical Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease
	33. Chronic Ventilator Facilities
	34. Noninvasive Ventilation on a General Ward
	IX PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECT OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
	35. Eff ects of Mechanical Ventilation on Control of Breathing
	36. Eff ect of Mechanical Ventilation on Heart'Lung Interactions
	37. Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Gas Exchange
	X ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS AND MANAGEMENT
	38. Airway Management
	39. Complications of Translaryngeal Intubation
	40. Care of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient with a Tracheotomy
	XI COMPLICATIONS IN VENTILATOR-SUPPORTED PATIENTS
	41. Complications Associated with Mechanical Ventilation
	42. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
	43. Ventilator-Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
	44. Barotrauma and Bronchopleural Fistula
	45. Oxygen Toxicity
	46. Pneumonia in the Ventilator-Dependent Patient
	47. Sinus Infections in the Ventilated Patient
	XII EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF VENTILATOR-SUPPORTED PATIENTS
	48. Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation
	XIII MANAGEMENT OF VENTILATOR SUPPORTED PATIENTS
	49. Prone Positioning in Acute Respiratory Failure
	50. Pain Control, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade
	51. Humidification
	52. Airway Secretions and Suctioning
	53. Fighting the Ventilator
	54. Psychological Problems in the Ventilated Patient
	55. Addressing Respiratory Discomfort in the Ventilated Patient
	56. Ventilator-Supported Speech
	57. Sleep in the Ventilator-Supported Patient
	58. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
	59. Extubation
	XIV ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY
	60. Surfactant
	61. Nitric Oxide as an Adjunct
	62. Diaphragmatic Pacing
	63. Bronchodilator Therapy
	64. Inhaled Antibiotic Th erapy
	65. Fluid Management in the Ventilated Patient
	XV ETHICS AND ECONOMICS
	66. The Ethics of Withholding and Withdrawing Mechanical Ventilation
	67. Economics of Ventilator Care
	68. Long-Term Outcomes after Mechanical Ventilation 
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