Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
xxvii, 514 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pulmonary anatomy -- Practical physiology of the pulmonary system -- Airway maintenance -- Administration of oxygen, humidification, and aerosol therapy -- Lung expansion, positioning, and secretion clearance -- Mechanical ventilation: indications, ventilator performance of the respiratory cycle, and initiation -- Modes of mechanical ventilation -- Ventilator graphics and waveform analysis -- Complications of mechanical ventilation and troubleshooting the patient-ventilator system -- Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and invasive monitoring of direct and derived tissue oxygenation variables -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation -- Specialized techniques in mechanical ventilation. |
Subject |
Respiratory intensive care.
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Respiratory therapy.
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Artificial respiration.
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Respirators (Medical equipment)
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Respiration, Artificial -- nursing.
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Respiratory Therapy -- nursing.
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Lung -- physiopathology.
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Ventilators, Mechanical.
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ISBN |
0721603971 |
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9780721603971 |
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