Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care

This state-of-the-art reference provides current and effective disease-specific strategies for the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation-emphasizing weaning processes, monitored sedation, minimization of complications and infection, and new modes of treatment for patients in critical care.
Exploring ancillary approaches, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, oxygenation, and bronchodilator therapy as options to optimize cost and reduce injury, Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care discusses

methods to diagnose, manage, and avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia

consequences of extubation failure

mechanics of true closed-loop ventilation

neuromuscular blocking agents and physiological disturbances

therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

and more!
With contributions by over 40 seasoned experts in the field, Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care is a valuable resource for intensive or critical care and pulmonary or critical care specialists, surgical critical care specialists, anesthesiologists, physiologists, physiatrists and rehabilitation physicians, respiratory therapists, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.

Author: Nicholas Hill
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 10/07/2019
Pages: 832
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780367397265