Practical Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine will stand as a must-have armamentarium of protocols and guidelines for efficient and effective patient care.

Features:

• Contains hundreds of black and white photographs, diagrams, charts and tables
• Provides an expansive discussion of non-invasive ventilation in the critical care setting
• Studies the application of non-invasive therapies and highlights the impact of varying mask interfaces, ventilators, and measures that identify ideal candidates for these treatments
• Compares the similarities and differences among the many differing types of mechanical ventilation and ventilators
• Demonstrates the most common invasive procedures with an abundance of figures and tables
• Offers an up-to-date section on imaging technologies that presents illustrated case studies, current radiographs, and useful techniques for the avoidance of potential pitfalls, improved diagnoses, and a solid understanding of the role of radiology in overall patient management
• Includes an in-depth overview of techniques to manage central and arterial lines and pulmonary catheters in critically-ill patients
• Details practices in patient monitoring, including the evaluation of ventilator waveforms, ventilator mechanics, respiratory system resistance, compliance, and the non-invasive estimation of cardiac output

Contents

1. Oxygen Therapy and Airway Management
2. Non-Invasive Ventilation in Critical Care
3. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
4. Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation
5. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
6. Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
7. Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit
8. Bronchoscopy
9. Percutaneous Tracheostomy
10. Radiology in the Intensive Care Unit

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