Research Catalog

Title

Management of the mechanically ventilated patient / Lynelle N.B. Pierce.

Author

Pierce, Lynelle N. B.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Description

xxvii, 514 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Respiratory intensive care
• Respiratory therapy
• Artificial respiration
• Respirators (Medical equipment)
• Respiratory Therapy
• Respiration, Artificial

Note

• Previous edition: Guide to mechanical ventilation and intensive respiratory care, 1995.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Pulmonary anatomy -- 2. Practical physiology of the pulmonary system -- 3. Airway maintenance -- 4. Administration of oxygen, humidification, and aerosol therapy -- 5. Lung expansion, positioning, and secretion clearance -- 6. Mechanical ventilation : indications, ventilator performance of the respiratory cycle, and initiation -- 7. Modes of mechanical ventilation -- 8. Ventilator graphics and waveform analysis -- 9. Complications of mechanical ventilation and troubleshooting the patient-ventilator system -- 10. Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and invasive monitoring of direct and derived tissue oxygenation variables -- 11. Weaning from mechanical ventilation / Suzanne M. Burns -- 12. Specialized techniques in mechanical ventilation / Sherry M. Nelles and Michael A. Gentile -- App. I. Pulmonary symbols and abbreviations -- App. II. Drugs used in intensive respiratory care / Lisa Riggs -- App. III. Chest drainage systems -- App. IV. Removal of mechanical ventilation at end of life / Margaret L. Barnett.

ISBN

0721603971

LCCN

9780721603971

OCLC

• ocm70885530
• SCSB-5267627

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries