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The care of patients with multiple life-threatening problems is a monumental challenge. Burgeoning information has deluged the generalist and placed increasing reliance on the specialist. Predictably, this has led to the evolution of a team approach, but this does not assist the novice in critical care, with little practical and relevant information available on learning specific procedures and best practice. This new edition of Understanding Mechanical Ventilation: a Practical Handbook familiarizes physicians, nurses and respiratory technologists with the concepts that underlie mechanical ventilation. Physiological concepts are stressed throughout this book in order to address the specifics of mechanical ventilation, while currently accepted strategies for patients with specific disorders are reviewed in detail. Ventilator waveforms, airway humidification, aerosol therapy and the use of novel software-based modes of ventilation in the ICU are also included. The emphasis throughout the book is on presenting material in a reader-friendly, practical style incorporating numerous figures and tables. In this way, it will be a vital reference to all involved in the management of patients requiring mechanical ventilation in the ICU.

Respiration, Artificial. --- Ventilators, Mechanical. --- Artificial respiration --- Equipment and Supplies --- Airway Management --- Resuscitation --- Therapeutics --- Emergency Treatment --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Respiratory Therapy --- Respiration, Artificial --- Ventilators, Mechanical --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Emergency Medicine --- Artificial respiration. --- Intermittent positive pressure breathing. --- High-frequency ventilation (Therapy) --- High-frequency jet ventilation (Therapy) --- High-frequency oscillation (Therapy) --- High-frequency positive pressure ventilation (Therapy) --- Ventilation, High-frequency (Therapy) --- Ventilation, High-frequency jet (Therapy) --- Artificial ventilation (Therapy) --- Mechanical ventilation (Therapy) --- Pulmonary resuscitation --- Rescue breathing --- Ventilation, Mechanical (Therapy) --- Medicine. --- Anesthesiology. --- Critical care medicine. --- Respiratory organs --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Diseases. --- First aid in illness and injury --- Respiratory therapy --- Pressure breathing --- Pneumology. --- Intensive care --- Intensive medicine --- Emergency medicine --- Intensive care units --- Anaesthesiology --- Surgery --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.