Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation Book

1	Historical perspective on the development of mechanical ventilation	1
2	Classification of mechanical ventilators	37
3	Basic principles of ventilator machinery	53
4	Equipment required for home mechanical ventilation	97
5	Indications for mechanical ventilation	129
6	Setting the ventilator	163
7	Assist-control ventilation	183
8	Intermittent mandatory ventilation	201
9	Pressure-support ventilation	221
10	Pressure-controlled and inverse-ratio ventilation	251
11	Positive end-expiratory pressure	273
12	Airway pressure-release ventilation	327
13	Proportional-assist ventilation	335
14	Closed-loop ventilation	365
15	Permissive hypercapnia	373
16	Feedback enhancements on ventilator breaths	393
17	Negative-pressure ventilation	403
18	Noninvasive respiratory AIDS : rocking bed, pneumobelt, and glossopharyngeal breathing	421
19	Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation	433
20	High-frequency ventilation	473
21	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and extracorporeal life support	493
22	Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal	501
23	Liquid ventilation	513
24	Transtracheal gas insufflation	525
25	Mechanical ventilation in the neonatal and pediatric setting	543
26	Independent lung ventilation	573
27	Mechanical ventilation during resuscitation	595
28	Transport of the ventilator-supported patient	609
29	Mechanical ventilation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome	625
30	Mechanical ventilation for severe asthma	649
31	Mechanical ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	663
32	Mechanical ventilation in neuromuscular disease	679
33	Chronic ventilator facilities	691
34	Noninvasive ventilation on a general ward	705
35	Effects of mechanical ventilation on control of breathing	715
36	Effect of mechanical ventilation on heart-lung interactions	729
37	Effect of mechanical ventilation on gas exchange	759
38	Airway management	779
39	Complications of translaryngeal intubation	801
40	Care of the mechanically-ventilated patient with a tracheostomy	847
41	Complications associated with mechanical ventilation	877
42	Ventilator-induced lung injury	903
43	Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction	931
44	Barotrauma and bronchopleural fistula	943
45	Oxygen toxicity	965
46	Pneumonia in the ventilator-dependent patient	991
47	Sinus infections in the ventilated patient	1019
48	Imaging of the mechanically ventilated patient	1033
49	Monitoring during mechanical ventilation	1051
50	Prone positioning in acute respiratory failure	1081
51	Pain control, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade	1093
52	Humidification	1109
53	Fighting the ventilator	1121
54	Psychological problems in the ventilated patient	1137
55	Addressing respiratory discomfort in the ventilated patient	1153
56	Ventilator-supported speech	1163
57	Sleep in the ventilated patient	1173
58	Weaning from mechanical ventilation	1185
59	Extubation	1221
60	Surfactant	1239
61	Inhaled nitric oxide	1251
62	Diaphragmatic pacing	1263
63	Bronchodilator therapy	1277
64	Inhaled antibiotic therapy	1311
65	Fluid management in the ventilated patient	1323
66	The ethics of withholding and withdrawing mechanical ventilation	1333
67	Interpreting clinical trials of mechanical ventilation : the importance of routine care	1347
68	Economics of ventilator care	1355
69	Purchasing a ventilator	1365
70	Long-term outcomes after mechanical ventilation	1371