Evidence-Based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure Book

	Evidence-based management of patients with respiratory failure : an introduction	1
	Mechanical ventilation : epidemiology and outcomes	5
	Ventilator modes : which do we use and how should we use them?	15
	Management of patients with respiratory failure	21
	What is the utility of monitoring pulmonary mechanics in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure?	29
	What are the best methods for weaning patients from mechanical ventilation?	37
	Venous thromboembolism in the ICU : what is the epidemiology and what are the consequences?	45
	Non-invasive ventilation : how, when, for whom, and what outcome?	51
	Pulmonary recruitment in acute lung injury	67
	Lung-protective ventilation trials : a comparison of physiologic effects and patient-important outcomes	73
	Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : what is the impact of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, and antibiotics?	79
	Ventilator-associated pneumonia : what are the accuracies and the consequences of different diagnostic methods	99
	Are the most simple methods still useful in preventing respiratory infections?	109
	Tracheostomy in patients with respiratory failure receiving mechanical ventilation : how, when, and for whom?	121
	The use of sedation and neuromuscular blockade : the effect on clinical outcome	135
	Current clinical trials in acute lung injury	143
	Novel advancements in the management and diagnosis of acute respiratory failure	149