Chapter 21 Long-Term Ventilation Theresa Gramlich Outline Goals of Long-Term Ventilation Sites for Ventilator-Dependent Patients Acute-Care Sites Intermediate-Care Sites Long-Term Care Sites Patient Selection Disease Process and Clinical Stability Psychosocial…
Chapter 5 Selecting the Ventilator and the Mode Outline Noninvasive and Invasive positive-pressure Ventilation: Selecting the Patient Interface Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation Invasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation Full and Partial Ventilatory Support Mode…
Chapter 1 Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation Outline PHYSIOLOGICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION Normal Mechanics of Spontaneous Ventilation Ventilation and Respiration Gas Flow and Pressure…
Chapter 2 How Ventilators Work Outline Historical Perspective on Ventilator Classification Internal Function Power Source or Input Power Electrically Powered Ventilators Pneumatically Powered Ventilators Combined-Power Ventilators: Pneumatically Powered, Electronically or…
Chapter 14 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Outline Epidemiology Causes and Risk Factors Pathogenesis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Clinical Diagnosis Bacteriologic (Quantitative) Diagnosis Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Strategies to Prevent…
Chapter 15 Sedatives, Analgesics, and Paralytics Outline Sedatives and Analgesics Monitoring the Need for Sedation and Analgesia Benzodiazepines Neuroleptics Anesthetic Agents Opioids Paralytics Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade Depolarizing Agents Nondepolarizing Agents…
25 Work in hyperbaric environments Mark Glover St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex, UK 25.1 Introduction This chapter summarizes issues of both direct and indirect relevance to the respiratory tract…
24 Research workers Paul Cullinan Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 24.1 Introduction The exposures encountered by research workers are as numerous and varied as the research they…
29 Traffic-related urban air pollution Steven M. Lee1 and Mark W. Frampton2 1Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, Fontana, CA, USA 2University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA 29.1 Introduction…
26 Effects of travel or work at high altitudes or low pressures Michael Bagshaw King’s College London and Cranfield University, UK 26.1 Introduction Exposure to high altitude implies exposure to…
