Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation (Cambridge Medicine (Hardcover)) - Hardcover

 
9780521867818: Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation (Cambridge Medicine (Hardcover))
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521867819 ISBN 13: 9780521867818
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Mechanical ventilation is a life-critical intervention provided to patients in a wide variety of clinical settings, involving the careful interplay of physiology, pathology, physics and technology. This unique text explains the underlying physiological and technical concepts of ventilation, aided by numerous full colour diagrams, and places these concepts into clinical context with practical examples. Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation provides a broad and in-depth coverage of key topics encountered in clinical practice, from the initial assessment of the patient to transportation of the ventilated patient and weaning from ventilation. Issues such as sedation, analgesia and paralysis and the management of complications are reviewed, along with a discussion of various ventilation modes and practical advice on patients with pre-existing diseases. Appealing to doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and paramedics, this book is applicable to a wide range of settings including intensive care, anaesthesia, respiratory medicine, acute medicine and emergency medicine.

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About the Author

Iain Mackenzie is a Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521867819
ISBN 13 
9780521867818
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
440
Editor
Mackenzie Iain