Respiratory Management in Critical CareISBN: 978-0-7279-1729-4
Paperback
128 pages
December 2003, BMJ Books
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Introduction.
Oxygen deliverey and transport in the critically ill.
Investigating the ventilated lung.
Definitions and epidemiology of ALI/ARDS.
Pathogenesis of ALI/ARDS.
Ventilatory management of ALI/ARDS.
Ventilator induced lung injury.
Non-ventilatory strategies and pharmacotherapy in ALI/ARDS.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
The difficult-to-wean patients.
ICU management of the patient with COPD.
Acute severe asthma.
Community acquired pneumonia.
Pulmonary vascular disease in ICU.
Illustrative cases: cystic fibrosis and interstitial lung disease.
vasculitis and neuromusculo-skeletal disorders.
HIV-related lung disease and sickle lung.
massive haemoptysis and thoracic trauma.
SARS in the ICU