Practical Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Respiratory Failure

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Zab Mosenifar, Guy W. Soo Hoo
CRC Press, Jan 20, 2006 - Medical - 448 pages
Specifically focusing on the immediate management and diagnosis of patients in the intensive care unit, this reference contains expert reviews and practical care recommendations for patients with acute respiratory failure. Packed with detailed descriptions of treatment procedures and quality figures throughout each chapter, this reference will stan
 

Contents

1 Oxygen Therapy and Airway Management
1
2 NonInvasive Ventilation in Critical Care
33
3 Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
77
4 Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation
105
5 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
153
6 Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
187
7 Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit
219
8 Bronchoscopy
285
9 Percutaneous Tracheostomy
313
10 Radiology in the Intensive Care Unit
331
Index
407
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