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Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care
Contributor(s): Hill, Nicholas (Editor), Levy, Mitchell M. (Editor)
ISBN: 0367397269     ISBN-13: 9780367397265
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $75.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Allied Health Services - Respiratory Therapy
- Medical | Critical Care
- Medical | Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
Dewey: 615.836
Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (2.55 lbs) 832 pages
 
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This state-of-the-art reference provides current and effective disease-specific strategies for the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation-emphasizing weaning processes, monitored sedation, minimization of complications and infection, and new modes of treatment for patients in critical care.
Exploring ancillary approaches, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, oxygenation, and bronchodilator therapy as options to optimize cost and reduce injury, Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care discusses
  • methods to diagnose, manage, and avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia
  • consequences of extubation failure
  • mechanics of true closed-loop ventilation
  • neuromuscular blocking agents and physiological disturbances
  • therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • and more
    With contributions by over 40 seasoned experts in the field, Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care is a valuable resource for intensive or critical care and pulmonary or critical care specialists, surgical critical care specialists, anesthesiologists, physiologists, physiatrists and rehabilitation physicians, respiratory therapists, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.
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