Management of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
By- Lynelle Pierce, RN, MS, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Lynelle Pierce, RN, MS, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
The second edition of Management of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient functions as both an educational manual and a clinical reference for those involved in monitoring, managing, and delivering care to patients requiring respiratory intervention or mechanical ventilatory support. The range of coverage and practical approach in this easy to understand guide provides the nurse and other health care professional the clinical practice information needed to deliver safe and effective respiratory care.
Paperback, 544 Pages
Published: July 2006
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-0-7216-0397-1
Contents
- 1. Pulmonary Anatomy
2. Practical Physiology of the Pulmonary System
3. Airway Maintenance
4. Administration of Oxygen, Humidification, and Aerosol Therapy
5. Lung Expansion, Positioning, and Secretion Clearance
6. Mechanical Ventilation: Indications, Basic Principles of Ventilator Performance of the Respiratory Cycle, and Initiation
7. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
8. Ventilator Graphics and Waveform Analysis
9. Complications of Mechanical Ventilation and Troubleshooting the Patient-Ventilator System
10. Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring and Invasive monitoring of Direct and Derived Tissue Oxygenation Variables
11. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
12. Specialized Techniques in Mechanical Ventilation
Appendices
Appendix I Pulmonary Symbols and Abbreviations
Appendix II Drugs Used In Intensive Respiratory Care
Appendix III Chest Drainage Systems
Appendix IV Ventilator Withdrawal at End-of-Life
