The Ventilator Book

Description

The third edition of The Ventilator Book combines the content of the original book with key chapters from The Advanced Ventilator Book into one comprehensive reference. The Ventilator Book has been the go-to reference for physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, fellows, residents, and students working in the Intensive Care Unit since 2012. It has been published in four languages, with over 50,000 copies in print. Dr. William Owens explains, in clear language, the basics of respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation. This is a guide to keep in your jacket pocket, call room, or in the ICU. Chapters have been updated to reflect new developments in critical care medicine and the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is divided into sections on physiology and technology; conventional modes and basic concepts; and unconventional modes and advanced concepts. As always, there are chapters for initial ventilator setup, adjustments, and troubleshooting. Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony, rescue therapies for ARDS, and ECMO are also covered.The goal of The Ventilator Book is to demystify mechanical ventilation for the nonexpert practitioner and to emphasize safe, patient-based critical care. This edition lives up to the intent of the best-selling original, which is to make difficult concepts easy to understand. Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 Philosophy of Mechanical Ventilation......Page 10 Chapter 1: Initial Settings......Page 13 Chapter 2: Quick Adjustments and Troubleshooting......Page 21 Chapter 3: The Eleven Commandments of Mechanical Ventilation......Page 29 Chapter 4: Acute Respiratory Failure......Page 35 Chapter 5: Oxygen Delivery and Consumption......Page 46 Chapter 6: Permissive Hypercapnia......Page 58 Chapter 7: Monitoring of the Ventilated Patient......Page 63 Chapter 8: Safety Limits and Lung Protection......Page 73 Chapter 9: Assist-Control Ventilation......Page 90 Chapter 10: Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation......Page 100 Chapter 11: Pressure Support Ventilation......Page 104 Chapter 12: CPAP, PEEP, and Optimal PEEP......Page 109 Chapter 13: Trigger and Flow......Page 127 Chapter 14: Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony......Page 135 Chapter 15: Severe Bronchospasm and Hyperinflation......Page 149 Chapter 16: Prone Positioning and Neuromuscular Blockade......Page 163 Chapter 17: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation......Page 172 Chapter 18: Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators......Page 180 Chapter 19: High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation......Page 190 Chapter 20: Veno-Venous ECMO......Page 196 Chapter 21: Veno-Arterial ECMO......Page 205 Chapter 22: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation......Page 212 Chapter 23: Prolonged Respiratory Failure......Page 217 Chapter 24: Mechanical Ventilation During a Pandemic or Mass Casualty Event......Page 226 Chapter 25: Seven Rules for Severe Respiratory Failure......Page 240 Chapter 26: Ventilator Flowsheets and Guidelines......Page 247 Appendix of Useful Formulae......Page 265 References......Page 268 Acknowledgements......Page 278 About the Author......Page 279