Mechanical Ventilation

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Mechanical Ventilation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Description of a Ventilator

      • F. Trémolières

      Pages 3-18

   3. Positive End Expiratory Pressure

      • F. Lemaire, C. Brun-Buisson

      Pages 19-30

   4. Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation

      • D. R. G. Browne, K. J. Falke

      Pages 31-51

   5. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

      • A. Braschi, G. Iotti

      Pages 53-70

   6. Pressure Support Ventilation

      • L. Brochard, G. Iotti

      Pages 71-80

   7. Mandatory Minute Volume Ventilation

      • J.-P. Laaban, M. Ben Ayed, M. J. Fevrier

      Pages 81-95

3. Special Indications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Mechanical Ventilation in Anesthesia

      • J. Marty, Y. Nivoche

      Pages 99-109

   3. Ventilation in Thoracic Surgery

      • F. Bonnet, O. Boico, M. Fischler

      Pages 111-117

   4. Independent Lung Ventilation

      • G. Conti, A. Pilorget, G. Crimi

      Pages 119-128

   5. Ventilation in Severe ARDS: Inverted Ratio Ventilation and CO2 Removal

      • L. Gattinoni, D. Mascheroni, M. Borelli, E. Basilico, A. Pesenti

      Pages 129-145

   6. Inverse Ratio Ventilation with Pressure Control

      • J. B. Andersen

      Pages 147-151

   7. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation

      • J. Räsänen

      Pages 153-158

   8. Monitoring of Mechanical Ventilation

      • S. Benito

      Pages 159-169

   9. Weaning

      • F. Lemaire, J. L. Meakins

      Pages 171-188

   10. Ventilator Circuits and their Maintenance

       • P. Rieuf, P. Tassin

       Pages 189-198

4. Back Matter

   Pages 199-199

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Only very few therapeutic modalities are used as extensively as mechanical ventilation in intensive care units, during anaesthesia and in emergency situations. Hence theoretical and practical knowledge in this technique had to be made available to workers in a number of medical specialities. In addition to anaesthetists, who are most familiar with artificial ventilation for historical and practical reasons, surgeons, internists, paediatricians and emergency physicians also need a foundation. Furthermore, the widespread application of this life-supporting method requires that paramedical personnel such as nurses and respiratory therapists be trained to use mechanical ventilation, to understand how it works and to be aware of specific side effects and dangers. This book, edited by Fran~ois Lemaire, is a well-designed present­ ation of a number of the relevant aspects, types and problems of mechanical ventilation which are important for physicians and paramedical personnel who use it. After a description of the technical principles and maintenance of an artificial ventilator, the main part of the book is devoted to the most frequently used types of mechanical respiratory support, with their specific indications, the pathophysiology of their effects on pulmonary gas exchange and the specific choice and regulation ofthe mechanical variables involved. Older and new types of ventilatory support are discussed; there is a good balance of enough specific information for the inexperienced as well as a critical analysis of the indications for more exotic techniques, such as mandatory minute ventilation, independent lung ventilation and airway pressure release.

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Beatmung
• Indikation
• Weaning
• anesthesia
• complications
• guidelines
• mechanical ventilation
• monitoring of mechanical ventilation
• respiration
• special indications
• spezielle Indikationen
• surgery
• thoracic surgery
• ventilation

• Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil Cedex, France

  François Lemaire

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