Overview
- Editors:
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François Lemaire
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Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil Cedex, France
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Mechanical Ventilation
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- F. Lemaire, C. Brun-Buisson
Pages 19-30
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- D. R. G. Browne, K. J. Falke
Pages 31-51
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- J.-P. Laaban, M. Ben Ayed, M. J. Fevrier
Pages 81-95
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Special Indications
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- F. Bonnet, O. Boico, M. Fischler
Pages 111-117
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- G. Conti, A. Pilorget, G. Crimi
Pages 119-128
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- L. Gattinoni, D. Mascheroni, M. Borelli, E. Basilico, A. Pesenti
Pages 129-145
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- F. Lemaire, J. L. Meakins
Pages 171-188
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Back Matter
Pages 199-199
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil Cedex, France
François Lemaire
