Overview
Informs decision making in the use of non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation
Considers novel non-invasive approaches
Discusses the management of postoperative acute respiratory failure
Describes supportive measures during the care of mechanically ventilated patients
Covers aspects of health care resource utilization
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Background and Therapeutic Procedures in Critically Ill Cancer Patients
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Invasive and Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
Keywords
- Acute respiratory failure
- Invasive mechanical ventilation
- Non-invasive mechanical ventilation
- Nasal high-flow therapy
- Postoperative mechanical ventilation
- Weaning from mechanical ventilation
- Indications for mechanical ventilation
- Contraindications to mechanical ventilation
- Outcomes after mechanical ventilation
- Palliative ventilatory support
- Solid tumors
About this book
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
S. Egbert Pravinkumar, MD, FRCP, EDIC, is Professor and Associate Medical Director, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Dr. Pravinkumar completed his medical degree at Stanley Medical College and University Hospital, University of Madras, Madras, India and subsequently became a Member (1996) and then Fellow (2004) of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Pulmonary Medicine/Internal Medicine). In 2006 he became a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine). He is the author of 17 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Ayman O. Soubani, MD, is Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. He is Service Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Section at Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit and
Medical Director, Medical ICU, Harper University Hospital, Detroit. Dr. Soubani has appeared in both Best Doctors of America and America’s Top Doctors. He holds various professional appointments and is a past president of The Michigan Thoracic Society. Dr. Soubani is a member of the editorial boards of Respiration and The Open Transplantation Journal, and a reviewer for numerous journals. He is the author of 84 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Cancer Patients
Book Subtitle: Rationale and Practical Approach
Editors: Antonio M. Esquinas, S. Egbert Pravinkumar, AYMAN O. SOUBANI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49256-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49255-1Published: 16 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84116-8Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49256-8Published: 07 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 368
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Oncology, Hematology, Anesthesiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System