WORKBOOK FOR PILBEAM´S MECHANICAL VENTILATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS , 7TH EDITIO

Chapter 1 Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 2 How Ventilators Work
Chapter 3 How a Breath Is Delivered
Chapter 4 Establishing the Need for Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 5 Selecting the Ventilator and the Mode
Chapter 6 Initial Ventilator Settings
Chapter 7 Final Considerations in Ventilator Setup
Chapter 8 Initial Patient Assessment
Chapter 9 Ventilator Graphics
Chapter 10 Assessment of Respiratory Function
Chapter 11 Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter 12 Methods to Improve Ventilation in Patient-Ventilator Management
Chapter 13 Improving Oxygenation and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 14 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Chapter 15 Sedatives, Analgesics, and Paralytics
Chapter 16 Extrapulmonary Effects of Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 17 Effects of Positive-Pressure Ventilation on the Pulmonary System
Chapter 18 Problem Solving and Troubleshooting
Chapter 19 Basic Concepts of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation
Chapter 20 Weaning and Discontinuation from Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 21 Long-Term Ventilation
Chapter 22 Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 23 Special Techniques in Ventilatory Support

Authors
• J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC, Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology, and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
• Sandra T Hinski, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty Respiratory Care Division Gateway Community College Phoenix, Arizona