Workbook for Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation. Physiological and Clinical Applications

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

By 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 and Sandra T Hinski, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty Respiratory Care Division Gateway Community College Phoenix, Arizona