Artificial Ventilation A Basic Clinical Guide
This book provides a basic clinical guide to the principles and practice of artificial ventilation, both manual and mechanical. It covers the development of artificial ventilation through the ages and the essential anatomy and physiology behind it. While there are many detailed texts available on me...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A Brief History of Artificial Ventilation
- The Structure of the Airways and Lungs
- How the Lungs Work: Mechanics and Gas Exchange with the Blood
- Respiratory Failure
- The Management of Respiratory Failure: Airway Management and Manual Methods of Artificial Ventilation
- Basic principles of mechanical ventilation
- Portable mechanical ventilators
- Managing ventilation during transport
- Paediatric Artificial Ventilation for the Non-Specialist
- Artificial ventilation in difficult and extreme environments
- Mass ventilation
- Conclusions: key messages.