Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation

Nicholas S.a Hill

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Jahr: 2000
• ISBN:
  9781482270471
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Medicine
• Thema: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Summarizing state-of-the-art developments in long-term mechanical ventilation use, this comprehensive treatise reviews the applications, complications, and care of breathing disorders affecting the growing population of ventilation-assisted individuals-including neuromuscular and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and chest wall deformit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE
• CONTRIBUTORS
• CONTENTS
• 1 Epidemiology of Long-Term Ventilatory Assistance
• 2 Sites of Care for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
• 3 Pathogenesis of Chronic Respiratory Failure and Effects of Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation on Respiratory Muscle Function
• 4 Nocturnal Mechanical Ventilation Effects on Sleep Quality and Control of Breathing
• 5 The Upper Airway in Noninvasive Ventilation
• 6 Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation for Restrictive Thoracic Disorders
• 7 Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Severe COPO
• 8 Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Infants and Children
• 9 Management and Monitoring of Long-Term Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
• 10 Management of Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation
• 11 Conversion from Invasive to Noninvasive Ventilation
• 12 Use of Respiratory Muscle Aids in Prevention of Respiratory Failure
• 13 Costs and Reimbursement Issues in Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation of Patients at Home
• 14 New Ventilator Options for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in the Home
• 15 Health Care Networks for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
• 16 Weaning from Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
• 17 Rehabilitation of Long-Term Mechanically Ventilated Patients
• 18 Outcomes of Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
• 19 Measurement of Health Status in Patients on Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX