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Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation

Physiological and Clinical Applications

  • 8th Edition - March 30, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Jimmy M. Cairo
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Respiratory Therapy**Ensure you understand one of the most sophisticated areas of respiratory care with Pilbeam's Mechanical… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Respiratory Therapy**

Ensure you understand one of the most sophisticated areas of respiratory care with Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, 8th Edition! Known for its simple explanations and in-depth coverage of patient-ventilator management, this evidence-based text walks you through the most fundamental and advanced concepts surrounding mechanical ventilation and helps you understand how to properly apply these principles to patient care. This new edition is an excellent reference for all critical care practitioners and features coverage of the physiological effects of mechanical ventilation on different cross-sections of the population. Additionally, user-friendly features promote critical thinking and clinical application, such as key points, AARC clinical practice guidelines, critical care concepts, and updated learning objectives.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia chapter presents in-depth, comprehensive coverage on this very challenging issue
  • Critical Care Concepts present short questions that challenge you to apply knowledge learned to difficult concepts
  • Brief patient case studies list pertinent assessment data and pose a critical thinking question to test your content comprehension
  • Key Points draw attention to pivotal concepts and highlight important information as topics are addressed
  • Intended for classroom or small group discussions, Clinical Scenarios offer a more comprehensive patient scenario that covers patient presentation, assessment data, and treatment options
  • Logical sequencing of chapters builds on previously learned concepts
  • Comprehensive Learning Objectives provide a clear, concise listing of what you need to learn in the chapter
  • Bulleted end-of-chapter summaries help assess comprehension and guide study efforts
  • Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) are presented in a convenient, reader-friendly format.
  • Chapter outlines provide a "big picture" of the chapter content
  • NBRC-style end-of-chapter review questions reinforce the very difficult concept of mechanical ventilation with practice that focuses on certification exam success
  • Glossary of mechanical ventilation terminology provides definitions for highlighted key terms in each chapter

Readership

Respiratory therapy students in two- & four-year programs

Table of contents

1. Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation

2. How Ventilators Work

3. How a Breath Is Delivered

4. Establishing the Need for Mechanical Ventilation

5. Selecting the Ventilator and the Mode

6. Initial Ventilator Settings

7. Final Considerations in Ventilator Setup

8. Initial Patient Assessment

9. Ventilator Graphics

10. Assessment of Respiratory Function

11. Hemodynamic Monitoring

12. Methods to Improve Ventilation in Patient-Ventilator Management

13. Improving Oxygenation and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

14. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

15. Sedatives, Analgesics, and Paralytics

16. Extrapulmonary Effects of Mechanical Ventilation

17. Effects of Positive Pressure Ventilation on the Pulmonary System

18. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

19. Basic Concepts of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

20. Weaning From and Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation

21. Long-Term Ventilation

22. Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation

23. Special Techniques Used in Ventilatory Support

Appendix
A Answer Key
B Review of Abnormal Physiological Processes
C Graphics Exercises

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 31, 2023
  • Language: English

About the author

JC

Jimmy M. Cairo

Affiliations and expertise
Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology, and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA