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Workbook for Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation

Physiological and Clinical Applications

  • 7th Edition - September 23, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: J. M. Cairo, Sandra T. Hinski
  • Language: English

Focus on the most important information about how to safely and compassionately care for patients who need ventilator support. Corresponding to the chapters in Pilbeam's Mecha… Read more

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Description

Focus on the most important information about how to safely and compassionately care for patients who need ventilator support. Corresponding to the chapters in Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation, 7th Edition, this workbook is an easy-to-use guide to help you prepare for your credentialing exams. It includes a wide range of exercises, crossword puzzles, critical thinking questions, NBRC-style multiple-choice questions, case studies, waveform analysis, ventilation data analysis, and fill-in-the-blank and short-answer activities.

Key features

  • Close correlation with the Pilbeam's main text supports learning from the textbook
  • Wide variety of learning exercises — including crossword puzzles, NBRC-style questions, case study exercises, waveform analysis, ventilation date analyses, and numerous question formats — helps students assess their knowledge and practice areas of weakness
  • Critical Thinking questions ask students to solve problems relating to real-life scenarios that may be encountered in practice
  • Answers to all questions from workbook available on main text Evolve site

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 and Discontinuation from Mechanical Ventilation

21. Long-Term Ventilation

22. Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation

23. Special Techniques in Ventilatory Support

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 24, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

JC

J. M. Cairo

Jim Cairo is the Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, and Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology and Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been teaching for over 30 years and is also the author of Elsevier’s Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation.
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

SH

Sandra T. Hinski

Affiliations and expertise
Faculty Respiratory Care Division, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA