Evidence-Based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure (eBook)

Contents 6
List of Contributors 8
Common Abbreviations 11
Evidence- based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure: An Introduction 12
Mechanical Ventilation: Epidemiology and Outcomes 16
Ventilator Modes: Which do we use and how should we use them? 24
Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure: An Evidence- based Approach 32
What is the Utility of Monitoring Pulmonary Mechanics in the Treatment of Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure? 40
What are the Best Methods for Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation? 48
Venous Thromboembolism in the ICU: What is the Epidemiology and What are the Consequences? 56
Non- invasive Ventilation: How, when, for whom, and what outcome? 62
Pulmonary Recruitment in Acute Lung Injury 78
Lung- Protective Ventilation Trial: A Comparison of Physiologic Effects and Patient- important Outcomes 84
Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: What is the impact of bronchodilators, corticosteroids and antibiotics? 90
Ventilator- associated Pneumonia: What are the Accuracies and the Consequences of Different Diagnostic Methods 110
Are the Most Simple Methods Still Useful in Preventing Respiratory Infections? 120
Tracheostomy in Patients with Respiratory Failure Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: How, when, and for whom? 132
The Use of Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade: The Effect on Clinical Outcome 146
Current Clinical Trials in Acute Lung Injury 154
Novel Advancements in the Management and Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Failure 160
Subject Index 178