Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques (eBook)

Glenda Esmond is Lecturer in Respiratory Nursing, City University. Christine Mikelsons is Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Hertfordshire.

Contributors.

1 Clinical Management of Respiratory
Failure (John Hurst).

What is respiratory failure?

What are the causes of respiratory failure?

The pathophysiology of respiratory failure.

The management of respiratory failure.

Assessment of a patient with respiratory failure.

Diagnostic investigations.

Summary.

Case studies.

References.

2 Arterial Blood Gas Analysis (With contribution
from Maura McElligott and Sandra Gallacher).

Acid-base physiology.

Non-invasive monitoring for respiratory failure.

Invasive monitoring for respiratory failure.

Case studies.

References.

3 Oxygen Therapy.

Hypoxaemic (Type I) respiratory failure.

Hypercapnic (Type II) respiratory failure.

Delivery of supplemental oxygen.

Acute oxygen therapy.

Home oxygen therapy.

Ambulatory oxygen therapy.

Travelling with oxygen.

References.

4 Non-Invasive Ventilation.

Indications: acute use.

Indications: long-term use.

Indications: palliation.

Contraindications.

Application.

Choosing equipment (interfaces).

Prevention of complications.

Troubleshooting.

References.

5 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP).

CPAP for the treatment of Type I respiratory failure.

CPAP for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea
syndrome.

Other forms of treatment.

References.

6 Setting Up Respiratory Support Services.

Non-invasive ventilation.

Home oxygen.

Home CPAP for sleep apnoea.

References.

7 Ethics.

Principle-based approach to ethical decision making.

End-of-life decisions.

Acts and omissions.

Case studies.

Legal cases to support decision making.

Professional responsibility in ethical decision making.

References.

Legal references.

Index.