Basics of Respiratory Mechanics and Artificial Ventilation

Basics of Respiratory Mechanics.- 1 — Principles of measurement of respiratory mechanics.- 2 — Statics of the respiratory system.- 3 — Respiratory mechanics during general anaesthesia in healthy subjects.- 4 — Resistance measurements. Forced oscillations and plethysmography.- 5 — Oscillatory mechanics: principles and clinical applications.- 6 — Resistance measurement in ventilator-dependent patients.- 7 — Mechanical models of the respiratory system: linear models.- 8 — Mechanical models of the respiratory system: non-linear and inhomogeneous models.- 9 — Mechanical implications of viscoelasticity.- 10 — Alveolar micromechanics.- 11 — Partitioning of lung responses into airway and tissue components.- The work of the respiratory system.- 12 — How the diaphragm works in normal subjects.- 13 — How the diaphragm works in respiratory disease.- 14 — Evaluation of the inspiratory muscle mechanical activity during Pressure Support Ventilation.- 15 — Work of breathing.- Artificial Ventilation — Principles, Techniques, Clinical Applications.- 16 — Respiratory mechanics in ARDS.- 17 — Altered elastic properties of the respiratory system.- 18 — Intrinsic PEEP.- 19 — Gas-exchange in mechanically ventilated patients.- 20 — Effects of anaesthesia on respiratory mechanics.- 21 — Respiratory mechanics during the long-term artificial ventilation.- 22 — Closed-loop control mechanical ventilation.- Main symbols.