Cardiopulmonary Critical Care Management

A collection of essays which aims to give an overview of respiratory medicine in the critical care setting, with coverage of the interactions of the pulmonary cardiovascular systems and the effects on organ function throughout the body.

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This collection of essays aims to give an overview of respiratory medicine in the critical care setting with coverage of the interactions of the pulmonary cardiovascular systems and the effects on organ function throughout the body. The book combines physiologic principles with the details of pulmonary monitoring techniques to present practical applications of patient management in the critical care setting. The contributors draw on their experience to provide information on such topics as ventilatory management, basic physiology and clinical considerations regarding pulmonary gas exchange, homeostasis between cardiac output, oxygen delivery and organ function, bioengineering difficulties in monitoring arterial pressures, physiologic interactions between heart and lungs and administration of fluids and vasoactive drugs. The work is intended to be of value to critical care specialists, thoracic physicians and pulmonary specialists.