Pulmonary Function in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Contents: Introduction with Special Reference to Ventilator-Associated Barotrauma.- Pneumotachographic Recording of Ventilatory Pattern.- Spirometry.- Inspiratory Occluded Airway Pressure.- Transdiaphragmatic Pressure.- Assessment of the Breathing Workload During Mechanical Ventilation.- Assessment of Diaphragmatic Function.- Pulmonary Compliance.- Respiratory Impedance.- Elastance and Resistance of Respiratory System.- Respiratory Inductive Plethismography.- Closing Volume.- Functional Residual Capacity in Acute Respiratory Failure. Methods of Measurement in the Ventilated Patient and their Utility.- FRC and Efficiency of Gas Mixing in the Lung. SF6.- Determination of Lung-Ventilation and Perfusion by Isotope Technique.- Multiple Inert Gas Elimination Technique.- Pulmonary Diffusion Capacity.- Blood Gases.- Pulse Oximetry in the Intensive Therapy Unit.- Transcutaneous Monitoring of Oxygen and CO2.- Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.- Capnography.- Measurement of Oxygen Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Production in Artificially Ventilated Patients.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage.- Measurement of Extravascular Lung Water.- Interactions Between Convective and Diffusive Components of O2 Transport to the Tissues.- Energy Metabolism and Diaphragmatic Function: Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.- The Oxygen Consumption of the Respiratory Muscles.- Clinical Applications of Balloon Occlustin Pulmonary Angiography (BOPA).- Computerized Axial Tomography of the Lung During Acute Respiratory Failure.- Subject Index.