Mechanical Ventilation

Dr. John W. Kreit is professor of medicine and anesthesiology in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His career has been devoted to the education of students, residents, and fellows. He is the former director of the fellowship training program in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and was the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Educator Award from the American Thoracic Society.

Section 1: Essential Physiology
Chapter 1: Respiratory mechanics
Chapter 2: Gas exchange
Chapter 3: Cardiovascular-pulmonary interactions

Section 2: The Mechanical Ventilator
Chapter 4: Instrumentation and terminology
Chapter 5: Ventilator modes and breath types
Chapter 6: Ventilator alarms - causes and evaluation

Section 3: Patient Management
Chapter 7: Respiratory failure and the indications for mechanical ventilation
Chapter 8: How to write ventilator orders
Chapter 9: Physiologic assessment of the mechanically-ventilated patient
Chapter 10: Dynamic hyperinflation and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure
Chapter 11: Patient-ventilator interactions and asynchrony
Chapter 12: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Chapter 13: Severe obstructive lung disease
Chapter 14: Right ventricular failure
Chapter 15: Discontinuing mechanical ventilation
Chapter 16: Non-invasive mechanical ventilation