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Mechanical Ventilation

From oxygen mask to expert ventilator management: a complete guide, beginner to expert

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  • Emergency & ICU
  • Clinical guide
  • 113 pages
  • 3.6 MB
  • 1st (2026) edition
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Starts where the patient starts, with oxygen: bedside respiratory physiology, every oxygen delivery device with its flows and FiO2, high-flow nasal cannula, and CPAP and BiPAP with how to set them and recognise failure early. Then the ventilator from first principles (trigger, target, cycle, the equation of motion, basic settings and modes), followed by intubation and initial settings, monitoring, waveforms and loops, blood gases, troubleshooting, asynchrony, sedation and care bundles. Expert chapters cover ARDS and lung-protective ventilation, asthma and COPD, special situations, advanced modes and monitoring, heart-lung interactions, weaning and extubation, tracheostomy, paediatric ventilation, transport, complications and ECMO. 27 chapters with graphs and tables, 14 case scenarios and pocket reference cards. For MBBS students, interns, residents, emergency physicians, intensivists, anaesthetists and critical care nurses.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: PG (MD/MS/DNB), Practising doctors, Nursing & allied health

Inside this book

  1. 1. Respiratory Physiology for the Bedside
  2. 2. Oxygen Therapy and Delivery Devices
  3. 3. High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
  4. 4. Non-Invasive Ventilation — Principles
  5. 5. Non-Invasive Ventilation in Practice
  6. 6. The Ventilator from First Principles
  7. 7. Modes of Ventilation
  8. 8. Intubation and Initial Ventilator Settings
  9. 9. Monitoring the Ventilated Patient
  10. 10. Ventilator Graphics — Waveforms and Loops
  11. 11. Blood Gases and Adjusting the Ventilator
  12. 12. Troubleshooting the Ventilated Patient
  13. 13. Patient–Ventilator Asynchrony
  14. 14. Sedation, Analgesia, Delirium and Paralysis
  15. 15. Care of the Ventilated Patient
  16. 16. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  17. 17. Obstructive Lung Disease — Asthma and COPD
  18. 18. Ventilation in Special Situations
  19. 19. Advanced Modes and Advanced Monitoring
  20. 20. Heart–Lung Interactions
  21. 21. Weaning and Liberation from the Ventilator
  22. 22. Tracheostomy and Prolonged Ventilation
  23. 23. Paediatric and Neonatal Ventilation — Essentials
  24. 24. Emergency Department, Transport and Resource-Limited Ventilation
  25. 25. Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
  26. 26. ECMO and Extracorporeal Support
  27. 27. Case-Based Learning — 14 Ventilator Scenarios
  28. Appendix A — Formulas and Normal Values
  29. Appendix B — Quick-Reference Cards
  30. Appendix C — Abbreviations and Key Trials

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