Non-invasive Ventilation and Weaning: Principles and Practice

Non-Invasive Ventilation and Weaning: Principles and Practice provides up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive information from a prestigious range of worldwide key opinion leaders on different applications for non-invasive ventilation, and closely related techniques, both in hospital and at home.
Chapters cover the use of non-invasive ventilation in acute and chronic respiratory failure, plus paediatric and other specialty applications. Sections are devoted to conditions including COPD, cardiac failure and neuromuscular disease; in each case, there are detailed evaluations of current best practice regarding the science, diagnostics and management of the condition. Concise summaries of each chapter, plus generous use of tables and illustrations, ensure the reader gains rapid access to the wealth of information presented.
Non Invasive Ventilation and Weaning: Principles and Practice is the definitive reference work for all pulmonologists and critical care specialists working in the hospital or home setting.


Comprehensive reference work covering home- and intensive care-based ventilation
Detailed chapters covering acute and chronic applications, paediatric use and weaning issues
A truly global perspective - written by three highly respected specialists and a team of contributors from 14 different countries including Europe, USA and China



Table of Contents:
PART I EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICE
1. Introduction
Section A The equipment
2. Positive pressure ventilators
3. Negative pressure ventilation
4. CPAP
5. Emerging modes for NIV
6. Interfaces
7. Quality control, service and maintenance and infection control
8. Humidifiers and drug delivery during NIV
9. How to start a patient on NIV
Section B The practice – acute NIV
10. How to set up an acute NIV service
11. Monitoring during acute NIV
12. Troubleshooting during acute NIV
13. Timing of acute NIV
14. Why NIV works in acute respiratory failure
Section C The practice - Chronic NIV
15. The chronic ventilator service
16. Diagnostic tests in the assessment of patient for HMV
17. Patient and carer education
18. Discharging the patient on home ventilation
19. Telemedicine
PART II THE DISEASES
Section D COPD
20. Pathophysiology of respiratory failure
21. Treatment of acute and chronic COPD
22. NIV in acute exacerbations of COPD
23. NIV in chronic COPD
Section E Hypoxeamic respiratory failure
24. Pathophysiology of Hypoxeamic Respiratory Failure
25. Home oxygen therapy in COPD
26. Emergency oxygen therapy
27. Equipment for oxygen therapy
28. NIV for hypoxeamic respiratory failure
Section F Cardiac failure
29. Pathophysiology and modern management of acute cardiac failure
30. Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
31. Assited ventilation in chronic congestive cardiac failure
Section G Neuromuscular disease
32. Muscle disorders and ventilatory failure
33. Pathophysiology of respiratory failure in NMD
34. Slowly progressive NMD
35. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
36. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
37. Central sleep apnoea
Section H Chest wall deformity
38. Early onset scoliosis
Section I Obesity
39. The Endocrinologist and respiratory failure
40. Pathophysiology of respiratory failure in obesity
41. Non invasive ventilation in acute and chronic respiratory failure due to obesity
Section J Other conditions
42. Bronchiectasis and adult cystic fibrosis
43. Highly infectious conditions: lessons from SARS
44. Cancer patients
45. The Elderly
46. Post surgery
47. Trauma
48. Spinal injuries
Section K Paedeatric ventilatory failure
49. Equipment and Interfaces for children
50. Chronic NIV for children
51. Acute NIV children
Section L Special situations
52. Bronchoscopy
53. Pregnancy
54. Tracheostomy
55. End of life care
Section M Prolonged weaning
56. The epidemiology and cost of weaning failure
57. Pathophysiology of weaning failure
58. NIV for weaning and extubation failure
59. Weaning strategies and protocols
60. Specialised weaning Units
Section N The physiotherapist and assisted ventilation
61. Respiratory physiotherapy
62. Rehabilitation
Section O Health status, quality of life
63. Health status, quality of life
Section P The patient experience of NIV
64. Psychological issues for the mechanically ventilated patient
65. A patient's journey