Non-Invasive Ventilation & 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.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

CRC Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Elliot, Mark; Nava, Stefano; Schonhofer, Bernard

ISBN:

978-0-34-094152-2

Specialty:

• Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary Medicine

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

648

Publication Year:

2010