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Title Humidification in the intensive care unit : the essentials / edited by Antonio Matías Esquinas
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations
Contents Section 1. Humidification and physiology -- Section 2. Humidification and devices -- Section 3. Humidification and high-flow oxygen therapy -- Section 4. Humidification and noninvasive Ventilation -- Section 5. Humidification and invasive mechanical ventilation -- Section 6. Humidification and ventilator associated pneumonia -- Section 7. Humidification tracheostomy -- Section 8. Humidification, mucus transport and secretion clearance -- Section 9. Humidification in critically ill neonates
Summary Inadequate humidification of inspired gases can cause a variety of serious problems, and humidification has accordingly become an important aspect of modern intensive care medicine. The array of available devices is now formidable, and appropriate advice on their use is essential. Accordingly, this book is designed to serve as a practical guide for clinicians, providing information on the theoretical background of humidification, the equipment, and its optimal application. The book starts by examining the physiological basis of humidification. Current devices are then discussed, with careful attention to factors influencing their performance and methods to evaluate their effectiveness. The two scenarios of mechanical and non-mechanical ventilation are considered, and the issue of ventilator-associated pneumonia is addressed in detail. Further chapters focus on such topics as humidification following tracheostomy, humidification of the artificial airway during secretion management, measurement of inspired gas temperature in the ventilated neonate, and humidification in the home care setting. This unique monograph on the current techniques of humidification and their indications has been written by internationally acclaimed experts and will prove of great value to practitioners
Analysis Medicine
Anesthesiology
Critical care medicine
Pneumology
Medicine & Public Health
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine
Pneumology/Respiratory System
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
In Springer eBooks
Subject Respiratory intensive care.
Airway (Medicine)
Humidity -- Control.
Artificial respiration.
Moisture.
Intensive care units.
Respiration, Artificial -- methods
Airway Management
Humidity
Intensive Care Units
Respiration, Artificial
Critical Care -- methods
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy -- methods
Humidity -- standards
dampness.
intensive care units.
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Médecine.
Moisture
Intensive care units
Airway (Medicine)
Artificial respiration
Humidity -- Control
Respiratory intensive care
Form Electronic book
Author Esquinas, Antonio M.
LC no. 2011939481
ISBN 9783642029745
3642029744