This state-of-the-art reference provides current and effective disease-specific strategies for the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation-emphasizing weaning processes, monitored sedation, minimization of complications and infection, and new modes of treatment for patients in critical care.
Exploring ancillary approaches, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, oxygenation, and bronchodilator therapy as options to optimize cost and reduce injury, Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care discusses

Nicholas S. Hill, Mitchell M. Levy

DEMOGRAPHICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Failure
Sean P. Keenan and Dean R. Chittock
Evolution of the Modern Mechanical Ventilator
Neil MacIntyre
Utilization of Mechanical Ventilation for Critical Care: An International Perspective
Antonio Anzueto and Andres Esteban
Costs Associated with Mechanical Ventilation
William T. McGee
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CRITICAL CARE
Mechanical Ventilation: Protocol-Driven Strategies
Marin H. Kollef
Noninvasive Ventilation: A Strategy to Improve Outcomes and Resource Utilization in Critical Care
Nicholas S. Hill and Denis Lin
New Modes of Ventilation
Dean Hess and Richard D. Branson
Closed Loop Mechanical Ventilation
Brian A. Kimble and Mitchell M. Levy
Treatment of Agitation and Its Comorbidities in the Intensive Care Unit
David Crippen
Optimal Airway Management in Ventilated Patients
George B. Buczko
VENTILATORY STRATEGIES FOR SPECIFIC CAUSES OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Ventilator Management Strategies for Acute Asthma
Thomas Corbridge and Jesse B. Hall
Ventilator Management Strategies for COPD Patients
Denis Lin and Nicholas S. Hill
Strategies of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Joseph V. Meharg and James R. Klinger
Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure Not Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
G. Umberto Meduri, Massimo Antonelli, and Giorgio Conti
STRATEGIES TO FACILITATE THE WEANING PROCESS
Strategies for Predicting Successful Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
G. R. Scott Budinger and Martin J. Tobin
Optimizing the Efficiency of Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
E. Wesley Ely, David L. Bowton, and Edward F. Haponik
Noninvasive Ventilation to Facilitate Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Stafano Nava and Fiorenzo Rubini
STRATEGIES TO MINIMI