Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation

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• Overview of Respiratory Failure

• Overview of Mechanical Ventilation
  • Indications
  • Respiratory Mechanics
  • Means and Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
    • Volume-cycled ventilation
    • Pressure-cycled ventilation
    • Ventilator settings
    • Patient positioning
    • Means and modes references
  • Sedation and Comfort for Mechanical Ventilation
    • Sedation and comfort references
  • Complications of Mechanical Ventilation and Safeguards
    • Complications of endotracheal intubation
    • Complications of mechanical ventilation itself
    • Complications of immobility
    • Safeguards to reduce complications of mechanical ventilation

• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

• Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF, ARDS)
  • Etiology
  • Pathophysiology
    • ARDS
    • Refractory hypoxemia
    • Pathophysiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Mechanical ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary edema
    • Mechanical ventilation in ARDS
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
    • Prognosis reference

• Ventilatory Failure
  • Pathophysiology
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Determination of cause
  • Treatment
    • Status asthmaticus
    • Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure

• Other Types of Respiratory Failure

• Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
  • References