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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
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)
Ventilator settings
Ventilator settings references
Patient positioning
Patient positioning references
Sedation and comfort
Sedation and comfort references
Complications of mechanical ventilation and safeguards
Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF, ARDS)
Etiology
Pathophysiology
ARDS
Refractory hypoxemia
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Mechanical ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary edema
Mechanical ventilation in ARDS
Treatment references
Ventilatory Failure
Pathophysiology
Symptoms and Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Status asthmaticus
Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure
Other Types of Respiratory Failure
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
General references