Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit by Antonio Matias Esquinas
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Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit

Humidification in the Intensive Care Unit


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Humidification and physiology.- Physiology humidification: Basic concepts.- Airways: Humidification and filtration functions.- Humidification and devices.- Heated humidifier.- Heat and moisture exchangers.- Heat and moisture exchangers and booster(R) system: technology and clinical implications.- Active vs passive humidification: efficiency comparison between methods.- Main techniques for evaluating the performances of humidification devices used for mechanical ventilation.- Humidification and high-flow oxygen therapy.- Discomfort associated with underhumidified high-flow oxygen therapy in critically ill patients.- Humidification and non-invasive ventilation.- Humidification during non-invasive ventilation.- Behavior of hygrometry during non-invasive mechanical ventilation.- Practice of humidification during non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV): determinants of humidification strategies.- Indications and contraindications in home care.- Pros and cons of humidification for CRAP therapy in the treatment of sleep apnea.- Humidification and invasive mechanical ventilation.- Humidification in intensive care medicine: general approach to selected humidification devices and complications of mechanical ventilation.- Effect of airway humidification devices on tidal volume.- Humidification during invasive mechanical ventilation: Selection of device and replacement.- Humidification during invasive mechanical ventilation: Hygrometric performances and cost of humidification systems.- Postoperative mechanical ventilation-humidification.- Humidification during laparoscopy procedures: key topics, technological and clinical implications.- Humidification and ventilator-associated pneumonia.- Respiratory filters and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Composition, efficacy tests, and advantages and disadvantages.- Efficacy of heat and moist exchangers in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).- Humidifier type and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.- Humidification and the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Evidence and guidelines on the prevention of VAP for the use of HME or HH.- Humidification devices and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current recommendations on respiratory equipment.- Humidification and tracheostomy.- A portable trachea spray for lower airway humidification in patients after tracheostomy.- Humidification, mucus transport and secretion clearance.- Humidification and mucus transport in critical patients: clinical and therapeutic implications.- Secretion in patients with neuromuscular diseases.- Automated airway secretion clearance in the ICU by in-line inexsufflation.- Effect of humidification on lung mucociliary clearance in patients with bronchiectasis.- Humidification in critically ill neonates.- Measurement of inspired gas temperature in the ventilated neonate.- Humidification during non-invasive respiratory support of the newborn: continuous positive airway pressure, nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation, and humidified high-flow nasal cannula.


About the Author: Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, is President of the International Association of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783662519295
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 476 gr
  • ISBN-10: 3662519291
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Essentials
  • Width: 156 mm


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