Written for qualified healthcare professionals with experience of caring for patients with respiratory conditions, Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques: Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation and CPAP provides a practical guide to oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), clearly defining how and when the various treatments are used and including ideas on developing protocols to support practice.
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Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques
Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation and CPAP
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eBook - PDF
Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques
Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation and CPAP
About this book
Non-invasive respiratory support techniques are increasingly considered for treating respiratory failure in patients, in response to national guidelines, both as a short and long-term treatment. An increasing number of healthcare professionals require knowledge and skills to provide non-invasive respiratory support in a variety of healthcare settings, including intensive care units, high dependency units, respiratory wards and the community.
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Table of contents
- CONTRIBUTORS
- Chapter 1 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE
- What is respiratory failure?
- What are the causes of respiratory failure?
- The pathophysiology of respiratory failure
- The management of respiratory failure
- Assessment of a patient with respiratory failure
- Diagnostic investigations
- Summary
- Case studies
- References
- Chapter 2 ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS
- Acid–base physiology
- Non-invasive monitoring for respiratory failure
- Invasive monitoring for respiratory failure
- Case studies
- References
- Chapter 3 OXYGEN THERAPY
- Hypoxaemic (Type I) respiratory failure
- Hypercapnic (Type II) respiratory failure
- Delivery of supplemental oxygen
- Acute oxygen therapy
- Home oxygen therapy
- Ambulatory oxygen therapy
- Travelling with oxygen
- References
- Chapter 4 NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION
- Indications: acute use
- Indications: long-term use
- Indications: palliation
- Contraindications
- Application
- Choosing equipment (interfaces)
- Prevention of complications
- Troubleshooting
- References
- Chapter 5 CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP)
- CPAP for the treatment of Type I respiratory failure
- CPAP for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
- Other forms of treatment
- References
- Chapter 6 SETTING UP RESPIRATORY SUPPORT SERVICES
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Home oxygen
- Home CPAP for sleep apnoea
- References
- Chapter 7 ETHICS
- Principle-based approach to ethical decision making
- End-of-life decisions
- Acts and omissions
- Case studies
- Legal cases to support decision making
- Professional responsibility in ethical decision making
- References
- Legal references
- INDEX
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