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Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and therapeutic studies, that was methodologically standardized, with authors assessing and classifying stud...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Anzueto, Antonio, Cook, Deborah, 1960-, Esteban, A. (Andrés), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2005]
Series:Update in intensive care medicine.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and therapeutic studies, that was methodologically standardized, with authors assessing and classifying studies according to statutes of evidence-based medicine. It considers the epidemiology and outcome of mechanical ventilation; addresses ventilator modes and utility of pulmonary mechanics monitoring for treatment; analyzes physiologic effect and patient-outcomes of pulmonary recruitment and lung protec.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:354027314X (electronic bk.)
9783540273141 (electronic bk.)
DOI:10.1007/b138911