Applied Physiology in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

Applied Physiology in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation: Key Practical Insights explains the implications of lung physiology - lung mechanics, gas exchange - on noninvasive mechanical ventilation under a variety of clinical conditions. Focused on understanding how lung physiology interacts with noninvasive ventilation, this book will be an excellent reference for pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, critical care physicians, and emergency medicine physicians in their treatment and care of patients with acute and chronic respiratory disorders. The book's 67 chapters are divided into six sections that take the reader through (1) pulmonary physiology as it interacts with noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), physiology of the respiratory muscles, structure and function of lung mechanics; (2) the interaction of lung physiology with positive pressure, extrapulmonary response (hemodynamic-ventilation interactions); (3) gas exchange and applied physiology during NIV; (4) interactions of lung mechanics with NIV in terms of pressure, volume, flow, monitoring, testing of pulmonary function; (5) NIV technology: interface and mechanical ventilators, patientventilator synchrony, ventilatory modes, monitoring patientventilator interaction; (6) physiopathologic perspective on clinical applications of NIV.