Non-invasive Ventilation and Weaning

PART I EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICE Introduction The equipment Positive pressure ventilators Negative pressure ventilation CPAP Emerging modes for NIV Interfaces Quality control, service and maintenance and infection control Humidifiers and drug delivery during NIV How to start a patient on NIV The practice: acute NIV How to set up an acute NIV service Monitoring during acute NIV Troubleshooting during acute NIV Timing of acute NIV Why NIV works in acute respiratory failure The practice: Chronic NIV The chronic ventilator service Diagnostic tests in the assessment of patient for HMV Patient and carer education Discharging the patient on home ventilation Telemedicine PART II THE DISEASES COPD Pathophysiology of respiratory failure Treatment of acute and chronic COPD NIV in acute exacerbations of COPD NIV in chronic COPD Hypoxeamic respiratory failure Pathophysiology of Hypoxeamic Respiratory Failure Home oxygen therapy in COPD Emergency oxygen therapy Equipment for oxygen therapy NIV for hypoxeamic respiratory failure Cardiac failure Pathophysiology and modern management of acute cardiac failure Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema Assited ventilation in chronic congestive cardiac failure Neuromuscular disease Muscle disorders and ventilatory failure Pathophysiology of respiratory failure in NMD Slowly progressive NMD Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Central sleep apnoea Chest wall deformity Early onset scoliosis Obesity The Endocrinologist and respiratory failure Pathophysiology of respiratory failure in obesity Non invasive ventilation in acute and chronic respiratory failure due to obesity Other conditions Bronchiectasis and adult cystic fibrosis Highly infectious conditions: lessons from SARS Cancer patients The Elderly Post surgery Trauma Spinal injuries Pediatric ventilatory failure Equipment and Interfaces for children Chronic NIV for children Acute NIV children Special situations Bronchoscopy Pregnancy Tracheostomy End of life care Prolonged weaning The epidemiology and cost of weaning failure Pathophysiology of weaning failure NIV for weaning and extubation failure Weaning strategies and protocols Specialized weaning Units The physiotherapist and assisted ventilation Respiratory physiotherapy Rehabilitation Health status, quality of life Health status, quality of life The patient experience of NIV Psychological issues for the mechanically ventilated patient A patient's journey