Core Topics in Mechanical Ventilation
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Correspondence: Lluis Blanch lblanch@tauli.cat
Critical Care Center, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporació Parc Taulí, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08208 Sabadell, Spain
Critical Care 2009, 13:308 doi:10.1186/cc7951
Published: 3 August 2009First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
Mechanical ventilation and weaning comprise one of the most common treatment options to sustain lung function in critically ill patients. Currently, professionals caring for the critically ill know that appropriate management of these patients and ventilator set up is of paramount importance to improve outcome without causing further lung and distant organ injury. This book offers an overview of the physiological and clinical bases for caring for patients receiving mechanical ventilation.