Changes From Adapted Resource

This book was adapted from Basic Principles of Mechanical Ventilation by Melody Bishop, the following content was revised, changed or added to create this version.

Overall Updated formatting and images/diagrams.
Chapter 1 1.2 Mechanics of breathing. Added info on Boyle’s Law.
1.3 FRC, Intrinsic PEEP and Respiratory Pressures. Added detailed definitions on pressures in respiratory physiology.
1.4 Ventilation. New section created.
Chapter 2 Changed title from Oxygenation and Fundamentals of mechanical ventilation to Fundamentals of mechanical ventilation.
2.0 Chapter overview. All new content created.
2.1 Ventilators. The basics. All new content created.
2.2 The physiology of a mechanically delivered breath. Added details including graphics of pressures in the lungs.
2.3 A brief history of control and spontaneous modes. Moved from chapter 3
2.4 Phase variables. All new content created.
2.5 Oxygen on a ventilator. No change
2.6 Supplemental oxygen and mechanical ventilation. No change
2.7. The relationship between PEEP and FiO2. No change
2.8 Basic ventilation modes. The ventilation family tree. Moved from original Chapter 3
2.9 Ventilation modes: Alphabet Soup. Moved form original Chapter 3 and added “The 10 maxims to understanding ventilation modes.”
2.10 Settings and definitions. Moved from original Chapter 3
2.11 ventilation settings table. Moved form original chapter 3
Chapter 3 Changed Chapter title from Basic ventilator modes and settings to Ventilator Settings
3.1 Mandatory settings in control mode. New content created and imported from original Chapter 5 ( The relationship between pressure and volume)
3.2 Choosing Initial Settings for a Control Mode. Moved from original Chapter 5
3.3 Idea Body Weigh. Moved form original chapter5 and added details on tidal volume calculations including a video.
3.4 Volume Control. Added details and graphic diagram.
3.5 Pressure Control. Added details and graphic representation.
3.6 Ventilator alarms. Moved form chapter 5. Added details.
Chapter 4 Adapted from original Chapter 7.
Changed photo and added information to “ What is Non invasive ventilation”
4.2 added information, including the table Current guidelines
4.3 added information and graphic.
4.5 Added information and video
4.7 new content
Other sections were not changed from the original content.
Chapter 5 5.1 Using Control modes of ventilation. Moved from original chapter 4 and added details on ventilation modes including graphic diagrams.
5.2 The Time variable. Moved from original chapter 4 and added details on Flow related to the time variable.
5.3 I: E. Moved from original Chapter 4 and added details including a video.
5.4 Putting it all together. No change.
5.5 Volume Control ventilation. Moved from original chapter 4. Added details and graphics.
5.6 Pressure Control Ventilation. Moved from original chapter 4. Added details and graphics.
5.7 Other ventilation modes. All new content created.
Chapter 6 6.1 Spontaneous modes. A review. No change
6.2 Spontaneous modes vs control modes. No change
6.3 Indications and contraindications. No change
6.4 Types of spontaneous modes. Added details, graphic and a video.
6.5 Pressure Support Ventilation settings. Added details on Back up Ventilation.
6.6 A word of caution. No change
6.7 Volume Support Ventilation. All new content created.
6.8 Volume Assured pressure support. All new content created.
6.9 Proportional assist ventilation. All new content created.
Chapter 7 7.1 originally from Chapter 2. Image of the hand and a short paragraph kept, and the rest of the section is new.
Remaining chapter is all new content.
Chapter 8 8.1 to 8.5 No change
8.6 Patient ventilator interaction. New content created.
Chapter 9 9.1 How much do I change ventilation. Added details and examples.
9.2 How much do I change oxygenation. New content. Added details and examples, including videos and graphic diagrams.
9.8 New content
9.9. Ventilation in ARDS. New content created.
9.10. Putting it all together. No change
Chapter 10 10.2 SIMV. Moved from original Chapter 6.
10.3 Additional weaning strategies. New content created

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