Main description:

As our population continues to grow, more and more patients are becoming dependent on long-term ventilatory support. Therefore, the need for quality options such as home mechanical ventilation is fast becoming a necessity. Ventilatory Support For Chronic Respiratory Failure (CRF) is the first resource to authoritatively address the needs of the acute or chronic respiratory patient through the transition from the hospital to the home-care setting.

This reference covers best practices in the management of CRF patients who are:

clinically stable

ventilator dependent in an institutional setting

transitioning back to the community

likely to require home-based care

Covering ethical and economic management issues, as well as perspectives from renowned national and international specialists, this guide:

guides clinicians through transitional care stages, from weaning in the acute care setting to long-term ventilation in the home

discusses topics rarely detailed in acute care texts, such as physical therapy and secretion clearance

contains a chapter focused on the special care needs of the CRF patient including nutritional concerns, pressure ulcers, pneumonia, and speech challenges

Contents:

Preface. Foreword. Chronic Respiratory Failure. Principles of Positive Pressure Mechanical Ventilatory Support. Chronic Respiratory Failure As A Global Issue. The difficult to wean patient in the ICU setting. Causes of difficult weaning: Which mechanisms are associated with long-term ventilator dependence? Size of the Problem, What Constitutes Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation, Natural History, Epidemiology. Weaning protocols - including NIV. Weaning Units - The U.S. Perspective. Weaning in a Specialized Facility. Rehabilitation in the intensive care unit. Organization Of Rehabilitaiton In The ICU. Indications and Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation in the ICU. Peripheral and respiratory muscle training. Innovative Approaches in Muscle Training: Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation. Psychological Aspects and Interventions in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure. Chronic Ventilatory Assistance In the hospital (non ICU). Definition and indications. Clinical Settings For Ventilator-Assisted Individuals - When And Why - LTAC-SNF-CAVC. The Multidisciplinary Team-Training and Experience. Clinical Experience in CAVC Unit. Long term mechanical ventilation in the community. Indications, Definitions, Guidelines and Outcomes in Restriction and Obstruction. Choice of Devices, Ventilators, Interfaces and Monitors. Training the Home Health Team. Sending the Ventilated Patient Home. Health-related Quality of Life. Mechanical Ventilation-Legal and Ethical Issues. Special Considerations. Pharmacological Treatment for Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure. Patient-Ventilator Interfaces for Invasive and Noninvasive Ventilation. Tracheostomy Weaning from Longer Term Ventilation. Communication Alternatives. Diaphragmatic Pacing in Chronic Respiratory Failure. Secretion Management. The Importance of Overnight Monitoring in the Management of Chronic Respiratory Failure. Management of Respiratory Infections. Nutrition in the ICU. Skin Integrity, Bowel and Bladder Care.