Neonatal and Pediatric Pulmonary Graphics

From The Critics

Reviewer: Thomas P. Strandjord, MD(University of Washington School of Medicine)
Description: The management of mechanical ventilation of newborn and pediatric patients has progressed rapidly over the last ten years. The clinician is now confronted with a myriad of ventilator modes and graphic means for monitoring the interaction of the patient with the ventilator. This book provides a useful reference for the use of modern ventilators in pediatrics.
Purpose: The expressed purpose of this book is to familiarize clinicians "with the principles and applications of pulmonary graphics in neonatal and pediatric practice." This book succeeds in providing an excellent review of the current state-of-the-art technology.
Audience: This book is written for all pediatric intensivists, neonatologists, and pulmonologists who care for mechanically ventilated patients. It is also a helpful text for respiratory therapists who work with infants and pediatric patients.
Features: This book begins with a well-written review of pulmonary physiology and pulmonary function testing and principles of pulmonary graphics. It proceeds with chapters regarding the use of specific graphics monitors currently in use and discussions of clinical applications of pulmonary graphics. It is very well illustrated with figures that clarify the application of pulmonary graphics to real clinical situations. It also includes a "bedside companion" handbook with representative figures taken from the main text. This companion serves as a good pocket review of pulmonary graphics and their application.
Assessment: In my opinion, this is a much needed review of a rapidly changing field. It can be read quickly to provide a solid, practical understanding of modern ventilators currently available for use with infants and children. It can also be read in-depth as a review of respiratory physiology and mechanical ventilation. This book will be a worthwhile addition to the library of all neonatologists and pediatric intensivists.

Thomas P. Strandjord

The management of mechanical ventilation of newborn and pediatric patients has progressed rapidly over the last ten years. The clinician is now confronted with a myriad of ventilator modes and graphic means for monitoring the interaction of the patient with the ventilator. This book provides a useful reference for the use of modern ventilators in pediatrics. The expressed purpose of this book is to familiarize clinicians "with the principles and applications of pulmonary graphics in neonatal and pediatric practice." This book succeeds in providing an excellent review of the current state-of-the-art technology. This book is written for all pediatric intensivists, neonatologists, and pulmonologists who care for mechanically ventilated patients. It is also a helpful text for respiratory therapists who work with infants and pediatric patients. This book begins with a well-written review of pulmonary physiology and pulmonary function testing and principles of pulmonary graphics. It proceeds with chapters regarding the use of specific graphics monitors currently in use and discussions of clinical applications of pulmonary graphics. It is very well illustrated with figures that clarify the application of pulmonary graphics to real clinical situations. It also includes a "bedside companion" handbook with representative figures taken from the main text. This companion serves as a good pocket review of pulmonary graphics and their application. In my opinion, this is a much needed review of a rapidly changing field. It can be read quickly to provide a solid, practical understanding of modern ventilators currently available for use with infants and children. It can also be read in-depth asa review of respiratory physiology and mechanical ventilation. This book will be a worthwhile addition to the library of all neonatologists and pediatric intensivists.

Booknews

Following an introductory chapter that describes the history of pulmonary physiology, sections detail the bioengineering aspects of pulmonary graphics, the basic concepts of pulmonary mechanics testing, the clinical applications of graphics, and the limitations of the technique; a number of the commercially available devices and the development of a homemade system for performing pulmonary graphics; specific ventilatory modes and neonatal and pediatric pulmonary and cardiac conditions amenable to graphic analysis; and the value of graphic monitoring when using novel approaches to respiratory failure. Clinical examples have been excerpted in a pocket reference manual to assist the clinician at bedside. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

3 Stars from Doody