Assisted Ventilation of the NeonateDesigned to be a working guide, this text provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of assisted ventilation. Includes chapters on control of ventilation, specialized ventilator techniques and modalities, and exogenous surfactant therapy. Pulmonary management techniques such as liquid ventilation and nitric oxide are also discussed. Ventilatory management case studies test diagnostic and clinical abilities with problems drawn from actual clinical files! |
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