Understanding Mechanical Ventilation: A Practical Handbook, Edition 2
Ashfaq Hasan
Feb 2010 · Springer Science & Business Media
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Simplify, simplify! Henry David Thoreau For writers of technical books, there can be no better piece of advice. Around the time of writing the first edition – about a decade ago – there were very few monographs on this s- ject: today, there are possibly no less than 20. Based on critical inputs, this edition stands thoroughly revamped. New chapters on ventilator waveforms, airway humidification, and aerosol therapy in the ICU now find a place. Novel software-based modes of ventilation have been included. Ventilator-associated pneumonia has been se- rated into a new chapter. Many new diagrams and algorithms have been added. As in the previous edition, considerable energy has been spent in presenting the material in a reader-friendly, conv- sational style. And as before, the book remains firmly rooted in physiology. My thanks are due to Madhu Reddy, Director of Universities Press – formerly a professional associate and now a friend, P. Sudhir, my tireless Pulmonary Function Lab technician who found the time to type the bits and pieces of this manuscript in between patients, A. Sobha for superbly organizing my time, Grant Weston and Cate Rogers at Springer, London, Balasaraswathi Jayakumar at Spi, India for her tremendous support, and to Dr. C. Eshwar Prasad, who, for his words of advice, I should have thanked years ago. vii viii Preface to the Second Edition Above all, I thank my wife and daughters, for understanding.
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September 22, 2011
This book, although initially really appealed to me because of it's simplistic models and diagrams, does have quite a few errors in the text, especially related to lung compliance and COPD. In addition, when referring to a figure, there are often areas in the text that show the following (p.....). This latter part is confusing, and suggests the author or editors seemed to have missed certain figures or forgotten to link the pages.
All in all, I would probably purchase the book if it was cheaper (I paid ~70$) but with the caveat that you cannot take all of it's text to be accurate. So, for the true pulmonary and critical care specialist, read with care. Otherwise, this is not bad if it were geared towards junior residents rotating through an ICU rotation.
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