TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 4. Mechanical Ventilation
A1  - Farcy, David A.
A1  - Petersen, Paul L.
A1  - Heard, Dennis
A1  - DeBlieux, Peter
A2  - Farcy, David A.
A2  - Chiu, William C.
A2  - Flaxman, Alex
A2  - Marshall, John P.
PY  - 2012
T2  - Critical Care Emergency Medicine
AB  - Understanding  the  importance  of  ventilator  management  is  a  crucial  facet  of  emergency  medicine.  Emergency  physicians  are  well  known  for  their  expertise  in  emergent  airway  management,  but  securing  the  airway  is  only  a  fraction  of  their  role.  Mechanical  ventilation  (MV)  is  an  essential  tool  for  critically  ill  patients.  If  not  applied  correctly,  it  can  worsen  the  clinical  course  and  increase  morbidity  and  mortality.1  In  the  past  two  decades,  our  understanding  of  ventilator-induced  lung  injury  (VILI)  has  resulted  in  the  challenging  of  conventional  practices,  such  as  using  lower  tidal  volumes.  With  the  current  crisis  of  emergency  department  (ED)  overcrowding,  critical  care  patients  have  increased  lengths  of  stay  in  the  ED  and,  at  times,  are  boarded  for  several  hours  or  even  days  until  a  bed  is  available  in  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU).2,3  The  emergency  physician  must  understand  critical  care  topics  and  the  intricacies  of  MV  for  heterogeneous  patient  populations  with  varying  pathologies—no  “single  setting  fits  all.”  With  special  consideration  of  each  patient's  needs,  both  patient  care  and  outcomes  will  improve.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55810282
ER  -