A Practical Guide to Mechanical Ventilation -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Noninvasive ventilation -- 1.1 Introduction to noninvasive ventilation -- 1.2 Physiology of noninvasive ventilation -- 1.3 Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure from COPD -- 1.4 Noninvasive ventilation in acute CHF -- 1.5 Noninvasive ventilation in acuter espiratory failure -- 1.6 Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure associated with COPD -- 1.7 Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory disease -- 1.8 Weaning from invasive ventilation to noninvasive ventilation -- Part II: Invasive mechanical ventilation -- 2.1 Respiratory failure -- 2.2 Airway management -- 2.2a Bag - Valve - Mask ( BVM ) assisted ventilation -- 2.2b Endotracheal intubation -- 2.2c Cuff leak and laryngeal edema -- 2.2d The difficult airway -- 2.2e Cricothyroidotomy -- 2.3 Ventilator mechanics -- 2.4 Modes of mechanical ventilation -- 2.5 Assessing lung physiology -- 2.6 Mechanical ventilation in restrictive lung disease -- 2.7 Mechanical ventilation in obstructive lung disease -- 2.8 Ancillary methods to mechanical ventilation -- 2.9 Mechanical ventilator outcomes -- Part III: Discontinuation from mechanical ventilation -- 3.1 Definitions -- 3.2 Readiness testing and weaning predictors -- 3.3 Physiological barriers -- 3.4 Modes used during discontinuation -- 3.6 Adjuncts to facilitate weaning -- 3.5 Extubation -- 3.7 Tracheostomy -- 3.8 Putting it all together: protocols and algorithms -- Index.