Báo cáo y học: Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation

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Báo cáo y học: " Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation" Available online http://ccforum.com/content/11/5/315Book reportPrinciples and Practice of Mechanical VentilationOgnjen GajicMayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USACorresponding author: Ognjen Gajic, gajic.ognjen@mayo.eduPublished: 25 October 2007Critical Care 2007, 11:315 (doi:10.1186/cc6137)This article is online at http://ccforum.com/content/11/5/315© 2007 BioMed Central LtdTobin MJ: Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 2nd Ed.ISBN 0-07-144767-9 2006 McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1,442 pagesWhile busy schedules and the opportunities arising from the electronic format. An electronic version would allow not onlymedical informatics boom of the 21st century (PubMed, for an easy reference to particular topics, but would alsoUpToDate, Cochrane Library) are leaving less and less time facilitate communication of important concepts between thefor reading traditional texts, Tobin’s book is one of the rare readers (clinicians and researchers).standard-format textbooks that still deserves a unique placein the education of critical care clinicians and researchers. In conclusion, the second edition of Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation represents an essential piece inIn this second edition, the chapters are organized into 15 any critical care library. This text will serve as a reference for ageneral areas including the diverse topics from the physical wide audience of academic clinicians and researchers whoand physiologic principles to the history of mechanical will find this book useful in everyday practice, learning andventilation, ethics and economics. Each chapter is formatted teaching. The back cover slogan: “The authoritative accountas a “state of the art” review; a summary of scientific of the use of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients” isknowledge on the subject along with an exhaustive list of not just an advertisement but a true description of thisoriginal references. This comprehensive account of acute remarkable text.respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation covers in detail Competing interestsunderlying physiologic principles and correspondingmanagement of patients, including conventional and uncon- The author declares that they have no competing interests.ventional modes of ventilation, specific settings, artificialairways, monitoring, adjunctive treatments and complications.To the extent possible in a conventional textbook format, eachchapter is reasonably up to date. Among 70 chapters, 24 arecompletely new, reflecting recent issues in the field includingmechanical ventilation in acute lung injury, noninvasiveventilation, sleep and speech. Particularly enjoyable arepassionate accounts written by the editor himself: indicationsfor mechanical ventilation, monitoring and weaning. The bookis also an elemental resource for researchers as each of theexperts exposes critical knowledge gaps that need to be filledin future studies.This is hardly a book for the novice. Thorough basicknowledge of critical care medicine, physiology andmechanical ventilation is a prerequisite for meaningfulreading. While notably lacking colored illustrations, the text isrich in tables and figures outlining key physiologic and clinicalprinciples reproduced from the authors’ own work. Perhapsthe most important critique of this edition is the absence of an Page 1 of 1 (page number not for citation purposes)