Mechanical ventilation. Part I: Physiology and pathophysiology

Mechanical Ventilation: Physiology & Clinical Applications

It is estimated that, by the year 2000, fifty percent of the population in the United States will be over age sixty. The "baby boomers" will have reached their "golden age." This situation will have far-reaching ramifications for society in general and will also cause the medical profession to evaluate critically its treatment of the elderly. In light of this, Dr. Sculco's text is a timely effo...

Brazilian recommendations of mechanical ventilation 2013. Part I

Perspectives on invasive and noninvasive ventilatory support for critically ill patients are evolving, as much evidence indicates that ventilation may have positive effects on patient survival and the quality of the care provided in intensive care units in Brazil. For those reasons, the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine (Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB) and the...

Psychoneuroimmunology. Part I: Physiology.

Since its early days, nursing has appreciated the connection between mind and body. Even when the dualistic Descartesian perspective that the brain was separated from the rest of the body pervaded Western medicine during the majority of the 19th and 20th centuries, nursing embraced a holistic view of patient care. Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing published in 1862, eloquently wrote...

Nutrition in the critically ill patient: part I. Essential physiology and pathophysiology.

OBJECTIVE To review the human nutrition in the critically ill patient in a three-part presentation. DATA SOURCES Articles and published peer-review abstracts and a review of studies reported and identified through a MEDLINE search of the English language literature on parenteral nutrition. SUMMARY OF REVIEW In a healthy individual, nutrition involves an alternating system of feeding and fas...

Contents I Physiology and Pathophysiology of Proteases and Their Inhibitors