Evidence-Based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure

Evidence-based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure: An Introduction.- Mechanical Ventilation: Epidemiology and Outcomes.- Ventilator Modes: Which do we use and how should we use them?.- Management of Patients with Respiratory Failure: An Evidence-based Approach.- What is the Utility of Monitoring Pulmonary Mechanics in the Treatment of Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure?.- What are the Best Methods for Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation?.- Venous Thromboembolism in the ICU: What is the Epidemiology and What are the Consequences?.- Non-invasive Ventilation: How, when, for whom, and what outcome?.- Pulmonary Recruitment in Acute Lung Injury.- Lung-Protective Ventilation Trial: A Comparison of Physiologic Effects and Patient-important Outcomes.- Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: What is the impact of bronchodilators, corticosteroids and antibiotics?.- Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: What are the Accuracies and the Consequences of Different Diagnostic Methods.- Are the Most Simple Methods Still Useful in Preventing Respiratory Infections?.- Tracheostomy in Patients with Respiratory Failure Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: How, when, and for whom?.- The Use of Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade: The Effect on Clinical Outcome.- Current Clinical Trials in Acute Lung Injury.- Novel Advancements in the Management and Diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Failure.