Neonatal Pulmonary Graphics: A Clinical Pocket Atlas [Paperback]

This pocket atlas explains how to use pulmonary graphics as a valuable adjunct for patient management.? Actual patterns commonly encountered in neonatal practice are presented side-by-side with schematic illustrations that take apart the graphic and identify its key features, accompanied by brief explanatory text.??? The book addresses the principles of real-time pulmonary graphics, discusses waveforms and loops, and examines how both are affected by mechanical ventilation and disease states.? A series of clinical cases brings key points to life.?

1. Principles of Pulmonary Graphics.- 2. Intro to Waveforms.- 3. Flow Waveform.- 4. Pressure Waveform Description Normal Abnormal Overshoot Plateau.- 5. Volume Waveform.- 6. Changes in Ventilator Settings and Alterations in Scalar Tracings.- 7. Pressure-Volume Loop.- 8. Flow-Volume Loop.- 9. Trend screens.- 10. Clinical scenarios.- 11. Quiz.

From the book reviews:

The authors are internationally renowned neonatologists who have numerous publications on this topic. & This is an essential book for clinicians who participate in the ventilation of neonates in a NICU. Pulmonary graphics are often ignored or not understood by bedside caretakers. This book should go a long way toward educating caretakers about the basics of this tool and its importance in clinical care.?(Jay P. Goldsmith, Doodys Book Reviews, February, 2015)

Steven M. Donn, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Michigan Medical School

Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital

University of Michigan Health System

Center for Global Health School of Public Health

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI USA

Dr. Donn is a Springer author (Donn & Sinha, eds., Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care,l³,