SECTION 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
SECTION 2 PHYSIOLOGY
SECTION 3 TECHNOLOGY
SECTION 4 SECURING AIRWAY FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 5 SEDATION, ANALGESIA, AND MUSCLE RELAXANTS IN A VENTILATED PATIENT
SECTION 6 ADJUNCTS TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 7 MONITORING DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 8 INDICATIONS FOR INITIATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 9 CONVENTIONAL MODES OF INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 10 NONCONVENTIONAL MODES OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
SECTION 11 NONINVASIVE VENTILATION
SECTION 12 EXTRACORPOREAL THERAPIES
SECTION 13 VENTILATION IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS
SECTION 14 CARING FOR A VENTILATED PATIENT
SECTION 15 VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
Atul Prabhakar Kulkarni MD (Anaesthesiology) FISCCM PGDHHM FICCM
Professor and Head, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Kapil Gangadhar Zirpe MBBS MD (Chest) FICCM FCCM FSNCC
Head, Department of Neuro-Trauma, Intensive Care Unit, Grant Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Subhal Bhalchandra Dixit MD (Medicine) FCCM FICCM FICP
Director, Department of Critical Care ICU, Sanjeevan and MJM Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India