Jim Cairo is the Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, and Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology and Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been teaching for over 30 years and is also the author of Elsevier's Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation.

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• 1. Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation2. How Ventilators Work3. How a Breath Is Delivered4. Establishing the Need for Mechanical Ventilation5. Selecting the Ventilator and the Mode6. Initial Ventilator Settings7. Final Considerations in Ventilator Setup8. Initial Patient Assessment9. Ventilator Graphics10. Assessment of Respiratory Function11. Hemodynamic Monitoring12. Methods to Improve Ventilation in Patient-Ventilator Management13. Improving Oxygenation and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome14. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia15. Sedatives, Analgesics and Paralytics16. Extrapulmonary Effects of Mechanical Ventilation17. Effects of Positive Pressure Ventilation on the Pulmonary System18. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving19. Basic Concepts of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation20. Weaning and Discontinuation From Mechanical Ventilation21. Long-Term Ventilation22. Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation23. Special Techniques in Ventilatory Support