Full Description
Diseases of the nervous system and muscles often cause problems with breathing, coughing and swallowing. Profound knowledge is required to interpret and treat these conditions correctly, while lack of it results in treatment decisions which are burdensome or outright dangerous for the patients. Taking the reader through the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of breathing, swallowing and coughing, this comprehensive text clarifies the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory impairments from diseases of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system and muscles. Practical advice is offered on treatment in neurological, medical, intensive care and palliative care units as well as in rehabilitation and long-term care. Written by renowned neurologists, with decades of experience, clinicians and healthcare professionals working in neurology, pulmonology, anaesthesiology, intensive care and paediatrics will find this guide indispensable.
Contents
1. A historical account of the neurology of breathing Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 2. Neurorespiratory medicine: scope of the problem Martin Groß and Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke; 3. Anatomy and physiology of the lower airways and the lungs Markus Körner; 4. Respiratory regulation Martin Groß, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Nahid Hassanpour; 5. The respiratory muscle pump and respiratory mechanics Maxwell S. Damian and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 6. Sleep and respiration Martin Groß, David Gatfield, Raphael Heinzer and Nahid Hassanpour; 7. Neurogenic dysphagia Rainer Dziewas and Tobias Warnecke; 8. Neurorespiratory diagnostics Stephan Wenninger; 9. Principles of mechanical ventilation and respiratory support Dominic Dellweg and Robin Schlott; 10. Management of secretions and augmentation of cough in diseases of the nervous system and the muscles John R. Bach, David Troxell, Martin Groß and Jon Nilsestuen; 11. Continuous noninvasive ventilatory support and mechanical insufflation-exsufflation for long-term management, extubation, and decannulation of patients with ventilatory pump failure John R. Bach, Kevin Huang and Yuka Ishikawa; 12. Tracheostomy and tracheal cannulas in neurologic disease Janina Runkel and Teresa Grimm; 13. Critical decisions in ventilation with acute neurologic injury Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; 14. Weaning of neurological patients from long-term ventilation and home mechanical ventilation Jens D. Rollnik; 15. Rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated neurological patients Marcus Pohl and Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke; 16. Respiration in brain hemisphere and brainstem lesions Mathieu van der Jagt, Leo Heunks and Martin Groß; 17. Spinal cord lesions affecting respiration Alexandru Budu, Sven Hirschfeld and Stasa Tumpa; 18. Neuromuscular diseases Stephan Wenninger, Susana Quijano Roy and Maxwell Damian; 19. Sleep disordered breathing Thomas Gossard and Erik K. St. Louis; 20. Respiratory issues in children with neurological disorders Samiran Ray, Lisa Edel and Elaine Chan; 21. Respiratory therapy Donatha Hornemann, Martin Groß and Regina Lomako; 22. Quality of life in mechanically ventilated patients Dorothée E. Lulé and Albert C. Ludolph; 23. The caregivers Victoria Kuhna; 24. Palliative care Stefan Lorenzl, Martin Groß and Eelco Wijdicks; 25. Organisational settings of respiratory care throughout the world --a birds eye view and sample Martin Groß, Donatha Hornemann, Thomas Platz, Peter Wijkstra, Jean-Marc Scheer, Nathalie Scheer-Pfeifer, Michael Baumberger, Luca Brendebach, Peter Gay, Douglas McKim, Oxana Vakulenko, Andrej Lukianov, Regina Lomako, Mohammad Jalili, Hongcai Liu and Garima Aryal.
