Ventilatory Support and Oxygen Therapy in Elder, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Patients

Part I. Pulmonary Function and Physiology in Elderly.- Chapter 1. Spontaneous Breathing Pattern.- Chapter 2. Gas Exchange and Control of Breathing in Elderly and End -of -Life Diseases.- Part II. Ventilatory Managemenrt Eidemiology and Trend Management.- Chapter 3. Acute And Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure: Impact of Chronic Lung Comorbidities.- Chapter 4. Chronic Cardiac Disorders.- Chapter 5. Acute Respiratory Failure and Infections in Elderly Patients.- Chapter 6. Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders.- Part III. Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure.- Chapter 7. Definitions, Criteria and Management of NIV for Very Old Patients with Limitations to Respiratory Care.- Chapter 8. Ventilatory Support and Oxygen Therapy in The Elderly Palliative and End-of-Life Care Patients.- Part IV. Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure.- Chapter 9. NIV Application.- Chapter 10. Oxygen Therapy and Nasal High Flow Therapy.- Chapter 11. Medical Conditions.- Chapter 12. Pneumonia.- Chapter 13. Acute Chronic Insufficiency.- Chapter 14. Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Immunocompromised Patients: the Role of Non-Invasive Ventilation and High Flow Oxygen Therapy.- Chapter 15. Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.- Part V. Surgery and Chronic Stable Conditions.- Chapter 16. NIV After Cardiothoracic Surgery and Thoracic Surgery.- Chapter 17. Nocturnal NIV in COPD Patients with Prolonged Hypercapnia after Ventilatory Support for Acute Respiratory Failure.- Part VI. COMPLEMENTARY USE OF NIV.- Chapter 18. Use of NIV in Non-Surgery Procedures in Elderly (Sedation, Bronchoscopy, Gastroscopy).-Chapter 19. Use of NIV in Surgery Procedures in Elderly (Non-Invasive Surgery). Continuous Spinal Anesthesia.- Part VII. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.- Chapter 20. Mechanical Ventilation-Specific Surgery Conditions.- Chapter 21. Extubation And Reintubation Conditions.- Chapter 22. Ventilatory Modes - PS And Other Ventilatory Options.- Part VIII. Weaning and Management.-

Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, works at the Intensive Care Unit and Non-invasive Ventilatory Unit at Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain. Prior to taking up this position in January 2013, he worked at the Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Esquinas is a fellow of the College of Chest Physicians and an international fellow of the American Association of Respiratory Care. He is the director of the International School of Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation and president of the International Association of NIV and the Ibero-American Association of Bioethics in NIV. He is the author of well over 945 scientific publications, including almost 600 articles, and 47 books.

Nicola Vargas works as a geriatrician at the Geriatric and Geriatric Intensive Care Departments of the High Survey Hospital of Avellino, Italy. After graduating with honors from Naples "Federico II" University, Dr. Vargas completed his medical residency at the Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Parma, Italy. He completed his medical residency as an intensive care physician at the Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy. His work mainly focuses on the field of emergency and intensive care medicine, especially geriatric intensive care. Moreover he is interested in the elderly population's health problems. He is the author of numerous publications and meetings communications.