Essential pulmonary physiology / Kreit -- Respiratory failure and the indications for mechanical ventilation / Kreit -- Instrumentation and terminology / Kreit -- Ventilator modes and breath types / Kreit -- How to write ventilator orders / Kreit -- The bedside assessment of lung function / Kreit -- Dynamic hyperinflation and intrinsic peep / Gladwin -- Patient-ventilator interactions and asynchrony / Fernainy/Kreit -- Ventilator alarms causes and evaluation / Woodske -- Mechanical ventilation and the cardiovascular system / Rice/Gingo/Kreit -- Mechanical ventilation and specific disorders / Woodske -- Weaning from mechanical ventilation / Stamm/Kreit -- Non-invasive mechanical ventilation / Lamberty -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation / Cove/Boujoukos.