Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care.

Wilkins, Robert L.

Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care. Fundamentals of respiratory care - 8th edition / Robert L. Wilkins, James K. Stoller, Craig L. Scanlan ; consulting editors, David C. Shelledy, Lucy Kester - St. Louis : Mosby, c2003. - xxviii, 1375 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section. I. Foundations of Respiratory Care
1. Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care
2. Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping
3. Principles of Infection Control
4. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice
5. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care
6. Computer Applications in Respiratory Care

Section. II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology
7. Respiratory System
8. Cardiovascular System
9. Ventilation
10. Gas Exchange and Transport
11. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes
12. Acid-Base Balance
13. Regulation of Breathing

Section. III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders
14. Bedside Assessment of the Patient
15. Electrocardiogram and Laboratory Test Assessment
16. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange
17. Pulmonary Function Testing
18. Synopsis of Thoracic Imaging

Section. IV. Synopsis of Cardiopulmonary Disease
19. Pulmonary Infections
20. Obstructive Lung Disease: COPD, Asthma, and Related Diseases
21. Interstitial Lung Disease
22. Pleural Diseases
23. Pulmonary Vascular Disease
24. Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema, and Multiple System Organ Failure
25. Lung Neoplasms
26. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall
27. Disorders of Sleep
28. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

Section. V. Basic Therapeutics
29. Airway Pharmacology
30. Airway Management
31. Emergency Life Support
32. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy
33. Aerosol Drug Therapy
34. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases
35. Medical Gas Therapy
36. Lung Expansion Therapy
37. Bronchial Hygiene Therapy

Section. VI. Acute and Critical Care
38. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support
39. Mechanical Ventilators
40. Physiology of Ventilatory Support
41. Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support
42. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
43. Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
44. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support
45. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

Section. VII. Preventative and Long-Term Care
46. Patient Education and Health Promotion
47. Nutritional Aspects of Health and Disease
48. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
49. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

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