Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care /
Fundamentals of respiratory care
[edited by] Robert M. Kacmarek, James K. Stoller, Albert J. Heuer ; consulting editors, Robert L. Chatburn, Richard H. Kallet.
- Edition 12
- xiv, 1378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Early history of repsiratory care / Profession of respiratory therapy / Quality, patient safety, and communication / Physical principles of respiratory care / E-medicine in respiratory care / Fundamentals of respiratory care research / Cardiovascular system / Ventilation / Gas exchange and transport / Solutions, body fluids, and electrolytes / Acid-base balance / Regulation of breathing / Bedside assessment of the patient / Interpreting clinical and laboratory data / Interpreting the electrocardiogram / Albert J. Heuer -- Analysis and monitoring of gas exchange / Pulmonary function testing / Review of thoracic imaging / Flexible bronchoscopy and the respiratory therapist / Nutrition assessment / Obstructive lung disease: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthema, and related diseases / Interstitial lung diseases / Pleural diseases / Respiratory management of trauma, obesity, near drowning, and burns / Acute heart failure / Lung cancer / Neuromuscular and other diseases of the chest wall / Disorders of sleep / Neonatal and pediatric respiratory disorders / Robert M. Kacmarek, Albert J. Heuer, and James K. Stoller -- Brian K. Walsh -- Scott P. Marlow and Umer Hatipoğlu -- Principles of infection prevention control / Michele Messam and Thomas G. Fraser -- Ethical and legal implications of practice / Anthony L. DeWitt -- Daniel F. Fisher -- Narcison E. Rodriguez and Albert J. Heuer -- Robert J. Chatburn -- Respiratory system / Narciso E. Rodriguez and Siddharta Silva -- Narciso E. Rodriguez -- Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila -- Zaza Cohen -- Daniel F. Fisher -- Will Beachey -- Will Beachey -- Richard H. Kallet -- Richard H. Kallet -- Brian K. Siegel, Albert J. Heuer, and Richard H. Kallet -- Zaza Cohen -- Joseph Thomas Azok and James K. Stoller -- Danai Khemasuwan and Atul C. Mehta -- Janet Reid-Hector -- Pulmonary infections / Sarah A. Longworth and Steven K. Schmitt -- Amy Attaway, Umur Hatipoğlu, and James K. Stoller -- Jeffery T. Chapman and Jason Bordelon -- Joseph Cicenia -- Pulmonary vascular disease / Adriano R. Tonelli and Raed A. Dweik -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome / Matthew C. Exline, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, and Robert Duncan Hite -- Massimiliano Pirrone and Lorenzo Berra -- Jacopo Fumagalli and Lorenzo Berra -- Peter J. Mazzone and Hilary Peterson -- Adam Alter, Eduardo Mireles-Cobodevila, and Rendell W. Ashton -- Robert C. Stansbury and Patrick J. Strollo, Jr. -- Robert M. DiBlasi and Edwin L. Coombs, Jr. -- Airway pharmacology / Airway management / Emergency cardiovascular life support / Humidity and bland aerosol therapy / Aerosol drug therapy / Storage and delivery of medical gases / Medical gas therapy / Lung expansion therapy / Airway clearance therapy / Respiratory failure and the need for ventilatory support / Mechanical ventilators / Physiology of ventilator support / Patient-ventilator interactions / Initiating and adjusting invasive ventilatory support / Noninvasive ventilation / Extracorporeal life support / Monitoring the patient in the intensive care unit / Discontinuing ventilatory support / Neonatal and pediatric respiratory care / Patient education and health promotion / Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation / Respiratory care in alternative settings / Ethics and end of life / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Carolyn J. La Vita -- Thomas A. Barnes -- James B. Fink and Arzu Ari -- James B. Fink and Arzu Ari -- David L. Vines -- Albert J. Heuer and Anne Marie Hilse -- Daniel F. Fisher -- David L. Vines and Donna D. Gardner -- Loutfi S. Aboussouan -- Robert L. Chatburn and Teresa A. Volsko -- Robert M. Karmarek -- Robert M. Karmarek -- Robert M. Karmarek -- Purris F. Williams -- Clorinda B. Suarez and Alex George LeGassey -- Thomas Piraino -- Robert M. Karmarek -- Daniel W. Chipman -- Donna W. Gardner -- Andres Osorio and Albert J. Heuer -- Albert J. Heuer and Daryl Rogers -- Ellen M. Robinson, Frederic Romain, and M. Cornelia Cremens