Includes bibliographical references and index

Assessment of cardiopulmonary disease -- Bedside diagnosis -- The patient interview -- The physical examination -- The pathophysiologic basis for common clinical manifestations -- Clinical data obtained from laboratory tests and special procedures-objective findings -- Pulmonary function testing -- Blood gas assessment -- Assessment of oxygenation -- Assessment of the cardiovascular system -- Radiologic examination of the chest -- Other important tests and procedures -- The therapist-driven protocol program-the essentials -- The therapist-driven protocol program -- Respiratory insufficiency, respiratory failure, and ventilatory management protocols -- Recording skills and intraprofessional communication -- Obstructive lung disease -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema -- Asthma -- Cystic fibrosis -- Bronchiectasis -- Loss of alveolar volume -- Atelectasis -- Infectious pulmonary diseases -- Pneumonia, lung abscess formation, and important fungal diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Pulmonary edema -- Pulmonary vascular disease: pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension -- Chest and pleural trauma -- Flail chest -- Pneumothorax -- Disorders of the pleura and the chest wall -- Pleural effusion and empyema -- Kyphoscoliosis -- Lung cancer -- Cancer of the lung -- Environmental lung diseases -- Interstitial lung diseases -- Diffuse alveolar disease -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Neuro-respiratory disorders -- Guillain-barre syndrome -- Myasthenia gravis -- Cardiopulmonary assessment and care of patients with neuromuscular disease -- Sleep-related breathing disorders -- Sleep apnea -- Newborn and early childhood cardiopulmonary disorders -- Newborn assessment and management -- Pediatric assessment and management -- Meconium aspiration syndrome -- Transient tachypnea of the newborn -- Respiratory distress syndrome -- Pulmonary air leak syndrome -- Respiratory syncytial virus infection (bronchitiolitis) -- Chronic lung disease of infancy -- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Congenital heart diseases -- Croup and croup-like syndromes: laryngotracheobronchitis, bacterial tracheitis, and acute epiglottitis -- Other important topics -- Near drowning/wet drowning -- Smoke inhalation, thermal lung injuries, and carbon monoxide intoxication

Gives you a fundamental knowledge and understanding that is required to successfully assess and treat patients with respiratory diseases. Using a unique organization of material, this full-color text is divided into three distinct areas which show you how to first gather clinical data, then formulate assessments, make objective evaluations, identify desired outcomes, design a safe and effective treatment plan, and finally document all steps. With easy-to-follow language and relevant clinical scenarios, you will gain a firm understanding of why certain treatment modalities are applied. New to this edition is a chapter detailing Respiratory Insufficiency in the Patient with Neuro-Respiratory Disease, along with revised content which takes a deeper dive into latest developments, research, and practices and protocols in the treatment of respiratory disease -- Provided by the publisher