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Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care

Reinforce your understanding of the concepts and skills described in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Egan… Leer más

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Reinforce your understanding of the concepts and skills described in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Egan’s market-leading textbook, this workbook prepares you to succeed on certification exams with NBRC-style, case study application, and analysis-style questions. This edition includes two new chapters plus a wide range of activities and exercises to guide you through difficult concepts.

Puntos claves

  • Word Wizard
  • helps you remember the terminology used in respiratory care.
  • Key points identify the main concepts to remember in each chapter.
  • Meet the Objectives lets you assess your understanding of the key content in each chapter.
  • Case studies let you apply assessment and intervention strategies, and help you practice critical thinking.
  • What Does the NBRC Say? summarizes the expectations of the NBRC (National Board for Respiratory Care) and provides a sampling of NBRC-style, multiple-choice questions to help students prepare for the certification exam.
  • Food for Thought provides thought-provoking questions related to respiratory care topics.
  • Exercises in each chapter offer hands-on learning with a wide range of activities.

Índice

I: Foundations of Respiratory Care

1. History of Respiratory Care

2. The Profession of Respiratory Care

3. Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication, and Recordkeeping

4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control

5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice

6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care

7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care

8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research
II: Applied Anatomy and Physiology

9. The Respiratory System

10. The Cardiovascular System

11. Ventilation

12. Gas Exchange and Transport

13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes

14. Acid-Base Balance

15. Regulation of Breathing
III: Assessment of Respiratory Disorders

16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient

17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data

18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram

19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange

20. Pulmonary Function Testing

21. Review of Thoracic Imaging

22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist

23. Nutrition Assessment
IV: Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease

24. Pulmonary Infections

25. Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases

26. Interstitial Lung Disease

27. Pleural Diseases

28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease

29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns

31. Heart Failure NEW!

32. Lung Cancer

33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall

34. Disorders of Sleep

35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
V: Basic Therapeutics

36. Airway Pharmacology

37. Airway Management

38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support

39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy

40. Aerosol Drug Therapy

41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases

42. Medical Gas Therapy

43. Lung Expansion Therapy

44. Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)
VI: Acute and Critical Care

45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support

46. Mechanical Ventilators

47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support

48. Patient-Ventilator Interaction

49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support

50. Noninvasive Ventilation

51. Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)

52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support

54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
VII: Patient Education and Long-Term Care

55. Patient Education and Health Promotion

56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

58. Ethics and End-of-Life Care NEW!
Glossary
Index

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Sobre los autores

RK

Robert M. Kacmarek

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

JS

James K. Stoller

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Jean Wall Bennett Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Chair, Education Institute Cleveland Clinic, USA

AH

Albert J. Heuer

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Program Director and Professor, Masters in Health Care Management Rutgers - School of Health Professions Newark, USA