cover image - Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323933698
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 12-29-2023
Page Count: 416
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99

Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition

by Sandra T Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
ISBN: 9780323933698
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 12-29-2023
Page Count: 416
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99
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  • Section I: Foundations of Respiratory Care
    Chapter 1: Early History of Respiratory Care
    Chapter 2: The Profession of Respiratory Care
    Chapter 3: Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication
    Chapter 4: Principles of Infection Prevention and Control
    Chapter 5: Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice
    Chapter 6: Physical Principles of Respiratory Care
    Chapter 7: E-Medicine in Respiratory Care
    Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research
    Section II: Applied Anatomy and Physiology
    Chapter 9: The Respiratory System
    Chapter 10: The Cardiovascular System
    Chapter 11: Ventilation
    Chapter 12: Gas Exchange and Transport
    Chapter 13: Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes
    Chapter 14: Acid-Base Balance
    Chapter 15: Regulation of Breathing
    Section III: Assessment of Respiratory Disorders
    Chapter 16: Bedside Assessment of the Patient
    Chapter 17: Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data
    Chapter 18: Interpreting the Electrocardiogram
    Chapter 19: Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange
    Chapter 20: Pulmonary Function Testing
    Chapter 21: Review of Thoracic Imaging
    Chapter 22: Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist
    Chapter 23: Nutrition Assessment
    Section IV: Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease
    Chapter 24: Pneumonia
    Chapter 25: Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma,
    and Related Diseases
    Chapter 26: Interstitial Lung Disease
    Chapter 27: Pleural Diseases
    Chapter 28: Pulmonary Vascular Disease
    Chapter 29: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
    Chapter 30: Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns
    Chapter 31: Acute Heart Failure
    Chapter 32: Lung Cancer
    Chapter 33: Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall
    Chapter 34: Disorders of Sleep
    Chapter 35: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
    Section V: Basic Therapeutics
    Chapter 36: Airway Pharmacology
    Chapter 37: Airway Management
    Chapter 38: Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support
    Chapter 39: Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy
    Chapter 40: Aerosol Drug Therapy
    Chapter 41: Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases
    Chapter 42: Medical Gas Therapy
    Chapter 43: Lung Expansion Therapy
    Chapter 44: Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)
    Section VI: Acute and Critical Care
    Chapter 45: Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support
    Chapter 46: Mechanical Ventilators
    Chapter 47: Physiology of Ventilatory Support
    Chapter 48: Patient-Ventilator Interactions
    Chapter 49: Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support
    Chapter 50: Noninvasive Ventilation
    Chapter 51: Extracorporeal Life Support
    Chapter 52: Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
    Chapter 53: Discontinuing Ventilatory Support
    Chapter 54: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
    Section VII: Patient Education and Long-Term Care
    Chapter 55: Patient Education and Health Promotion
    Chapter 56: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
    Chapter 57: Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings
    Chapter 58: Ethics and End of Life

  • Sandra T Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty
    Respiratory Care Division
    Gateway Community College
    Phoenix, Arizona, James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Jean Wall Bennett Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Chair, Education Institute Cleveland Clinic, Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, Program Director and Professor,Masters in Health Care Management Rutgers - School of Health Professions Newark, David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Chairperson and Respiratory Care Program Director Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Director, Simulation Fellowship, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
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