Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
The textbook covers a wide range of cardiorespiratory conditions and discusses treatment of patients in different clinical settings such as critical care, the ward area and out-patient departments. It begins with physiology and pathology and progresses into a detailed patient assessment section and a discussion of specific respiratory and cardiac conditions. The final section covers different groups of people who may require physiotherapy such as infants, children, and adults with specific conditions including a considered section on palliative care.
Critical thinking is facilitated by clinical reasoning boxes in the text, and problem-solving is aided by case studies at the end of each chapter. There are also relevant practice tips to enable transfer of learning into the clinical environment. The text is supported by over 280 line drawings and diagrams along with over 70 x-rays and photographs to further illustrate the points under discussion.
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Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- Q & A case studies, with scans and x-rays
- Outcome measures for problems and diseases
- Boxes with learning and practice tips to encourage reflection
- Tables with definitions, normal values and comparisons
- Practical techniques described with precision
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- Expanded cardiovascular section
- Updated practical details on physiotherapy techniques
- Extra chapters on surgical complications and interventions
- Comprehensive coverage of Critical Care procedures and rehabilitation
- Practicalities of the management of children and infants
- Update on the evaluation of outcomes
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Part 1 Physiology and pathology
1. Physiological basis of clinical practice
2. Assessment
3. Respiratory disorders
4. Cardiovascular disorders
5. General management
Part 2 Physiotherapy techniques
6. Physiotherapy to increase lung volume
7. Physiotherapy to clear secretions
8. Physiotherapy to decrease the work of breathing
9. Pulmonary rehabilitation
10. Physiotherapy for people with cardiovascular disorders
11. Cardiac rehabilitation
Part 3 Surgery
12. Complications
13. Physiotherapy for surgical patients
14. Modifications for different types of surgery
Part 4 Physiotherapy for specific groups of people
15. Infants
16. Children
17. Hyperventilation syndrome
18. Elders with cardiorespiratory disease
19. Palliative respiratory physiotherapy
Part 5 Critical care
20. Critical care, support and monitoring
21. Physiotherapy for critically ill patients
22. Modifications for different disorders
Part 6 Evaluation of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
23. Does it work?
Glossary of abbreviations, definitions, symbols and values
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