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Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to
Egan¿s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition, this comprehensive workbook reinforces your understanding of the essential concepts and skills presented in the text. It includes the latest NBRC-style questions, case study applications, and analysis-level questions to prepare you to excel on exams. This edition includes a second color that highlights important information, breaks up text, and offers improved usability. Chapters correlate with the text to keep you current, and a wide range of activities engage and guide you through some of the text¿s more difficult concepts.
- Case studies challenge you to apply assessment and intervention strategies and strengthen your critical thinking skills.
- What Does the NBRC Say? outlines expectations for credentialing and provides a sampling of NBRC-style multiple-choice questions to help you prepare for the certification exam.
- Word Wizard tests your knowledge of key terms to help you master the language of respiratory care.
- Meet the Objectives assesses your understanding of the learning objectives for each chapter.
- Key Points identify the main concepts that are most important to remember from each chapter.
- Food for Thought provides additional thought-provoking questions related to respiratory care topics.
List of contents
Section I: Foundations of Respiratory CareChapter 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 PhysiologyChapter 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 DisordersChapter 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 DiseaseChapter 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 TherapeuticsChapter 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 CareChapter 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 CareChapter 55: Patient Education and Health Promotion
Chapter 56: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Chapter 57: Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings
Chapter 58: Ethics and End of Life
About the author
Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila is Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit,Medical Director, Simulation and Advanced Skills Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Respiratory Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
