Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care.
Contributors: Egan, Donald F., 1916-.; Wilkins, Robert L.; Stoller, James K.; Kacmarek, Robert M.
Edition: 9th ed. / [edited by] Robert L. Wilkins, James K. Stoller,Robert M. Kacmarek ; consulting editors, David C. Shelledy, Lucy Kester.
Publisher: Mosby
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1384
ISBN-13: 9780323036573
Subjects: Respiratory therapy.; Respiratory Therapy -- methods.; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- therapy.
Other titles: Fundamentals of respiratory care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: History of respiratory care / David C. Shelledy and Carl P. Wiezalis; value: Quality and evidence-based respiratory care / Lucy Kester and James K. Stoller; value: Patient safety, communication, and recordkeeping / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Principles of infection control / Steven M. Gordon; value: Ethical and legal implications of practice / Charles Carroll; value: Physical principles of respiratory care / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Computer applications in respiratory care / Michael E. Anders; value: The respiratory system / George H. Hicks; value: The cardiovascular system / W. William Hughes; value: Ventilation / Gregg L. Ruppel; value: Gas exchange and transport / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Solutions, body fluids, and electrolytes / Gregg L. Ruppel; value: Acid-base balance / Will Beachey; value: Regulation of breathing / Will Beachey; value: Bedside assessment of the patient / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Interpretation of clinical laboratory data / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Interpreting the electrocardiogram / Kimberly A. Sorensen and Robert L. Wilkins; value: ^Analysis and monitoring of gas exchange / Robert L. Wilkins; value: Pulmonary function testing / F. Herbert Douce; value: A synopsis of thoracic imaging / N. Lennard Specht and James K. Stoller; value: Nutrition assessment / Georgia Hodgkin; value: Pulmonary infections / Steven K. Schmitt and David L. Longworth; value: Obstructive lung disease : COPD, asthma, and related diseases / Raed Dweik and James K. Stoller; value: Interstitial lung disease / Jeffrey T. Chapman and Kevin K. Brown; value: Pleural diseases / Charlie Strange; value: Pulmonary vascular disease / Raed A. Dweik and Alejandro C. Arroliga; value: Acute lung injury, pulmonary edema, and multiple system organ failure / Elliott D. Crouser and Ruairi J. Fahy; value: Lung cancer / Peter Mazzone; value: Neuromuscular and other diseases of the chest wall / Robert Schilz; value: Disorders of sleep / Laurie A. Kilkenny, Karl S. Fernandes, Patrick J. Strollo, Jr.; value: Neonatal and pediatric respiratory disorders / Douglas D. Deming and N. Lennard Specht; value: ^Airway pharmacology / Douglas S. Gardenhire; value: Airway management / Kim F. Simmons and Craig L. Scanlan; value: Emergency cardiovascular life support / Thomas A. Barnes; value: Humidity and bland aerosol therapy / Jim Fink; value: Aerosol drug therapy / Jim Fink; value: Storage and delivery of medical gases / David Vines; value: Medical gas therapy / Albert J. Heuer and Craig L. Scanlan; value: Respiratory failure and the need for ventilatory support / Loutfi S. Aboussouan; value: Mechanical ventilators / Robert L. Chatburn and Teresa A. Volsko; value: Physiology of ventilatory support / Timothy B. Op'tHolt; value: Initiating and adjusting ventilatory support / David C. Shelledy; value: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation / Robert M. Kacmarek; value: Monitoring and management of the patient in the intensive care unit / Alexander B. Adams; value: Discontinuing ventilatory support / David C. Shellady; value: Neonatal and pediatric respiratory care / Peter Betit and John Thompson; value: ^Patient education and health promotion / Donna Gardner and Robert L. Wilkins; value: Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation / Kenneth A. Wyka; value: Respiratory care in alternative settings / Albert J. Heuer and Craig L. Scanlan.