TY - BOOK AU - Egan,Donald F. AU - Wilkins,Robert L. AU - Stoller,James K. AU - Scanlan,Craig L. TI - Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care SN - 0323018130 U1 - 616.2 21 PY - 2003/// CY - St. Louis, Mo. PB - Mosby KW - Respiratory therapy KW - Respiratory Therapy KW - methods KW - Respiratory Tract Diseases KW - therapy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sect. I; Foundations of Respiratory Care --; 1; Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care --; 2; Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping --; 3; Principles of Infection Control --; 4; Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice --; 5; Physical Principles of Respiratory Care --; 6; Computer Applications in Respiratory Care --; Sect. II; Applied Anatomy and Physiology --; 7; The Respiratory System --; 8; The Cardiovascular System --; 9; Ventilation --; 10; Gas Exchange and Transport --; 11; Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes --; 12; Acid-Base Balance --; 13; Regulation of Breathing --; Sect. III; Assessment of Respiratory Disorders --; 14; Bedside Assessment of the Patient --; 15; Electrocardiogram and Laboratory Test Assessment --; 16; Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange --; 17; Pulmonary Function Testing --; 18; A Synopsis of Thoracic Imaging --; Sect. IV; Synopsis of Cardiopulmonary Disease --; 19; Pulmonary Infections --; 20; Obstructive Lung Disease: COPD, Asthma, and Related Diseases --; 21; Interstitial Lung Disease --; 22; Pleural Diseases --; 23; Pulmonary Vascular Disease --; 24; Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema, and Multiple System Organ Failure --; 25; Lung Neoplasms --; 26; Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall --; 27; Disorders of Sleep --; 28; Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders --; Sect. V; Basic Therapeutics --; 29; Airway Pharmacology --; 30; Airway Management --; 31; Emergency Life Support --; 32; Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy --; 33; Aerosol Drug Therapy --; 34; Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases --; 35; Medical Gas Therapy --; 36; Lung Expansion Therapy --; 37; Bronchial Hygiene Therapy --; Sect. VI; Acute and Critical Care --; 38; Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support --; 39; Mechanical Ventilators --; 40; Physiology of Ventilatory Support --; 41; Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support --; 42; Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation --; 43; Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit --; 44; Discontinuing Ventilatory Support --; 45; Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care --; Sect. VII; Preventative and Long-Term Care --; 46; Patient Education and Health Promotion --; 47; Nutritional Aspects of Health and Disease --; 48; Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation --; 49; Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings --; App. 1; Temperature Correction of Barometric Reading --; App. 2; Factors to Convert Gas Volumes From ATPS to STPD --; App. 3; Factors to Convert Gas Volumes From STPD to BTPS at Given Barometric Pressures --; App. 4; Table of Normal Values ER -