Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Respiratory Therapy**Master the principles and skills you'll need to succeed as a respiratory therapist! Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition provides a solid foundation in respiratory care and covers the latest advances in this dynamic field. For more than 50 years, this text has been the go-to resource to understand the role of the respiratory therapist, the scientific basis for treatment, and clinical applications. Comprehensive chapters prepare you for clinical and exam success by correlating to the 2020 NBRC Exam matrices. The 13th Edition includes updated coverage of COVID-19, the latest AARC clinical practice guidelines, and a new enhanced eBook version included with print purchase.- NEW! Enhanced eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing you to access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud — plus videos, animations, an English/Spanish glossary, and lecture notes.- NEW AND UPDATED! All chapters reflect the latest advances in respiratory care. Patient-ventilator interaction chapter contains all new content, and chapters on e-Medicine, pulmonary infections, neonatal and pediatric care, ventilator physiology, and ICU patient monitoring have been fully revised and updated.- UPDATED! Coverage of the latest advancements in respiratory care research and patient care addresses key topics, including COVID-19 and other related viruses.- Focus on exam preparation with content linked to NBRC credentialing exam matrices and clinical simulations.- Expert authorship and a focus on each chapter by and for respiratory therapists helps improve utility and readability.- Excerpts of the AARC's Clinial Practice Guidelines (CPGs) provide important information regarding indications/contraindications, hazards and complications, assessment of need, assessment of outcome, and monitoring.- Mini-Clinis — short, critical-thinking case scenarios with Q&A — encourage you to solve realistic problems commonly encountered during patient care.- Sample Therapist-Driven Protocol (TDP) algorithms and coverage expose you to the use of decision trees developed by hospitals to promote assessment and evaluation skills in patient care.- Rules of Thumb features in each chapter highlight rules, formulae, and key points important to clinical practice and are marked with a special icon for easy identification.- Learning Objectives align exactly with the Summary Checklist at the end of each chapter, paralleling the three areas tested on the 2020 NBRC Therapist Multiple-Choice Examination: recall, analysis, and application.- End-of-textbook glossary includes key terms and definitions necessary for comprehension of key concepts.
Table of Contents
1 Early History of Respiratory Care2 The Profession of Respiratory Care3 Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication4 Principles of Infection Prevention and Control5 Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice6 Physical Principles of Respiratory Care7 E-Medicine in Respiratory Care8 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research9 The Respiratory System10 The Cardiovascular System11 Ventilation12 Gas Exchange and Transport,13 Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes14 Acid-Base Balance15 Regulation of Breathing16 Bedside Assessment of the Patient17 Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data18 Interpreting the Electrocardiogram19 Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange20 Pulmonary Function Testing21 Review of Thoracic Imaging22 Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist23 Nutrition Assessment24 Pneumonia25 Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases26 Interstitial Lung Disease27 Pleural Diseases28 Pulmonary Vascular Disease29 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome30 Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns31 Acute Heart Failure32 Lung Cancer33 Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall34 Disorders of Sleep35 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders36 Airway Pharmacology37 Airway Management38 Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support39 Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy40 Aerosol Drug Therapy41 Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases42 Medical Gas Therapy43 Lung Expansion Therapy44 Airway Clearance Therapy45 Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support46 Mechanical Ventilators47 Physiology of Ventilatory Support48 PatienteVentilator Interactions49 Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support50 Noninvasive Ventilation51 Extracorporeal Life Support52 Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit53 Discontinuing Ventilatory Support54 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care55 Health Promotion Through Patient Education56 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation57 Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings58 Ethics and the End of Life
