Study Guide to Accompany Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care

by Wehrman

• ISBN13: 9780323022095
• ISBN10: 032302209X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-18
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

Includes a wide variety of activities such as review questions (3 levels following the NBRC question format), vocabulary review, chapter objectives, chapter highlights, case studies, and critical-thinking questions.

Table of Contents

Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care	1	(4)
Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping	5	(6)
Principles of Infection Control	11	(8)
Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice	19	(6)
Fun with Physics!	25	(6)
The Computer is Your Friend	31	(6)
The Respiratory System	37	(14)
The Cardiovascular System	51	(4)
Ventilation	55	(8)
Gas Exchange and Transport	63	(8)
Fluids and Electrolytes	71	(8)
Acid-Base Balance	79	(10)
Regulation of Breathing	89	(10)
Bedside Assessment	99	(18)
ECG and Lab Assessment	117	(18)
Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange	135	(12)
Pulmonary Function Testing	147	(10)
Synopsis of Thoracic Imaging	157	(8)
Pulmonary Infections	165	(8)
Obstructive Lung Disease	173	(16)
Interstitial Lung Disease	189	(6)
Pleural Diseases	195	(10)
Pulmonary Vascular Disease	205	(8)
Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema, and Multiple System Organ Failure	213	(10)
Lung Neoplasms	223	(8)
Other Diseases of the Chest Wall (and Neuromuscular Diseases)	231	(10)
Disorders of Sleep	241	(6)
Neonatal and Pediatric Disorders	247	(10)
Airway Pharmacology	257	(12)
Airway Management	269	(18)
Emergency Life Support	287	(14)
Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy	301	(8)
Aerosol Drug Administration	309	(10)
Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases	319	(12)
Medical Gas Therapy	331	(16)
Lung Expansion Therapy	347	(8)
Bronchial Hygiene Therapy	355	(12)
Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support	367	(12)
Mechanical Ventilators	379	(12)
Physiology of Ventilatory Support	391	(12)
Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support	403	(10)
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation	413	(6)
Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the ICU	419	(18)
Discontinuing Ventilatory Support	437	(18)
Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care	455	(12)
Patient Education and Health Promotion	467	(8)
Nutritional Aspects of Health and Disease	475	(6)
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation	481	(8)
Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings	489