Practical Math For Respiratory Care; A Text and Workbook

by Sibberson, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780815180012
• ISBN10: 0815180012
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Workbook
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: MOSBY-YEAR BOOK INC
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Summary

Offers students a comprehensive explanation and review of essential respiratory care math skills as they apply to clinical situations. Every chapter has learning objectives, clinical significance boxes, sample problems that appear after each new concept and a group of practical exercises.

Table of Contents

Math Concepts	1	(12)
Introduction to Math Concepts	1	(6)
Converting Units	2	(1)
Canceling Units	2	(2)
Rearranging a Formula to Solve for a New Item	4	(2)
Rounding the Answers	6	(1)
Practice Excercises	7	(6)
Gas Laws	13	(21)
Density	13	(4)
Boyle's Law	17	(2)
Charles's Law	19	(1)
Gay-Lussac's Law	20	(2)
Combined Gas Law	22	(2)
Saturated Versus Dry Gases	24	(3)
Practice Exercises	27	(7)
Gas Cylinders	34	(13)
Gaseous Cylinders	34	(2)
Cylinder Duration	36	(2)
Liquid Oxygen	38	(3)
Practice Exercises	41	(6)
Flow Rates	47	(11)
Inspiratory Flow Rates	47	(2)
Application of Oxygen Therapy Devices	49	(4)
For Oxygen Concentrations Less Than 35%	49	(1)
For Oxygen Concentrations 35% or Greater	49	(1)
For Oxygen Concentrations 35% or Greater	50	(1)
For Oxygen Concentrations 35% or Greater	51	(2)
Practice Exercises	53	(5)
Mixing Air and Oxygen	58	(11)
Determining the Ratio of Air and Oxygen	58	(3)
For Oxygen Concentrations Less Than 35%	58	(1)
For Oxygen Concentrations 35% or Greater	59	(2)
Determining the Oxygen Concentration When the Air and O2 Flows Are Known	61	(2)
Application of the Formulas	63	(2)
Practice Exercises	65	(4)
Drug Dosages	69	(11)
Relationships of Metric Equivalents	69	(1)
Solutions Available in Percents	70	(1)
Converting to Desired Dosages	71	(1)
Solutions Available as Dilutions	72	(3)
Practice Exercises	75	(5)
Humidity	80	(14)
Humidity Concepts	80	(3)
Water Content of Aerosols	83	(1)
Water Vapor Pressure	84	(1)
Dalton's Law	85	(1)
Practice Exercises	86	(8)
Prediction of Pao2 with a Change in Concentration	94	(9)
The Formula	94	(1)
Application	95	(1)
Rearranging the Formula	96	(1)
Practice Exercises	97	(6)
Oxygen Content	103	(9)
The Formula	103	(2)
Normal Values	105	(1)
Arterial-Venous Difference	106	(1)
Practice Exercises	107	(5)
Alveolar Air Equation	112	(15)
Alveolar Oxygen Tension	112	(1)
Normal Alveolar Gases	112	(1)
The Respiratory Exchange Ratio	113	(2)
The Alveolar Air Equation	115	(2)
Causes of Hypoxemia	117	(1)
Alveolar Hypoventilation	117	(1)
Shunt and V/Q Mismatch	117	(1)
Response to Oxygen Therapy	117	(2)
Practice Exercises	119	(8)
Lung Volumes and Capacities	127	(10)
Lung Volumes	127	(1)
Lung Capacities	128	(1)
Equations to Determine Lung Volumes and Capacities	128	(3)
Practice Exercises	131	(6)
Mechanical Ventilation	137	(23)
Ideal Body Weight and Tidal Volume	138	(3)
Compressed Gas Volume	141	(2)
Minute Volume	143	(1)
Calculating Inspiratory Flow Rates	144	(1)
Inspiratory Time	145	(1)
I/E Ratio	146	(3)
Application	149	(2)
Practice Exercises	151	(9)
Compliance and Resistance	160	(12)
Dynamic and Static Compliance	160	(4)
Airways Resistance	164	(1)
Practice Exercises	165	(7)
Dead Space	172	(17)
Calculating Dead Space	172	(1)
Rearranging the Formula	173	(1)
Other Components of Dead Space	174	(1)
Alveolar Dead Space	175	(1)
Anatomic Dead Space	175	(1)
Alveolar Volume	176	(3)
Practice Exercises	179	(10)
Cardiac Output	189	(11)
Relationship of Cardiac Output to Stroke Volume and Heart Rate	189	(2)
Athletes	191	(1)
Individuals in Cardiac Failure	192	(1)
The Fick Equation	192	(2)
Modifying the Fick Equation	194	(1)
Practice Exercises	195	(5)
Shunt Determinations and Oxygen Delivery	200	(14)
Shunt Delivery	200	(4)
Oxygen Delivery to the Tissues	204	(2)
Oxygen Utilization	206	(1)
Practice Exercises	207	(7)
Hemodynamics	214	(75)
Available Data in the Critical Care Unit	214	(2)
Derived Data	216	(1)
Calculating Cardiac Index	216	(2)
Calculating Stroke Volume	218	(1)
Calculating Stroke Volume Index	219	(1)
Calculating Systemic Vascular Resistance	219	(1)
Calculating Pulmonary Vascular Resistance	220	(2)
Calculating Stroke work	222	(2)
Practice Exercises	224	(9)
APPENDIX
A Posttest: Practice Examination	233	(14)
B Answers to Posttest	247	(6)
C Answers to Practice Exercises	253	(26)
D Values	279	(4)
E Formulas	283	(6)
Index	289