Research Catalog

Title

Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care.

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Egan, Donald F., 1916-
• Scanlan, Craig L., 1947-
• Sheldon, Richard L.
• Spearman, Charles B.

Description

pages; cm.

Alternative Title

Fundamentals of respiratory therapy.

Subjects

• Respiratory therapy
• Respiratory Therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Respiratory Care and the Health Care System / Beaufort B. Longest, Jr. and Craig L. Scanlan -- 2. Modern Respiratory Care Services / Patrick M. Mcdonald and John H. Mathias -- 3. Patient Safety, Communication and Recordkeeping / Craig L. Scanlan and Robin A. Harvan -- 4. Principles of Infection Control / Craig L. Scanlan and Halcyon St. Hill -- 5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice / Raymond Edge -- 6. Terms, Symbols, and Units of Measure / Craig L. Scanlan -- 7. Physical Principles in Respiratory Care / Craig L. Scanlan -- 8. Computer Applications in Respiratory Care / Craig L. Scanlan and Gregg L. Ruppel -- 9. Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System / Gregg L. Ruppel and John Tesoriero -- 10. The Cardiovascular System / Craig L. Scanlan and Norman Schussler -- 11. Ventilation / Craig L. Scanlan and Gregg L. Ruppel -- 12. Gas Exchange and Transport / G. Woodard Gross and Craig L. Scanlan -- 13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes / Gregg L. Ruppel and Craig L. Scanlan.
• 14. Acid-Base Balance and the Regulation of Respiration / Will Beachey and Craig L. Scanlan -- 15. Patterns of Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction / Craig L. Scanlan -- 16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient / Robert L. Wilkins -- 17. Analysis of Gas Exchange / Theron Van Hooser -- 18. Basic Pulmonary Function Measurements / F. Herbert Douce -- 19. Systematic Analysis of the Chest X-ray / Richard L. Sheldon -- 20. Synopsis of Cardiopulmonary Disease / Craig L. Scanlan, Gregg L. Ruppel and Alaa El-Gendy -- 21. Pharmacology for Respiratory Care / James A. Peters and Barbara A. Peters -- 22. Airway Care / Kim Simmons -- 23. Emergency Life Support / Craig L. Scanlan and William Goerlich -- 24. Production, Storage, and Delivery of Medical Gases / Robert Thalken -- 25. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy / Jim Fink -- 26. Medical Gas Therapy / Craig L. Scanlan and Robert Thalken -- 27. Lung Expansion Therapy / Craig L. Scanlan, Alan Realey and Linda Earl -- 28. Chest Physical Therapy / Craig L. Scanlan.
• 29. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support / Timothy B. Op't Holt and Craig L. Scanlan -- 30. Physics and Physiology of Ventilatory Support / Craig L. Scanlan and Christina Blazer -- 31. Engineering Principles of Ventilatory Support Devices / Robert L. Chatburn -- 32. Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support / Craig L. Scanlan -- 33. Patient Monitoring and Management / Craig L. Scanlan -- 34. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support / Craig L. Scanlan -- 35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care / Kathleen Smith-Wenning, Catherine C. Smith, Robert L. Zanni and Craig L. Scanlan -- 36. Health Education and Health Promotion / Ann W. Tucker and Crystal L. Dunlevy -- 37. Pulmonary Rehabilitation / Kenneth A. Wyka -- 38. Respiratory Home Care / Kenneth A. Wyka and Craig L. Scanlan -- 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 Low-Temperature Characteristics of Selected Gases and Water.

ISBN

0801679877 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94044680

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries