Research Catalog

Title

Clinical manifestations & assessment of respiratory disease / Terry Des Jardins, George G. Burton ; medical illustrations by Timothy H. Phelps.

Author

Des Jardins, Terry R.

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burton, George G., 1934-
• Des Jardins, Terry R.

Description

xxiv, 584 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Subjects

• Respiratory Tract Diseases
• Examination Question
• Respiratory organs > Diseases

Genre/Form

Examination Question.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Clinical manifestations of respiratory disease / Terry Des Jardins. 2nd ed. c1990.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Assessment Skills as Core to Practitioner Success. 1. Patient Assessment. 2. Radiologic Examination of the Chest. 3. Recording Skills - the Basis for Data Collection, Organization, Assessment Skills (Critical Thinking), and Treatment Plans -- Pt. II. Obstructive Airway Diseases. 4. Chronic Bronchitis. 5. Emphysema. 6. Bronchiectasis. 7. Asthma. 8. Cystic Fibrosis. 9. Croup Syndrome: Laryngotracheobronchitis and Acute Epiglottitis -- Pt. III. Infectious Pulmonary Diseases. 10. Pneumonia. 11. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. 12. Lung Abscess. 13. Tuberculosis. 14. Fungal Diseases of the Lungs -- Pt. IV. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases. 15. Pulmonary Edema. 16. Pulmonary Embolism and Infarction -- Pt. V. Chest and Pleural Trauma. 17. Flail Chest. 18. Pneumothorax -- Pt. VI. Disorders of the Pleura and of the Chest Wall. 19. Pleural Diseases. 20. Kyphoscoliosis -- Pt. VII. Environmental Lung Disease. 21. Pneumoconiosis -- Pt. VIII. Neoplastic Disease. 22. Cancer of the Lung.
• Pt. IX. Diffuse Alveolar Diseases. 23. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome. 24. Idiopathic (Infant) Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Pt. X. Chronic Noninfectious Parenchymal Diseases. 25. Chronic Interstitial Lung Diseases -- Pt. XI. Neurologic Disorders and Sleep Apnea. 26. Guillain-Barre Syndrome. 27. Myasthenia Gravis. 28. Sleep Apnea -- Pt. XII. Other Important Topics. 29. Near Drowning. 30. Smoke Inhalation and Thermal Injuries. 31. Postoperative Atelectasis -- Appendix I: Symbols and Abbreviations Commonly Used in Respiratory Physiology -- Appendix II: Sympathomimetic Bronchodilators -- Appendix III: Parasympatholytic (Anticholinergic) Bronchodilators -- Appendix IV: Xanthine Bronchodilators -- Appendix V: Corticosteroids -- Appendix VI: Mucolytic Agents -- Appendix VII: Expectorants -- Appendix VIII: Antibiotic Agents -- Appendix IX: Positive Inotropic Agents -- Appendix X: Diuretics -- Appendix XI: Techniques Used to Mobilize Bronchial Secretions -- Appendix XII: Hyperinflation Techniques.
• Appendix XIII: The Ideal Alveolar Gas Equation -- Appendix XIV: Physiologic Dead-space Calculation -- Appendix XV: Units of Measurement -- Appendix XVI: Poiseuille's Law -- Appendix XVII: [actual symbol not reproducible] Nomogram -- Appendix XVIII: Calculated Hemodynamic Measurements -- Appendix XIX: DuBois Body Surface Area Chart -- Appendix XX: Cardiopulmonary Profile -- Appendix XXI: Self-Assessment Answers.

ISBN

0801679885

LCCN

95011507

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries