Egan`s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition

I Foundations of Respiratory Care

Chapter 1: History of Respiratory Care

Chapter 2: The Profession of Respiratory Care

Chapter 3: Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication, and Recordkeeping

Chapter 4: Principles of Infection Prevention and Control

Chapter 5: Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice

Chapter 6: Physical Principles of Respiratory Care

Chapter 7: E-Medicine in Respiratory Care

Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research

II Applied Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 9: The Respiratory System

Chapter 10: The Cardiovascular System

Chapter 11: Ventilation

Chapter 12: Gas Exchange and Transport

Chapter 13: Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes

Chapter 14: Acid-Base Balance

Chapter 15: Regulation of Breathing

III Assessment of Respiratory Disorders

Chapter 16: Bedside Assessment of the Patient

Chapter 17: Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data

Chapter 18: Interpreting the Electrocardiogram

Chapter 19: Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange

Chapter 20: Pulmonary Function Testing

Chapter 21: Review of Thoracic Imaging

Chapter 22: Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist

Chapter 23: Nutrition Assessment

IV Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease

Chapter 24: Pulmonary Infections

Chapter 25: Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases

Chapter 26: Interstitial Lung Disease

Chapter 27: Pleural Diseases

Chapter 28: Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Chapter 29: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chapter 30: Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns

Chapter 31: Heart Failure

Chapter 32: Lung Cancer

Chapter 33: Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall

Chapter 34: Disorders of Sleep

Chapter 35: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

V Basic Therapeutics

Chapter 36: Airway Pharmacology

Chapter 37: Airway Management

Chapter 38: Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support

Chapter 39: Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy

Chapter 40: Aerosol Drug Therapy

Chapter 41: Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases

Chapter 42: Medical Gas Therapy

Chapter 43: Lung Expansion Therapy

Chapter 44: Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)

VI Acute and Critical Care

Chapter 45: Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support

Chapter 46: Mechanical Ventilators

Chapter 47: Physiology of Ventilatory Support

Chapter 48: Patient-Ventilator Interaction

Chapter 49: Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support

Chapter 50: Noninvasive Ventilation

Chapter 51: Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)

Chapter 52: Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 53: Discontinuing Ventilatory Support

Chapter 54: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

VII Patient Education and Long-Term Care

Chapter 55: Patient Education and Health Promotion

Chapter 56: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Chapter 57: Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

Chapter 58: Ethics and End-of-Life Care

Glossary

Index