Comprehensive Perinatal & Pediatric Respiratory Care Book

	Preface
	Contributing Authors
Unit 1	Development and Care of the Fetus: Conception to Birth	1
Ch. 1	Embryological Development of the Cardiopulmonary System	3
Ch. 2	Assessment of Fetal Growth and Development	30
Ch. 3	Labor, Delivery, and Physiological Changes After Birth	53
Unit 2	Care of the Neonatal and Pediatric Patient	75
Ch. 4	Techniques of Resuscitation and Stabilization	77
Ch. 5	Assessment of the Neonatal and Pediatric Patient	111
Ch. 6	Respiratory Care Procedures	147
Ch. 7	General Considerations of Continuing Care	188
Ch. 8	Pharmacology in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care	222
Ch. 9	Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation	259
Unit 3	Causes and Care of Illness in Perinatal and Pediatric Patients	291
Ch. 10	Perinatal Lung Disease and Other Problems of Prematurity	293
Ch. 11	Causes of Persistent Perinatal Illness	335
Ch. 12	Pediatric Diseases Requiring Respiratory Care	362
Ch. 13	Interpretation of Chest X-Rays	408
Unit 4	Management of Ventilation and Oxygenation	445
Ch. 14	Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation	447
Ch. 15	Management of the Patient-Ventilator System	474
Ch. 16	Common Ventilators and Monitors	512
Ch. 17	Special Procedures and Ventilatory Techniques	557
Unit 5	Transport, Home Care, and Care of the Parents	577
Ch. 18	Perinatal Transport	579
Ch. 19	Home Care	598
Ch. 20	Care of the Parents	622
Ch. 21	Clinical Case Studies	635
	App. A	657
	App. B	741
	App. C	784
	App. D	785
	App. E	786
	App. F	787
	App. G	788
	App. H	789
	App. I	790
	Glossary	791
	Index	805