Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Book

Sect. I	Foundations of Respiratory Care	1
1	Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care	3
2	Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping	21
3	Principles of Infection Control	41
4	Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice	69
5	Physical Principles of Respiratory Care	85
6	Computer Applications in Respiratory Care	113
Sect. II	Applied Anatomy and Physiology	135
7	The Respiratory System	137
8	The Cardiovascular System	187
9	Ventilation	207
10	Gas Exchange and Transport	229
11	Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes	255
12	Acid-Base Balance	271
13	Regulation of Breathing	297
Sect. III	Assessment of Respiratory Disorders	307
14	Bedside Assessment of the Patient	309
15	Electrocardiogram and Laboratory Test Assessment	335
16	Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange	355
17	Pulmonary Function Testing	391
18	A Synopsis of Thoracic Imaging	427
Sect. IV	Synopsis of Cardiopulmonary Disease	449
19	Pulmonary Infections	451
20	Obstructive Lung Disease: COPD, Asthma, and Related Diseases	469
21	Interstitial Lung Disease	491
22	Pleural Diseases	503
23	Pulmonary Vascular Disease	521
24	Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema, and Multiple System Organ Failure	537
25	Lung Neoplasms	557
26	Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall	571
27	Disorders of Sleep	587
28	Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders	605
Sect. V	Basic Therapeutics	625
29	Airway Pharmacology	627
30	Airway Management	653
31	Emergency Life Support	705
32	Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy	737
33	Aerosol Drug Therapy	761
34	Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases	801
35	Medical Gas Therapy	827
36	Lung Expansion Therapy	863
37	Bronchial Hygiene Therapy	883
Sect. VI	Acute and Critical Care	911
38	Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support	913
39	Mechanical Ventilators	929
40	Physiology of Ventilatory Support	963
41	Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support	1003
42	Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation	1059
43	Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit	1081
44	Discontinuing Ventilatory Support	1121
45	Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care	1155
Sect. VII	Preventative and Long-Term Care	1189
46	Patient Education and Health Promotion	1191
47	Nutritional Aspects of Health and Disease	1201
48	Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation	1225
49	Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings	1247
App. 1	Temperature Correction of Barometric Reading	1287
App. 2	Factors to Convert Gas Volumes From ATPS to STPD	1288
App. 3	Factors to Convert Gas Volumes From STPD to BTPS at Given Barometric Pressures	1289
App. 4	Table of Normal Values	1290
	Glossary	1293