Respiratory Care : A Guide to Clinical Practice Book

1	Roots of the Respiratory Care Profession	3
2	Respiratory Care in the 1990's	27
Sect. 1	Respiratory Care in the Modern Hospital	27
Sect. 2	Effective Interpersonal Communication in Respiratory Care	61
Sect. 3	The Physician and the Respiratory Care Team	72
Sect. 4	Medicolegal Aspects of Respiratory Care	89
Sect. 5	Ethical Considerations in Respiratory Care	89
3	The Future of the Respiratory Care Profession	101
4	The Anatomical Basis for Respiratory Gas Exchange	113
5	The Physicochemical Basis for Respiratory Gas Exchange	137
6	Assessment Skills Core to Practitioner Success	153
7	Imaging Assessment	185
8	Pulmonary Function Tests	225
9	Arterial Blood Gas Analysis	249
10	Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy	281
11	Sleep-Disordered Breathing	295
12	Respiratory Care Monitoring	309
13	Medical Gas Therapy	335
14	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy	405
15	Humidity and Aerosol Therapy	421
16	Drugs Used in Respiratory Care	469
17	Bronchial Hygiene Therapy	501
18	Volume Expansion Therapy	525
19	Airway Management	555
20	Mechanical Ventilation of the Adult Patient: Initiation, Management, and Weaning	611
21	Mechanical Ventilation	643
22	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	811
23	Pulmonary Rehabilitation	877
24	Respiratory Care in the Home and Alternate Sites	889
25	Neonatal Lung Disease and Respiratory Care	913
26	Respiratory Care for the Infant and Child	961
27	Bronchial Asthma	1001
28	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	1019
29	Neuromascular Disease	1043
30	Infectious Disease Aspects of Respiratory Therapy	1055
31	Interstitial Lung Disease	1069
32	Work-Related, Environmentally Caused, and Self-Induced Pulmonary Disorders	1087
33	Acute/Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome	1097
34	Acute Respiratory Failure	1123
35	Respiratory Care in the Coronary Care Unit	1133
36	Respiratory Care of the Surgical Patient	1141
	Appendices	A1
	Glossary	G1
	Index	I1