Respiratory Care Equipment Book

1	Physical Properties of Gases and Principles of Gas Movement	1
2	Compressed Gases: Manufacture, Storage, and Piping Systems	16
3	Gas Delivery Systems: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Therapy Devices	48
4	Clinical Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers and Related Respiratory Care Equipment	73
5	Humidification: Humidifiers and Nebulizers	87
6	Airway and Suction Equipment	116
7	Manual and Gas-Powered Resuscitators	145
8	Blood Gases: The Measurement of pH, PCO[subscript 2], PO[subscript 2], and Related Analytes	160
9	Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring Equipment	184
10	Flow and Volume Measuring Devices	217
11	Airway Pressure Monitoring Devices	236
12	Devices for Chest Physiotherapy, Incentive Spirometry, and Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing	245
13	Classification of Mechanical Ventilators	264
14	Mechanical Ventilators	294
15	Transport Ventilators	393
16	Home Mechanical Ventilation Equipment	425
17	High-Frequency Ventilators	458
18	Spontaneous Breathing Systems: IMV and CPAP	470
19	Expiratory Pressure Valves	479
20	Decontamination of Respiratory Care Equipment: What Can Be Done, What Should Be Done	489
21	Computers and Respiratory Care Equipment	501
22	Approval and Surveillance of Medical Devices	519
	Glossary	533
	Index	542