Synopses & Reviews
This well-regarded text offers a thorough and innovative approach to the structure and function of the cardiopulmonary system. Written in an easy-to-understand style with a highly visual format, the text enhances the reader's comprehension of difficult concepts. Chapters were reorganized into sections to better structure the presentation of essential and more advanced topics. Section I describes the anatomic structures of the respiratory system and covers the major concepts and mechanisms of respiratory physiology across the lifespan, including fetal and newborn gas exchange and circulation. Section II includes three new chapters on electrophysiology of the heart, standard 12-ECG system, and ECG interpretation. The Section also covers hemodynamic measurements and interpretations and the structure and function of the renal system. Section III covers the cardiopulmonary system during unusual environmental conditions (including a thorough discussion of the effects of exercise, high altitude, and high-pressure environments).
Synopsis
This innovative, best-selling book provides the most complete and accurate information about the structure and function of the respiratory system, essential for respiratory care. Written in an organized, interesting, and visual manner, this book presents concepts germane to the respiratory therapist in full color, with many new anatomical illustrations and graphs to facilitate learning.
Synopsis
This innovative, best-selling book provides the most complete and accurate information about the structure and function of the respiratory system. The relevance to respiratory care practice clearly sets this resource apart, with clinical scenarios to challenge your application of principles and formulas as well as numerous illustrations of common pathological conditions such as cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, and asthma.
About the Author
Terry Des Jardins, M.Ed, RRT is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Respiratory Care at Parkland College in Champaign, IL where he taught for 35 years. He still actively lectures third year medical students on clinical manifestations and assessment of respiratory disease and cardiopulmonary physiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UrbanChampaign.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: THE CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System. Ventilation. The Diffusion of Pulmonary Gases. Pulmonary Function Measurements. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Circulatory System. Oxygen Transport. Carbon Dioxide Transport and Acid-Base Balance. Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships. Control of Ventilation. Fetal Development and the Cardiopulmonary System. Aging and The Cardiopulmonary System. SECTION II: ADVANCED CARDIOPULMONARY ESSENTIALS. Electrophysiology of the Heart and Its Application to Electrocardiography (ECG). ECG Recording, Wave Forms, and Measurements. Common Cardiac Arrhythmias. Hemodynamic Monitoring. Renal Failure and Its Effects on the Cardiopulmonary System. SECTION III: THE CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM DURING UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. Sleep Physiology and its relation to the Cardiopulmonary System Exercise and Its Effects on the Cardiopulmonary System. High Altitude and Its Effects on the Cardiopulmonary System. High-Pressure Environmentals and Their Effects on the Cardiopulmonary System. APPENDICES I: Symbols and Abbreviations Commonly Used in Respiratory Physiology. APPENDICES II: Units of Measurement. APPENDICES III: Poiseuille's Law. APPENDICES IV: Dubois Body Surface Chart. APPENDICES V: Cardiopulmonary Profile. APPENDICES VI: PCO2/HCO3-/pH Nomogram. APPENDICES VII: Answers to Self-Assessment Questions.