Synopses & Reviews
RN Expert Guide: Respiratory Care is presented in the quick-reference, easy-to-follow style that exemplifies all the RN Expert Guides. Also, as with other RN Expert Guides, explanations are clarified and enhanced by abundant illustrations and tables. This RN Expert Guide covers principles and practices of respiratory care, along with anatomy and physiology, assessment, diagnostic test results, and specific treatments. These chapters are followed by chapters on respiratory disorders and emergencies and complications. The book is further supplemented through the use of eye-catching icons and by an English-Spanish respiratory assessment guide and a thorough list of important selected references.
Synopsis
This quick-reference handbook presents the principles and practices of respiratory care in a clear, concise, easy-to-follow bulleted format enhanced by abundant illustrations and tables. Coverage begins with anatomy and physiology, assessment, diagnostic test results, and specific treatments. Subsequent chapters cover infection and inflammation, obstructive disorders, restrictive disorders, vascular lung disorders, traumatic injuries, neoplastic disorders, and emergencies and complications. Recurring icons include Red Flag, Age Pointer, Discharge Teaching, and Up Close. The book also includes an extensive list of important selected references.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1-Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 2-Assessment
- Chapter 3-Diagnostic tests and procedures
- Chapter 4-Treatments
- Chapter 5-Infection and inflammation
- Chapter 6-Obstructive disorders
- Chapter 7-Restrictive disorders
- Chapter 8-Vascular lung disorders
- Chapter 9-Traumatic injuries
- Chapter 10-Neoplastic disorders
- Chapter 11-Emergencies and complications
- Selected references
- English-Spanish respiratory assessment
- Index