Des Jardins, Terry

Clinical manifestations and assessment of respiratory disease. / Terry Des Jardins, George G. Burton - 7th ed. - St. Louis, MO.: Elsevier, 2016. - xxi, 621p.: illustrations

Includes index.

Contents: Assessment of respiratory disease: The patient interview -- The physical examination and its basis in physiology -- Pulmonary function study assessments -- Arterial blood gas assessments -- Oxygenation assessments -- Cardiovascular system assessments -- Radiologic examination of the chest -- Other important tests and procedures -- The Therapist-driven protocol program and the role of the respiratory therapist -- Respiratory failure and the mechanical ventilation protocol -- Recording skills: the basis for data collection, organization, assessment skills and treatment plans -- Obstructive lung disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis and ephysema -- Asthma -- Bronchiectasis -- Cystic fibrosis -- Infectious pulmonary diseases: Pneumonia -- Lung Abscess -- Tuberculosis -- Fungal diseases of the lung -- Pulmonary vascular diseases: Pulmonary edema -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Chest and pleural trauma: Flail chest -- Pneumothorax -- Disorders of the pleura and of the chest wall: Pleural effusion and empyema -- Kyphoscoliosis -- Environmental Lung diseases: Interstitial lung diseases -- Neoplastic disease: Cancer of the lung -- Diffuse alveolar disease: Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Neurologic disorders and sleep apnea: Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Sleep-related breathing disorders - sleep apnea -- Newborn and early childhood respiratory disorders: Newborn and early childhood cardiopulmonary disorders -- Meconium aspiration syndrome -- Transient tachypnea of the newborn -- Respiratory distress syndrome -- Pulmonary air leak syndromes -- Respiratory syncytial virus infection (bronchiotis or pneumonitis) Bronchopulmonary dysplasia -- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Congenital heart diseases -- Croup syndrome: laryngotracheobronchitis and acute epiglottitis -- Other important topics: Near drowning/ wet drowning -- Smoke inhalation, thermal injuries and carbon monoxide intoxication -- Atelectasis --

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