Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
Authors :
James K. Stoller & Albert J. Heuer & David L. Vines & Robert L. Chatburn & Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila
Date of Publication: 03/2024
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Respiratory Therapy**Master the principles and skills you’ll need to succeed as a respiratory therapist! Egan’s Fundamentals of Respirat ...view more
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Respiratory Therapy**
Master the principles and skills you’ll need to succeed as a respiratory therapist! Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition provides a solid foundation in respiratory care and covers the latest advances in this dynamic field. For more than 50 years, this text has been the go-to resource to understand the role of the respiratory therapist, the scientific basis for treatment, and clinical applications. Comprehensive chapters prepare you for clinical and exam success by correlating to the 2020 NBRC Exam matrices. The 13th Edition includes updated coverage of COVID-19, the latest AARC clinical practice guidelines, and a new enhanced eBook version included with print purchase.
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Respiratory Therapy**
Master the principles and skills you’ll need to succeed as a respiratory therapist! Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition provides a solid foundation in respiratory care and covers the latest advances in this dynamic field. For more than 50 years, this text has been the go-to resource to understand the role of the respiratory therapist, the scientific basis for treatment, and clinical applications. Comprehensive chapters prepare you for clinical and exam success by correlating to the 2020 NBRC Exam matrices. The 13th Edition includes updated coverage of COVID-19, the latest AARC clinical practice guidelines, and a new enhanced eBook version included with print purchase.
Key Features
NEW! Enhanced eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing you to access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud — plus videos, animations, an English/Spanish glossary, and lecture notes.
NEW AND UPDATED! All chapters reflect the latest advances in respiratory care. Patient-ventilator interaction chapter contains all new content, and chapters on e-Medicine, pulmonary infections, neonatal and pediatric care, ventilator physiology,and ICU patient monitoring have been fully revised and updated.
UPDATED! Coverage of the latest advancements in respiratory care research and patient care addresses key topics, including COVID-19 and other related viruses.
Focus on exam preparation with content linked to NBRC credentialing exam matrices and clinical simulations.
Expert authorship and a focus on each chapter by and for respiratory therapists helps improve utility and readability.
Excerpts of the AARC’s Clinial Practice Guidelines (CPGs) provide important information regarding indications/contraindications, hazards and complications, assessment of need, assessment of outcome, and monitoring.
Mini-Clinis — short, critical-thinking case scenarios with Q&A — encourage you to solve realistic problems commonly encountered during patient care.
Sample Therapist-Driven Protocol (TDP) algorithms and coverage expose you to the use of decision trees developed by hospitals to promote assessment and evaluation skills in patient care.
Rules of Thumb features in each chapter highlight rules, formulae, and key points important to clinical practice and are marked with a special icon for easy identification.
Learning Objectives align exactly with the Summary Checklist at the end of each chapter, paralleling the three areas tested on the 2020 NBRC Therapist Multiple-Choice Examination: recall, analysis, and application.
End-of-textbook glossary includes key terms and definitions necessary for comprehension of key concepts.
Author Information
Edited by James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Jean Wall Bennett Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Chair, Education Institute Cleveland Clinic; Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, Program Director and Professor,Masters in Health Care Management Rutgers - School of Health Professions Newark; David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Chairperson and Respiratory Care Program Director Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois; Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Director, Simulation Fellowship, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
Edited by James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
SECTION I Foundations of Respiratory Care 1 Early History of Respiratory Care 2 The Profession of Respiratory Care 3 Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication 4 Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 5 Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice 6 Physical Principles of Respiratory Care 7 E-Medicine in Respiratory Care 8 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research SECTION II Applied Anatomy and Physiology 9 The Respiratory System 10 The Cardiovascular System 11 Ventilation 12 Gas Exchange and Transport, 13 Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes 14 Acid-Base Balance 15 Regulation of Breathing SECTION III Assessment of Respiratory Disorders 16 Bedside Assessment of the Patient 17 Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data 18 Interpreting the Electrocardiogram 19 Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange 20 Pulmonary Function Testing 21 Review of Thoracic Imaging 22 Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist 23 Nutrition Assessment SECTION IV Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease 24 Pneumonia 25 Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases 26 Interstitial Lung Disease 27 Pleural Diseases 28 Pulmonary Vascular Disease 29 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 30 Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns 31 Acute Heart Failure 32 Lung Cancer 33 Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall 34 Disorders of Sleep 35 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders SECTION V Basic Therapeutics 36 Airway Pharmacology 37 Airway Management 38 Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support 39 Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy 40 Aerosol Drug Therapy 41 Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases 42 Medical Gas Therapy 43 Lung Expansion Therapy 44 Airway Clearance Therapy SECTION VI Acute and Critical Care 45 Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support 46 Mechanical Ventilators 47 Physiology of Ventilatory Support 48 PatienteVentilator Interactions 49 Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support 50 Noninvasive Ventilation 51 Extracorporeal Life Support 52 Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit 53 Discontinuing Ventilatory Support 54 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care SECTION VII Patient Education and Long-Term Care 55 Health Promotion Through Patient Education 56 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 57 Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings 58 Ethics and the End of Life
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