I

FOUNDATIONS OF RESPIRATORY CARE

1

1

History of Respiratory Care

1

2

Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care

5

3

Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping

9

4

Principles of Infection Prevention and Control

15

5

Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice

23

6

Physical Principles of Respiratory Care

31

7

Computer Applications in Respiratory Care

39

II

APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

45

8

The Respiratory System

45

9

The Cardiovascular System

57

10

Ventilation

61

11

Gas Exchange and Transport

69

12

Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes

79

13

Acid-Base Balance

87

14

Regulation of Breathing

97

III

ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

105

15

Bedside Assessment of the Patient

105

16

Interpreting Clinical Laboratory Data

121

17

Interpreting the Electrocardiogram

127

18

Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange

141

19

Pulmonary Function Testing

153

20

Review of Thoracic Imaging

163

21

Nutrition Assessment

173

IV

REVIEW OF CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE

183

22

Pulmonary Infections

183

23

Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases

195

24

Interstitial Lung Disease

213

25

Pleural Diseases

219

26

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

229

27

Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema, and Multiple System Organ Failure

239

28

Lung Cancer

249

29

Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall

257

30

Disorders of Sleep

267

31

Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

273

V

BASIC THERAPEUTICS

285

32

Airway Pharmacology

285

33

Airway Management

299

34

Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support

317

35

Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy

331

36

Aerosol Drug Therapy

341

37

Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases

353

38

Medical Gas Therapy

365

39

Lung Expansion Therapy

381

40

Airway Clearance Therapy

391

VI

ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE

403

41

Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support

403

42

Mechanical Ventilators

415

43

Physiology of Ventilatory Support

425

44

Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support

437

45

Noninvasive Ventilation

449

46

Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

459

47

Discontinuing Ventilatory Support

479

48

Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

497

VII

PATIENT EDUCATION AND LONG-TERM CARE

513

49

Patient Education and Health Promotion

513

50

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

521

51

Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

529