Equipment Theory For Respiratory Care 5th Edition

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.

This innovative, best-selling book provides the most complete and accurate information about the structure and function of the respiratory system.

The latest edition of this popular book covers the “how-to” of respiratory care of newborns. Chapters from the previous edition have been updated to reflect advances in both equipment and practice, while newer chapters reflect the evolving worldwide approaches to neonatal respiratory failure, such as sustained inflation, optimization of lung volume, and the use of volumetric capnography, aerosol therapy, and management of chylothorax.

Editors: Donn, Steven M., Sinha, Sunil K. (Eds.)
Features up-to-date clinical information from worldwide experts
Written in an easy-to-consult outline format