Section I: Foundations of Respiratory Care
Chapter 1: Early History of Respiratory Care
Chapter 2: The Profession of Respiratory Care
Chapter 3: Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication
Chapter 4: Principles of Infection Prevention and Control
Chapter 5: Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice
Chapter 6: Physical Principles of Respiratory Care
Chapter 7: E-Medicine in Respiratory Care
Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research
Section II: Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 9: The Respiratory System
Chapter 10: The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 11: Ventilation
Chapter 12: Gas Exchange and Transport
Chapter 13: Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes
Chapter 14: Acid-Base Balance
Chapter 15: Regulation of Breathing
Section III: Assessment of Respiratory Disorders
Chapter 16: Bedside Assessment of the Patient
Chapter 17: Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data
Chapter 18: Interpreting the Electrocardiogram
Chapter 19: Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange
Chapter 20: Pulmonary Function Testing
Chapter 21: Review of Thoracic Imaging
Chapter 22: Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist
Chapter 23: Nutrition Assessment
Section IV: Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease
Chapter 24: Pneumonia
Chapter 25: Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma,
and Related Diseases
Chapter 26: Interstitial Lung Disease
Chapter 27: Pleural Diseases
Chapter 28: Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Chapter 29: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Chapter 30: Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns
Chapter 31: Acute Heart Failure
Chapter 32: Lung Cancer
Chapter 33: Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall
Chapter 34: Disorders of Sleep
Chapter 35: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
Section V: Basic Therapeutics
Chapter 36: Airway Pharmacology
Chapter 37: Airway Management
Chapter 38: Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support
Chapter 39: Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy
Chapter 40: Aerosol Drug Therapy
Chapter 41: Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases
Chapter 42: Medical Gas Therapy
Chapter 43: Lung Expansion Therapy
Chapter 44: Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)
Section VI: Acute and Critical Care
Chapter 45: Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support
Chapter 46: Mechanical Ventilators
Chapter 47: Physiology of Ventilatory Support
Chapter 48: Patient-Ventilator Interactions
Chapter 49: Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support
Chapter 50: Noninvasive Ventilation
Chapter 51: Extracorporeal Life Support
Chapter 52: Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 53: Discontinuing Ventilatory Support
Chapter 54: Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
Section VII: Patient Education and Long-Term Care
Chapter 55: Patient Education and Health Promotion
Chapter 56: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Chapter 57: Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings
Chapter 58: Ethics and End of Life