Description: Comprehensive Perinatal & Pediatric Respiratory Care, Paperback by Whitaker, Kent B.; Eberle, Paul G., Trujillo, Lisa, ISBN 1439059438, ISBN-13 9781439059432, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This guide to perinatal and pediatric respiratory care begins with the neonatal patient, including the embryonic development of the cardiopulmonary system; assessment of fetal growth and development; labor, delivery, and physiologic changes after birth; techniques of resuscitation and stabilization; assessment of the neonatal and infant patient; continuing care; perinatal lung disease and other problems of prematurity; and causes of persistent perinatal illness. Subsequent chapters cover the pediatric patient, assessment, and diseases requiring respiratory care; general concepts like respiratory care procedures, pharmacology, assessment of oxygenation and ventilation, and the interpretation of chest x-rays; management of ventilation and oxygenation; and advanced and specialty care, including perinatal transport, home care, and care of parents. This edition has been updated and expanded to include current information on ventilators and monitors and new modes of ventilation. The text is now in full color and reorganized into units, which have been updated with current practices. It has expanded discussion of fertilization and conception, the saccular and alveolar stages of lung development, risk factors for premature labor, and Pneumocystis jirovecii; new discussion of transition in fetal circulation to extrauterine life, newer types of drugs, and TORCH (toxoplasmosis, other, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex type 2) complex; updated discussion of HIV and the prevention of infection; medical terminology used in pregnancy; current resuscitation standards; and new chapters on pediatric resuscitation and stabilization and continuing care. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Comprehensive Perinatal & Pediatric Respiratory Care
Number of Pages: 815 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Comprehensive Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Allied Health Services / General, Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine, Physiology, Allied Health Services / Respiratory Therapy
Item Height: 1.3 in
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 44.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Paul Eberle, Kent Whitaker, Lisa Trujillo
Subject Area: Medical
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
