Whitaker, Kent B

Comprehensive perinatal and pediatric respiratory care / - 3rd ed - Albany, NY : Delmar Thomson Learning, 2001 - xiv, 814 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

includes index

Embryological development of the cardiopulmonary system -- Assessment of fetal growth and development -- Labor, delivery, and physiological changes after birth -- Techniques of resuscitation and stabilization -- Assessment of the neonatal and pediatric patient -- Respiratory care procedures -- General considerations of continuing care -- Pharmacology in neonatal and pediatric respiratory care -- Assessment of oxygenation and ventilation -- Perinatal lung disease and other problems of prematurity -- Causes of persistent perinatal illness -- Pediatric diseases requiring respiratory care -- Interpretation of chest x-rays -- Concepts of mechanical ventilation -- Management of the patient-ventilator system -- Common ventilators and monitors -- Special procedures and ventilatory techniques -- Perinatal transport -- Home care -- Care of the parents -- Clinical case studies

0766813738 (alk. paper)


Respiratory therapy for children
Respiratory organs
Newborn infants
Neonatal intensive care
Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Cardiovascular System
Child
Embryonic Development
Fetal Development
Infant
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal

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