Whitaker, Kent B <br/><br/>
Comprehensive perinatal and pediatric respiratory care / 

 - 3rd ed 
 - Albany, NY :  Delmar Thomson Learning,  2001 
 - xiv, 814 p. :  ill. ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/> includes index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0766813738 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Respiratory therapy for children<br/>Respiratory organs<br/>Newborn infants<br/>Neonatal intensive care<br/>Respiratory Therapy<br/>Respiratory Tract Diseases<br/>Cardiovascular System<br/>Child<br/>Embryonic Development<br/>Fetal Development<br/>Infant<br/>Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.92200428