"With contributions from over 75 of the foremost experts in the field, the third edition of best-selling Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice represents the very best in clinical and academic expertise. Taught in leading respiratory care programs, it continues to be the top choice for instructors and students alike. The Third Edition includes numerous updates and revisions that provide the best foundational knowledge available as well as new, helpful instructor resources and student learning tools. Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Third Edition incorporates the latest information on the practice of respiratory care into a well-organized, cohesive, reader-friendly guide to help students learn to develop care plans, critical thinking skills, strong communication and patient education skills, and the clinical leadership skills needed to succeed. This text provides essential information in a practical and manageable format for optimal learning and retention. Including a wealth of student and instructor resources, and content cross-referencing the NBRC examination matrices, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Third Edition is the definitive resource for today's successful respiratory care practitioner"--Publisher's description.

Preceded by Respiratory care : principles and practice / Dean R. Hess [and others]. 2nd ed. c2012.

Section I: Respiratory assessment. History and physical examination -- Respiratory monitoring -- Hemodynamic monitoring -- Arterial blood gas sampling, analysis, and interpretation -- Blood chemistries and hematology -- Cardiac assessment -- Imaging the thorax -- Pulmonary function testing -- Interventional pulmonary procedures -- Polysomnography -- Nutrition assessment and support -- Cardiopulmonary exercise assessment -- Section II: Respiratory therapeutics. Therapeutic gases: manufacture, storage, and delivery -- Therapeutic gases: management and administration -- Humidity and aerosol therapy -- Airway clearance and lung expansion therapy -- Airway management -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Mechanical ventilators: classification and principles of operation -- Mechanical ventilation -- Noninvasive ventilation and continuous positive airway pressure -- Neonatal and pediatric respiratory care -- Extracorporeal life support for respiratory failure -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Home respiratory care -- Disaster management -- Respiratory care of the elderly -- Patient safety -- Section III: Respiratory diseases. Principles of disease management -- Patient education -- Infection control principles -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Interstitial lung disease -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Pneumonia -- Cystic fibrosis -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Postoperative respiratory care -- Cardiac failure -- Trauma -- Burn and inhalation injury -- Neuromuscular dysfunction -- Sleep-disordered breathing -- Lung cancer -- Neonatal and pediatric respiratory disorders -- Section IV: Applied sciences for respiratory care. Respiratory anatomy -- Ventilation and oxygenation -- Respiratory mechanics -- Control of breathing -- Cardiovascular, renal, and neural anatomy and physiology -- Physical principles -- Chemistry for respiratory care -- Respiratory microbiology -- Respiratory drugs -- Section V: The respiratory care profession. History of the respiratory care profession -- Professional organizations -- Ethics of healthcare delivery -- Healthcare economics -- Respiratory care research and evidence-based practice.