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

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.