Respiratory care anatomy and physiology : foundations for clinical practice / Will Beachey, PhD, RRT, FAARC, professor emeritus, Department of Respiratory Therapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Mary and CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, North Dakota.
By: Beachey, Will.
Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2018]Edition: Fourth edition.Description: 442 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323416375 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Respiratory organs -- Physiology | Cardiovascular system -- Physiology | Respiratory therapy | Respiration | Kidneys -- PhysiologyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QP121 .B355 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010273 |
The respiratory system -- The airways and alveoli -- The lungs and chest wall -- Mechanics of ventilation -- Ventilation -- Pulmonary function measurements -- Pulmonary blood flow -- Gas diffusion -- Oxygen equilibrium and transport -- Carbon dioxide equilibrium and transport -- Acid-base regulation -- Control of ventilation -- Ventilation-perfusion relationships -- Clinical assessment of acid-base and oxygenation status -- Physiological basis for advanced oxygenation and mechanical ventilation strategies -- Physiology of sleep-disordered breathing -- Fetal and newborn cardiopulmonary physiology -- The cardiovascular system -- Functional anatomy of the cardiovascular system -- Cardiac electrophysiology -- The electrocardiogram and cardiac arrhythmias in adults -- Control of cardiac output and hemodynamic measurements -- The renal system -- Filtration, urine formation, and fluid regulation -- Electrolyte and acid-base regulation -- Integrated responses in exercise and aging -- Cardiopulmonary response is exercise in health and disease -- Effects of aging on the cardiopulmonary system.