| Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition |
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| ISBN: |
9781284155228 |
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| ISBN-10: |
1284155226 |
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| Copyright: |
2021 |
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| Edition: |
4th |
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| Editor: |
Hess,
Dean R., MacIntyre, Neil R.,
Galvin, William F.,
Mishoe, Shelley C.,
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Doody's Expert Review
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| Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. |
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Reviewer:
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Steven Hamick,
AAS, BIS
(Corewell Health East, William Beaumont University Hospital)
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Description
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| This fourth edition presents updates on the latest fundamental aspects of respiratory care. An accompanying website contains case studies, updated practice questions, review modules, pathway links to various sites, and animations that are quite good. This edition updates the previous third edition published in 2015. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose of this book is to provide respiratory care students the fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics, respiratory diseases, applied sciences, and the professional aspects of respiratory care. The website brings added value to the text and the authors have met their started objectives. |
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Audience
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| This book is written for and meets the needs of students in respiratory care programs. It also covers all the topics on the National Board for Respiratory Care's examination matrix. The authors are unquestionably experts in the field of respiratory care and pulmonary medicine as they have published previous books, journal articles, and studies. |
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Features
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| This book is completely updated and set up into five distinct parts with a total of 62 chapters. All aspects of respiratory care are included, from patient assessment to healthcare economics to research. Each chapter contains a chapter outline, objectives, key terms, respiratory recaps, "stop and think" sections to help develop critical thinking skills, age-specific angles, various tables, current practice guidelines, key points, and many images and figures. The website helps illustrate key points within the text. |
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Assessment
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| This book is a welcomed update to its previous edition. It truly is an outstanding textbook covering all aspects of respiratory care. Not only has it proven to be an excellent textbook for respiratory care students and those studying for credentialing exams, but respiratory care practitioners will find it a valuable resource as well. Well done! |
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