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Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease

  • 9th Edition - March 28, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Terry Des Jardins, George G. Burton
  • Language: English

**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner****Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pulmonology**A realistic l… Read more

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**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner**
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pulmonology**

A realistic look at treating respiratory diseases! Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 9th Edition gives you the fundamental knowledge and understanding required to successfully assess and treat patients with respiratory diseases. This foundation helps you learn how to systematically gather relevant clinical data; make an objective evaluation; identify the desired outcome and formulate an assessment; design a safe, appropriate, and effective treatment plan; and document all the steps involved. With this knowledge, you will understand the effectiveness of performing therapies and when to adjust therapy to a desired outcome.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical scenarios and critical thinking skills prepares you for real-world practice
  • UNIQUE! Focus on assessment and Therapist Driven Protocols (TDPs)
  • UNIQUE! Overview boxes highlight the clinical manifestations for each disease
  • Logically organized content is written at a user-friendly, approachable reading level for ease of use and understanding
  • Case studies provide realistic examples of the respiratory therapy practitioner’s role in successful patient care
  • End-of-chapter self-assessment questions and answer key are available on the companion Evolve website

Readership

Respiratory therapy students in two- and four-year programs

Table of contents

PART I: ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE

SECTION I: Bedside Diagnosis

1. The Patient Interview

2. The Physical Examination

3. The Pathophysiologic Basis for Common Clinical Manifestations

SECTION II: Clinical Data Obtained from Laboratory Tests and Special Procedures — Objective Findings

4. Pulmonary Function Testing

5. Blood Gas Assessment

6. Assessment of Oxygenation

7. Assessment of the Cardiovascular System

8. Radiologic Examination of the Chest

9. Other Important Tests and Procedures

SECTION III: The Therapist-Driven Protocol Program — The Essentials

10. The Therapist-Driven Protocol Program

11. Respiratory Failure and Ventilatory Management Protocols

12. Recording Skills and Intra-Professional Communication

PART II: OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE

13. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema

14. Asthma

15. Cystic Fibrosis

16. Bronchiectasis

PART III: LOSS OF ALVEOLAR VOLUME

17. Atelectasis

PART IV: INFECTIOUS PULMONARY DISEASE

18. Pneumonia, Lung Abscess Formation, and Important Fungal Diseases

19. Tuberculosis

PART V: PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE

20. Pulmonary Edema

21. Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Hypertension

PART VI: CHEST AND PLEURAL TRAUMA

22. Flail Chest

23. Pneumothorax

PART VII: DISORDERS OF THE PLEURA AND THE CHEST WALL

24. Pleural Effusion and Empyema

25. Kyphoscoliosis

PART VIII: LUNG CANCER

26. Cancer of the Lung

PART IX: ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASES

27. Interstitial Lung Diseases

PART X: DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR DISEASE

28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

PART XI: NEURO-RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

29. Guillain-Barre Syndrome

30. Myasthenia Gravis

31. Cardiopulmonary Assessment and Care of Patients with Neuromuscular Disease

PART XII: SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS

32. Sleep Apnea

PART XIII: NEWBORN AND EARLY CHILDHOOD CARDIOPULMONARY DISORDERS

33. Newborn Assessment and Management

34. Pediatric Assessment and Management

35. Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

36. Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

37. Respiratory Distress Syndrome

38. Pulmonary Air Leak Syndromes

39. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (Bronchiolitis)

40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

41. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

42. Congenital Heart Diseases

43. Croup and Croup-like Syndromes: Laryngotracheobronchitis, Bacterial Tracheitis, and Acute Epiglottitis

PART XIV: OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS

44. Near Drowning/Wet Drowning

45. Smoke Inhalation, Thermal Lung Injuries, and Carbon Monoxide Intoxication

Appendices
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 31, 2023
  • Language: English

About the authors

TD

Terry Des Jardins

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Professor Emeritus, Department of Respiratory Care, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois, USA

GB

George G. Burton

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean for Medical Affairs, Kettering College of Medical Arts, Kettering, Ohio; Clinical Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA