Physiotherapy in Respiratory Care: A Problem-solving Approach to Respiratory and Cardiac Management

by Alexandra Hough (Author), Alexandra Hough (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $4.17

  Updated and expanded to incorporate recent research and more illustrations, this work on physiotherapy in respiratory care offers a problem-solving approach with the aim of providing clarity of thought and a challenge to traditional assumptions. A major feature is the extensive reference list, and there is a recommended reading list at the end of each chapter. The relationship between physiology, accurate assessment and practice lays the foundation for problem-solving in the first two chapters, and physiological reasoning continues throughout the book, which is mainly devoted to coverage of physiotherapy management and its rationale. This is based on three main problems: reduced lung-volume, breathlessness, and sputum retention. There is a section on pain management which questions the belief that chest physiotherapy need be painful, and advice on the management of on-calls and emergencies. Other topics include the pathophysiology of respiratory diseases and their medical management, people with hyperventilation syndrome, children, and pulmonary rehabilitation, on which this edition places extra emphasis on home management. Outcome measures and critical review are themes throughout, and the final chapter focuses exclusively on the evaluation of practice.

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.23

  Using a research-based approach, this text in its second edition continues to use the problem-solving approach to provide clarity of thought and challenge traditional assumptions. The new edition has been updated and expanded to include cardiac rehabilitation, more illustrations and much of the recent research into this area. The foundation for problem-solving is provided in the first two chapters where the relationship between physiology, accurate assessment and practice is discussed. Physiological reasoning continues throughout the book. In the main the book is devoted to physiotherapy management and its rationale, including a section on pain management, which challenges the myth that chest physiotherapy need be painful, a discussion on the practical treatment of breathlessness, and advice on the management of on-calls and emergencies. Also included is a coverage of the pathophysiology of respiratory diseases and their medical management and separate chapters on children and people with hyperventilation syndrome. Pulmonary rehabilitation has been expanded, with extra emphasis on home management to match the changing policies in health care. Outcome measures and critical review are a theme throughout, with the final chapter devoted to evaluation of practice. This book should be of interest to students and practitioners in physiotherapy, respiratory and intensive care, and nurses in cardiac care.