Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care: A Critical Care Pocket Guide

by Dana F. Oakes

There is nothing more critical than caring for neonatal or pediatric patients during times of medical distress. Every second can be the difference between life and death. Oakes' Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care is THE bedside critical care guide respiratory professionals should never be without it. This reference is essential for not only the student in school, and the practitioner in the pediatric hospital, but especially for the practitioner in the outlying hospital having to care for a baby until a transport team arrives. Key content includes prenatal and postnatal assessment, neonatal transport, assessment and monitoring (respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological), critical care procedures, O2/aerosol/humidity therapies, chest PT, CPAP, mechanical ventilation, pharmacology, 47 diseases/disorders, and more. This completely revised 5th edition includes updated pharmacology, and the 2005 AHA CPR guidelines with ACLS Algorithms.

320 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published January 1, 1996