You will love the new edition of this classic respiratory text! Now featuring an even stronger clinical focus this standard-setting reference reflects the latest research findings therapies and equipment providing the reader with the most up-to-date information available anywhere. The larger format of this latest edition reflects a wealth of changes: / Each chapter in this resourceful text now begins with an outline providing an overview of the material to be covered and alerting the reader to the most important information. / Clinical Skills in clinical chapters based on the RRT and CRTT exam review matrices provide learning objectives and prepare the reader for these exams. / Professional Skills provided with the non-clinical chapters serve as learning objectives and offer opportunities for personal growth. / Numerous boxes -- including equation boxes -- emphasize key information and reinforce its importance. / Guidelines for treatment from the American Association of Respiratory Care are highlighted in boxes acquainting the reader with essential standards of practice. / Therapist Driven Protocols are presented in the form of flow charts defining the procedures for treatment in the clinical setting. / A greater number of illustrations highlight and enhance key respiratory care concepts. / Many new chapters offer the most current thinking on: / the future of respiratory care; / cardiopulmonary monitoring; / bronchial hygiene therapy; / volume expansion therapy; / bronchial asthma; / chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; / interstitial lung diseases; / industrial environmental and self-induced pulmonary diseases; and / acute adult respiratory distress syndromes