ABSTRACT

Starting with patient assessment, the authors explain the physiological basis of all major cardiopulmonary problems before describing the physiotherapy interventions possible - this ensures the reader understands why the problems occur and not just how to treat them. The book concludes with a detailed glossary, an appendix describing all the treatm

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Section 1 ASSESSMENT TOOLS

chapter |13 pages

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

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Section 2 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

chapter |3 pages

ACID-BASE BALANCE DISTURBANCES

chapter |3 pages

AIRFLOW LIMITATION

chapter |3 pages

ALTERED RESPIRATORY COMPLIANCE

chapter |3 pages

CHEST WALL DEFORMITY OR DISRUPTION

chapter |3 pages

CONTROL OF BREATHING

chapter |2 pages

DECONDITIONING

chapter |2 pages

EFFECTS OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA

chapter |3 pages

HEART FAILURE

chapter |4 pages

IMPAIRED GASEOUS EXCHANGE

chapter |3 pages

IMPAIRED TRACHEOBRONCHIAL CLEARANCE

chapter 1|2 pages

INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION 1—INFECTION

chapter |3 pages

PAIN

chapter |2 pages

REDUCED LUNG VOLUME

chapter |3 pages

RESPIRATORY FAILURE

chapter |3 pages

RESPIRATORY MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION

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Section 3 PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES AND ADJUNCTS

chapter 7|3 pages

1 Autogenic drainage (AD)

chapter |3 pages

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAYS PRESSURE

chapter |3 pages

EXERCISE TRAINING 1

chapter |2 pages

FLUTTER

chapter |2 pages

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL BREATHING

chapter |3 pages

HUMIDIFICATION

chapter |2 pages

INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY (IS)

chapter |3 pages

MANUAL HYPERINFLATION (MHI)

chapter |4 pages

MECHANICAL VENTILATION (MV)

chapter |2 pages

MOBILIZATION

chapter |4 pages

OXYGEN THERAPY

chapter |3 pages

PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT OF PAIN

chapter 2|2 pages

Positioning to relieve breathlessness

chapter 3|3 pages

Positioning to improve lung volume

chapter 5|2 pages

POSITIONING 5—PRONE POSITIONING

chapter |3 pages

POSITIVE EXPIRATORY PRESSURE (PEP)

chapter 14|2 pages

3 Thoracic mobilizations

chapter |3 pages

TRACHEAL SUCTION

chapter |3 pages

TRACHEOSTOMY MANAGEMENT

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Section 4 CASE STUDIES AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

chapter |1 pages

CASE STUDY 1

chapter |3 pages

CASE STUDY 1 SOLUTION

chapter |1 pages

CASE STUDY 2

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CASE STUDY 2 SOLUTION

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CASE STUDY 3

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CASE STUDY 3 SOLUTION

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CASE STUDY 4

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CASE STUDY 4 SOLUTION