Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care,
Edition 6 An Evidence-Based, Problem-Solving ApproachEditors: By Alexandra Hough, MSc MCSP CertEd Dip TP and Hazel Horobin
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Description
Covering a full range of cardiorespiratory conditions, Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care: An Evidence-Based, Problem-Solving Approach, 6th Edition, is a must-have textbook for physiotherapists, specialist nurses, occupational therapists, and more. It covers the management of patients on the wards, in critical care, and in out-patients, all with a readable, easily accessible writing style supported by hundreds of illustrations. Patient-centred and highly practical, this revised edition moves from physiology to patient assessment, medical and surgical management, and physiotherapy for different groups of patients.Key Features
- Presents content in an easy-to-read, concise manner to facilitate a better understanding of complex information
- Provides comprehensive precautions, contraindications, and outcome measures for every technique, with all content explained physiologically and based on current evidence
- Contains up-to-date information on COVID-19, as well as new medical and surgical techniques
- Includes clinical reasoning boxes to facilitate critical thinking, and case studies to practice problem-solving skills, with patient quotes throughout
- Provides numerous practice tips that show how to transfer learning to the clinical environment
- Features hundreds of photographs, drawings, diagrams, and imaging studies to enhance the text
- Includes coverage of infants, children, and adults with specific conditions, plus dedicated sections on frailty and palliative care
- Provides access to online resources, including an image bank and appendices
About the author
By Alexandra Hough, MSc MCSP CertEd Dip TP, Respiratory Physiotherapist; Clinician and Lecturer, UK and Hazel Horobin
Part 1 Physiology and pathology
1. Physiological basis of clinical practice
2. Assessment
3. Respiratory disorders
4. Cardiovascular disorders
5. General management
Part 2 Physiotherapy techniques
6. Physiotherapy to increase lung volume
7. Physiotherapy to clear secretions
8. Physiotherapy to decrease the work of breathing
9. Pulmonary rehabilitation
10. Physiotherapy for people with cardiovascular disorders
11. Cardiac rehabilitation
Part 3 Surgery
12. Complications
13. Physiotherapy for surgical patients
14. Modifications for different types of surgery
Part 4 Physiotherapy for specific groups of people
15. Infants
16. Children
17. Hyperventilation syndrome
18. Elders with cardiorespiratory disease
19. Palliative respiratory physiotherapy
Part 5 Critical care
20. Critical care, support and monitoring
21. Physiotherapy for critically ill patients
22. Modifications for different disorders
Part 6 Evaluation of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
23. Does it work?
Glossary of abbreviations, definitions, symbols and values
Physiotherapy students