Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care,
Edition 6 An evidence-based, problem-solving approachEditors: By Alexandra Hough, MSc MCSP CertEd Dip TP
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Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy is very different from musculoskeletal physiotherapy and is a fast-moving, sometimes complex subject area. This textbook demystifies the field for physiotherapy students and those who work with patients who have cardiopulmonary or respiratory conditions.
Succinct and easy-to-read, Hough’s Cardiorespiratory Care offers a practical approach covering everything from physiology through to patient assessment and care, across a variety of settings and patient populations. This edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest evidence base, including the critical, acute and chronic management of COVID-19.
The book is packed full of illustrations, clinical reasoning boxes, case studies and practice tips, making it a must-have for both student and advanced physiotherapists as well other healthcare practitioners.
Key Features
- Fully updated with the latest evidence-base in this fast-moving field in physiotherapy
- Easy to understand language, simple diagrams and case studies, suitable for a wide range of healthcare practitioners
- Over 280 illustrations, 70 X-rays and other clinical photographs
- Outcome measures for problems and diseases
- Q&As, clinical reasoning boxes and learning and practice tips to encourage reflection
- Tables with definitions, normal values and comparisons
- Practical techniques described with precision
New Features
- Critical, acute and chronic management of COVID-19
About the author
By Alexandra Hough, MSc MCSP CertEd Dip TP, Respiratory physiotherapist and clinician and lecturer
Preface
About the Author
Contributors
Acknowledgements
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
Index
Physiotherapy students (approx. 5000)