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Since publication of the third edition of this popular text, significant changes have occurred in physical therapy education. In keeping with these changes, this new fourth edition corresponds exactly with the Practice Patterns of the APTA’s Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. Readers will find a completely transformed and rewritten text, with chapter-by-chapter coverage of each practice pattern – making this book unique in the field. This newly integrated and up-to-date book will be the text of choice for an entire generation of physical therapists the world over. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details.
Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Structure and Function
- Chapter 2 Respiratory Physiology: Structure, Function, and Integrative Responses to Intervention with Special Emphasis on the Ventilatory Pump
- Chapter 3 Normal and Abnormal Cardiopulmonary Responses to Exercise
- Chapter 4 Cardiopulmonary Changes with Aging
- Chapter 5 Cardiac Disease and Pathophysiology
- Chapter 6 Common Pulmonary Diseases
- Chapter 7 Common Cardiac and Pulmonary Clinical Measures
- Chapter 8 Drug Therapy of Common Cardiac Disorders
- Chapter 9 Pulmonary Pharmacology
- Chapter 10 Primary Prevention and Risk Reduction for Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Disorders—Preferred Practice Pattern 6A
- Chapter 11 The Patient with Deconditioning—Preferred Practice Pattern 6B
- Chapter 12 The Patient with Airway Clearance Dysfunction—Preferred Practice Pattern 6C
- Chapter 13 The Patient with Cardiovascular Pump Dysfunction/Failure—Preferred Practice Pattern 6D
- Chapter 14 The Patient with Ventilatory Pump Dysfunction/Failure—Preferred Practice Pattern 6E
- Chapter 15 The Patient with Respiratory Failure—Preferred Practice Pattern 6F
- Chapter 16 Respiratory Failure in the Neonate—Preferred Practice Pattern 6G
- Chapter 17 The Patient with Lymphatic System Disorder—Preferred Practice Pattern 6H
