| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy Evidence and Practice | | | Author:
| Frownfelter, Donna
Dean, Elizabeth | | ISBN: | 978-0-323-11275-8 | | Publication Date: | Mar 2012 | | Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
| | Imprint: | Mosby | | Book Format: | Online resource | | List Price: | USD $91.99 | Book Description:
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- Integrates real-life, clinical cases within the textbook to enable the reader to apply concepts covered in the chapter.
- Content covers the spectrum from acute to long-term conditions.
- Covers secondary cardiovascular/cardiopulmonary conditions as well as primary conditions.
- Special topics are highlighted at the end to keep abreast of new directions and initiatives in the specialty.
- Focuses on evidence-based medicine to bridge the gap between...
More Description - Integrates real-life, clinical cases within the textbook to enable the reader to apply concepts covered in the chapter.
- Content covers the spectrum from acute to long-term conditions.
- Covers secondary cardiovascular/cardiopulmonary conditions as well as primary conditions.
- Special topics are highlighted at the end to keep abreast of new directions and initiatives in the specialty.
- Focuses on evidence-based medicine to bridge the gap between the importance of research to reimbursement.
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- Evolve Learning Resources Website includes an Electronic Image Collection with all the images from the book for instructors. For students, a Clinical Case Study Guide provides additional cases to develop problem-solving and clinical reasoning skills.
- Emphasizes the global perspective of health to make students more aware of the cross-cultural and global view of health care.
- Expanded section on health psychology and living a healthy lifestyle.
- Expanded section on secondary cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions shows that "every patient" is a cardiovascular and pulmonary patient.
- Integrates oxygen transport throughout to demonstrate how cardiac and pulmonary function together.
- Focuses on evidence-based medicine to bridge the gap between the importance of research and reimbursement
- Uses case vignettes as models of evidence-based practice and clinical decision making to help the student apply real-life scenarios to evidence-based practice and the process of decision making.
- Pharmacology chapter has been substantially revised and updated to show the importance of pharmacology to cardiopulmonary care.
- Incorporates The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, 2nd Edition, which sets the standard in physical therapy.
- New appendix with a prototype for a cardiac rehabilitation program and a pulmonary rehabilitation program enables the readers to understand how rehabilitation programs work.
- Expanded section on community and home care.
- New information on noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
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