Everything you need to prepare for real-world practice in cardiovascular and pulmonary therapy

Includes CD-ROM with interactive exercises

This comprehensive book/CD-ROM package offers a detailed, authoritative review of the full scope of cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy.

Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, it thoroughly explains exercise principles and provides an evidence base for many of the tests, measures, and interventions used by physical therapists.

Fully inte... MOREgrated with the APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, 2e, this edition is enriched by a new full-color presentation and has been revised using feedback from a national survey of course directors.

Learn how to apply principles to practice in any setting with:

- A complete chapter on the history and use of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice

- Eight chapters on preferred-practice patterns for cardiovascular and pulmonary therapy describing interventions and outcomes

- A case study in each practice pattern chapter illustrating how tests, measures, and interventions apply to actual patients International perspectives that offer insights into the global practice of physical therapy from prominent therapists from Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Columbia

- NEW CHAPTER: Physical Therapy Associated with Bariatric Disorders that details the role of the physical therapist in this important area Peer-reviewed published research

- A CD-ROM that contains: A variety of multimedia interactive presentations that complement chapters in the book; Case study exercises; Demonstrations of cardiac and pulmonary physical exams

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, 2nd Ed.

Part 1. Introduction

1. History of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

2. History and Use of the Guide

Part 2. Basic Medical Science

3. Essentials of Exercise Physiology

4. Anatomy of the Cardiopulmonary System

5. Physiology of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems

6. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

7. Pulmonary Pathology

8. Medications

Part 3. Cardiovascular and Pulmo... MOREnary Assessment

9. Pulmonary Examination

10. Cardiovascular Evaluation

11. Electrocardiography

12. Evaluation of the Patient Intolerance to Exercise

Part 4. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease as Comorbidity

13. Cardiopulmonary Concerns in the Patient with Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Deficits: An Evidence-Based Approach

14. Cardiopulmonary Concerns in the Patient with Neurological Deficits: An Evdience-Based Approach

Part 5. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Interventions

15. Physical Therapy Associated with Primary Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Deconditioning

16. Physical Therapy Associated with Obesity

17. Physical Therapy Associated with Airway Clearance Dysfunction

18. Physical Therapy Associated with Cardiovascular Pump Dysfunction and Failure

19. Physical Therapy Associated with Respiratory Failure

20. Physical Therapy Associated with Ventilatory Pump Dysfunction and Failure

21. Physical Therapy Associated with Respiratory Failure in the Neonate

22. Physical Therapy Associated with Lymphatic System Disorders

Part 6. Conclusion

23. The Future of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation