Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, Eighth Edition

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Summary: newer edition
Review: A new 8th edition has been published. But this is definately the Bible of Respiratory Care.

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Summary: Egan's is comprehensive, detailed and easy to understand.
Review: Egan's is the bible of all respiratory text books. In my opinion, it is a "must have" textbook for any respiratory care practitioner. I am a military trained respiratory technician and have come to realize that anything and everything that you need fundamentally as an RT is provided in this text. Gas laws, mechanical ventilation, pharmacology, chest physiotherapy and more; it's all in Egan's.

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Summary: The best Respiratory Care textbook.
Review: Egan's is the most comprehensive textbook regarding Respiratory Care. Every Respiratory therapist should have a copy of this book. The most important book they will ever own...especially for students.

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Summary: It's large, but much better for students than other books
Review: Ok, the book is huge, but My first 2 semesters of school we had a different book and I struggled with it. This book is great because it incorporates the AARC guidelines and it discusses not only how therapies work but how to instruct patients as well as hazards. This book can take the place of having to buy 3 separate respiratory books.

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Summary: It's large, but much better for students than other books
Review: Ok, the book is huge, but My first 2 semesters of school we had a different book and I struggled with it. This book is great because it incorporates the AARC guidelines and it discusses not only how therapies work but how to instruct patients as well as hazards. This book can take the place of having to buy 3 separate respiratory books.

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Summary: Respiratory Therapy at its finest
Review: The Egan's manual for respiratory therapy is the most benificial learning tool and reference manual that I have come across in all of my career. The information in this book is not only easy to understand but layed out in a manner that makes finding what you need an easy task. It gives a thorough review of all the important clinical data and physical characteristics needed to become a competent practitioner. The information in this book is explained in a very simple form which makes it easy to understand and retain the material that is covered. I would recommend this book as a refence tool to any student pursuing a career as a nurse, respiratory therapist, or physician. While this book may apply specific emphasis to the respiratory related field, it will reinforce your nursing or medicinal background by examining disease processes from a cardiopulmonary standpoint. This book has been a valuable learning tool and greatly aided me in both respiratory and nursing related classes and God willing as medical student. Best wishes to all and I hope you enjoy your read.

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Summary: Respiratory Therapy at its finest
Review: The Egan's manual for respiratory therapy is the most benificial learning tool and reference manual that I have come across in all of my career. The information in this book is not only easy to understand but layed out in a manner that makes finding what you need an easy task. It gives a thorough review of all the important clinical data and physical characteristics needed to become a competent practitioner. The information in this book is explained in a very simple form which makes it easy to understand and retain the material that is covered. I would recommend this book as a refence tool to any student pursuing a career as a nurse, respiratory therapist, or physician. While this book may apply specific emphasis to the respiratory related field, it will reinforce your nursing or medicinal background by examining disease processes from a cardiopulmonary standpoint. This book has been a valuable learning tool and greatly aided me in both respiratory and nursing related classes and God willing as medical student. Best wishes to all and I hope you enjoy your read.

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Summary: excellent book
Review: This book is simply ; THE BEST RESPIRATORY PRACTICE BOOK out there. It covers all areas of respiratory practice with one exception: it does not cover individual mechanical ventilators which is good and bad. GOOD = book not as heavy; BAD = must buy a respiratory equipment book in addition to this one. BUT, THIS IS STILL THE BEST RESPIRATORY PRACTICE TEXTBOOK ANYWAY, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT.

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Summary: THE BEST!!!
Review: This is by far the best book on respiratory care. No other book comes even close even though there is a major mistake in this new 8th edition: in the disease section, Tuberculosis is missing (editors/publisher mistake?) even though it is placed as one of the chapters in the contents sections. Huge mistake, but still the best book. There is also quite a few mistakes in referencing as the Respiratory Care journal and Clinics in Respiratory Care have been mixed up often, but that is the least of my concernes as I hardly ever follow references. This book is In full color, has great section on ventilatory support, respiratory anatomy and physiology is superb, blood gases also, sleep studies, basically everything. Could have made bronchoscopy more detailed, but I gueass the book will be too big. I personally would like to see next 9th ed. this to be expanded even more and for the Mosby respiratory care equipment book by Cairo to be encoorporated into Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. This book can be of use for all that need to learn or be familiar with respiratory care.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is the "Bible of Respiratory Therapy" as once said by my professor. It's a great learning tool that should be used at all colleges offering the respiratory program. I'll always keep this book around no matter what.