Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Guidelines to Success [Hardcover]

John E. Hodgkin (Author), Bartolome R. Celli (Author), Gerilynn L. Connors (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781719895 | ISBN-13: 978-0781719896 | Publication Date: June 15, 2000 | Edition: Third

This thoroughly updated, newly organized edition addresses the need for team care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and demonstrates how to organize and manage an effective pulmonary rehabilitation program. A guide for each member of the in-patient and home care pulmonary rehabilitation team, this book combines theory with resources for practice.Chapters cover the following topics: up-to-date coverage of patient assessment; smoking cessation; pharmacologic therapy; nutrition support; aerosol/oxygen therapies; guidelines for marketing/administering a rehabilitation program in the United States and abroad; and forms, protocols and schedules.Features new to this edition include: / The expertise of new co-author, Bartolome R. Celli, MD / Section headings, chapter outlines and chapter objectives / Eight additional chapters covering ventilatory muscle training, outcomes measurement, sleep disorders, surgical intervention of COPD, rehabilitation for patients with neuromuscular disease, rehabilitation in nonobstructive lung disease, and European mechanical ventilation methods / An international pulmonary rehabilitation section that features perspectives from Canada, Europe, Japan, South America, the Philippines, and the United States / Enhanced tables and boxes / Twenty-nine chapters rewritten by new contributors

Product Details

• Hardcover: 726 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (June 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781719895
• ISBN-13: 978-0781719896
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,933,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pulmonary Rehabilitation - A students view, July 11, 2001

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This review is from: Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Guidelines to Success (Hardcover)

Pulmonary Rehabilitation-Guidelines to success Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2000 (ISBN 0 7817 1989 5) illustrated 726 pages Edited by John Hodgkin MD

This book aims to provide a clear insight into the possible treatment methods used in respiratory therapy. This third edition is a compilation of works primarily focussed on rehabilitation of chronic respiratory conditions written by various authors according to their particular area of expertise It is well written and follows a logical pattern, initially defining pulmonary rehabilitation leading on to individual therapeutic methods and, most impressively comparisons of treatment around the globe. Although written by Americans it is, in the whole very easy to understand as a student and treatment is not too dissimilar from UK procedures, however some methods of aerosol and oxygen therapy may be new or be referred to differently. All the chapters are well referenced and evidence-based practice is certainly emphasised. This book also confronts the personal and potentially awkward topics such as smoking and sexual activity of the patients highlighting possible patient problems and concerns. The beginning of each chapter has a bullet-point summary of the chapter's contents for easy referencing, for example in chapter 1 William Miller `identifies early workers who defined the concepts of rehabilitation'. This book impressed me in that, although essentially collated by a doctor, all areas of pulmonary rehabilitation are commented upon. Within the section entitled `Therapeutic intervention...' there are chapters regarding physiotherapy, occupational therapy and also a chapter outlining the importance of team integration in rehabilitation. Finally, John Hodgkin MD raises some very valid points for future research into pulmonary rehabilitation. Students can exploit his concerns, using the excellent summary of the book as a basis for dissertations and/or general research to further improve this area of healthcare.

Potentially this is an excellent book for the student interested in the subject, however, care must be taken as some areas are conducted in more depth than others. Having said that, I personally, am finding it a great reference book during the respiratory phase of my physiotherapy training and feel many others will also benefit.