Nursing Care in Pediatric Respiratory Disease

Nursing Care in Pediatric Respiratory Disease opens with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, best practices for assessing respiratory symptoms in children, and common respiratory therapies and treatment methods.  It then proceeds through an examination of varying acute and chronic upper and lower respiratory diseases spanning from asthma and cystic fibrosis to vocal cord paralysis and sinusitis in both hospital and ambulatory settings.

Nursing Care in Pediatric Respiratory Disease provides nurses and other health care providers with a comprehensive and practical resource which allows them to collaborate and advocate more effectively, as well as educate both the family and child in management of respiratory disorders. 

Contributors ix

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Reviewers xvi

1 Pediatric pulmonary anatomy and physiology 3
Neal Nakra, MD, FAAP

2 Pediatric respiratory health history and physical assessment 38
Concettina Tolomeo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AE-C

3 Principles of lung therapeutics 51
Kathryn Blake, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP

4 Neonatal lung disease: Apnea of prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia 85
Pnina Weiss, MD, and Concettina Tolomeo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AE-C

5 Lower airway disease 110
Julie Honey, MSN, CPNP, and Michael Bye, MD, FAAP, FCCP

6 Upper airway disorders 132
Wendy S. L. Mackey, MSN, APRN-BC, CORLN, Melissa M. Dziedzic, MSN, CPNP, CORLN, and Lisa M. Gagnon, MSN, CPNP

7 Asthma 188
Concettina Tolomeo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AE-C, Dawn Baker, MSN, CPNP, CCRC, and Pnina Weiss, MD

8 Cystic fi brosis 221
Antoinette Gardner, RN, MEd, CCRC, AE-C, and Kimberly Jones, MD

9 Obstructive sleep apnea 247
Linda Niemiec, MSN, RN, CPNP, and Lewis J. Kass, MD

10 Primary ciliary dyskinesia and bronchiectasis 269
Rosyln Bravo, BS, MS, APRN, CPNP, AE-C, and Anita Bhandari, MD

11 Acute respiratory problems 286
Marcia Winston, MSN, CPNP, AE-C, and Catherine Kier, MD

Index 314