Pulmonary+Pathology



Unless otherwise noted the information in the notes for Pulmonary are from the text: Pathophysiology The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults & Children (McCance & Huether)2002. and http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCance

Email or discussion board post any question about my page please. I will post the following chapters as soon as possible, hope this helps you get started. Thanks, Debbie [|?1?http://www.rale.ca/Recordings.htm] Recordings & visual measurements of breath sounds http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22577 Images of healthy & diseased lungs

Here are some links I hope you will find helpful on pulmonary disorders,etc in children, rather than me hacking out another chapter of notes from the book that several of you stated on the board you would rather not have. I hope this is a better alternative! Some of the info is geared toward layman as well and may be useful to pt's in your practice as well. Good luck everyone ~ http://www.acd-association.com/ Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Association http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/ This site may be time intensive but has tons of info! http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;105/3/650?CFID=168793 American Academy of Pediatrics policy on SIDS & infant sleep positions. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cysticfibrosis.html Lots of info on Cystic Fibrosis. http://www.aaaai.org/ Allergies & Asthma http://www.aafa.org/ http://www.virtualpediatrichospital.org/providers/ElectricAirway/ElectricAirway.shtml Upper Airway Problems in Children http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic363.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/respiratorysyncytialvirusinfections.html Winter illness!!! http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rsv.html Simpler site... http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1244 Treatment of Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Prevention of Rheumatic Fever http://www.alpha1.org/home/index.asp Alpha-1 Association. Click on Education under resources. http://www.mdausa.org/ Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

[|Here is the wikipedia website for the respiratory system.] It also has links to gas exchange, anatomy, diseases and much much more.

Here are some important concepts for this unit: Oxyhemoglobin curve, Atelectasis and RDS of the newborn, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea, Kussmal Respirations, Pulmonary edema, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Cystic fibrosis