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3.00 Credits
Neonatal and fetal physiology, diseases, and therapeutic interventions. Emphasizes neonatal respiratory care. Reviews current research related to high-frequency ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and surfactant therapy.
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2.00 Credits
Pathophysiology of the newborn, prenatal risk factors, pediatric cardiopulmonary diseases, diagnostics, monitoring of clinical indices, and treatments used in perinatal/pediatric respiratory care. Advanced information on surfactant administration, high-frequency ventilation, and ECMO. (May be used toward post-professional B.S. degree in respiratory care in place of RSTH 422.)
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3.00 Credits
Evaluates pulmonary function in health and disease through spirometry, plethysmography, helium dilution, nitrogen washout, single-breath nitrogen, volume of isoflow, and diffusing capacity studies, including blood-gas instrumentation, quality control, quality assurance, and current ATS standards. Lecture and laboratory.
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2.00 Credits
Surveys pharamacologic agents currently used in medicine--including their kinetics, dynamics, and therapeutics. Emphasizes drugs and their effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and autonomic nervous systems. Topics include the bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory agents, mucokinetic agents, cardiovascular agents, diuretics, antimicrobials, neuromuscular agents, and agents used to treat nicotine dependence.
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2.00 Credits
Surveys pharamacologic agents currently used in medicine--including their kinetics, dynamics, and therapeutics. Emphasizes drugs and their effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and autonomic nervous systems. Topics include the bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory agents, mucokinetic agents, cardiovascular agents, diuretics, antimicrobials, neuromuscular agents, and agents used to treat nicotine dependence.
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2.00 Credits
General introduction to the clinical setting. Assesses and evaluates patients with respiratory disease. Develops clinical practice habits and patient-care techniques. Student must obtain current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification from the American Heart Association before the end of the term. Corequisite: RSTH 341.
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5.00 Credits
Basic principles of respiratory therapy, as related to gas physics; medical-gas storage and therapy; and administration of humidity, aerosol and airway-pressure therapies, artificial airways, and resuscitation devices. Emphasizes methods of administration of the therapy, with special attention placed on the equipment used, as well as applies this information to the clinical setting.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture and laboratory presentation of the principles of respiratory therapy related to lung-inflation therapy; use of artificial airways, and their care and complications. Introduces mechanical ventilatory support, including beginning ventilators, support systems, comparison of methods, and respiratory monitoring. Emphasizes application of this information to the clinical setting. Prerequisite: RSTH 341.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture and laboratory presentation of the principles of respiratory therapy related to mechanical ventilatory support, including patient management and ventilatory support systems. Emphasizes methods of ventilatory support, with special attention to the mechanical ventilators commonly used in the students' clinical sites. Applies this information to the clinical setting. Prerequisite: RSTH 341, RSTH 342.
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2.00 Credits
Adult critical-care concepts presented through a case-study approach. Respiratory care plan used to present diseases, treatment, and procedures relevant to respiratory care. Patient rounds further develop critical-thinking skills in a patient-care setting. Prerequisite: RSTH 381.
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