Respirapedia (a new app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) gives the busy Respiratory Therapist, professor and student immediate access to more than 1500 respiratory care terms, all kept up to date electronically. This fully searchable app is based on the book Respiratory Care Lexicon by Kenneth M. Bretl, Professor Emeritus at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.  College of Du Page Press is a leading provider of software and textbooks in the field of health and health education.

With the growing popularity of advanced mobile phones and web-enabled tablets, it provides a solid knowledge base to practitioners and students as close as your iPhone. Elegant and simple, Respirapedia allows you to check critical terminology without leaving your patients.  In an environment that demands rapid response, this is the perfect tool.

Respirapedia is an invaluable resource for the respiratory therapy professional, and the medical, respiratory, or nursing student. Practical, easy to use, and authoritatively accurate—from apnea to zafirlukast, from bradycardia to Yankauer, this lexicon serves all of your respiratory care quick reference needs.

At Your Fingertips

Simply flick your finger along the index to find the term you need. An alphabetic index runs along the right side of the screen to save you time.

When you find the term, touch it, to read the definition.

Instant Access

The definition of your term appears immediately.

Phonetic help is also provided.

Many respiratory terms rely on other terms for their definitions. Those terms are hyperlinked for easy reference. simply touch the hyperlink and jump to the next term.

Links make it easy for you to learn all the supporting terminology. Keep digging until you have read everything you need.  Use the "back" arrow at the bottom of the screen to return to the original term.

To research another term from the main index, simply touch "Respirapedia" at the top of each screen.

Play the Challenge Game

"Roll the dice" to see what term pops up, then test your respiratory lexicon knowledge.

Click the 6-sided die in the top right corner of each screen, and you'll get a randomly chosen term. 

After you've thought of the description yourself, touch the "Reveal Description".

Did You Know This Term?

Did you remember the definition of Calcitonin?

If so, good for you! 

If not, read the description again. You'll remember it next time!

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$19.99