Lung Function : Physiology, Measurement and Application in Medicine
John E. Cotes
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2009.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (648 p.)
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Utgave | 6th ed.
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Foundations; 1 Early Developments and Future Prospects; 2 Getting Started; 3 Development and Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System; 4 Body size and Anthropometric Measurements; 5 Numerical Interpretation of Physiological Variables; 6 Basic Terminology and Gas Laws; 7 Basic Equipment and Measurement Techniques; 8 Respiratory Surveys; Part 2 Physiology and Measurement of Lung Function; 9 Thoracic Cage and Respiratory Muscles; 10 Lung Volumes; 11 Lung and Chest Wall Elasticity. - 12 Forced Ventilatory Volumes and Flows (Ventilatory Capacity)13 Determinants of Maximal Flows (Flow Limitation); 14 Theory and Measurement of Respiratory Resistance (Including Whole Body Plethysmography); 15 Control of Airway Calibre and Assessment of Changes; 16 Distribution of Ventilation; 17 Distribution and Measurement of Pulmonary Blood Flow; 18 Inter-Relations between Lung Ventilation and Perfusion ( ̇ Va Q); 19 Transfer of Gases into Blood in Alveolar Capillaries; 20 Transfer Factor (Diffusing Capacity) for Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide (T l,co, T l,no, Dm and Vc). - 21 The Oxygenation of Blood22 Gas Exchange for Carbon Dioxide and Acid-Base Balance; 23 Control of Respiration; 24 Newborn Babies, Infants and Young Children (Ages 0-6 Years); Part 3 Normal Variation in Lung Function; 25 Normal Lung Function from Childhood to Old Age; 26 Reference Values for Lung Function in White (Caucasian) Children and Adults; 27 Genetic Diversity: Reference Values in Non-Caucasians; Part 4 Exercise; 28 Physiology of Exercise and Changes Resulting from Lung Disease; 29 Exercise Testing and Interpretation, including Reference Val ues. - 30 Assessment of Exercise Limitation, Disability and Residual Ability31 Exercise in Children; Part 5 Breathing During Sleep; 32 Investigation and Physiology of Breathing During Sleep; 33 Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Related Breathing Disorders; Part 6 Potentially Adverse Environments; 34 Hypobaria: High Altitude and Aviation Physiology and Medicine; 35 Immersion in Water, Hyperbaria and Hyperoxia Including O2 Therapy; 36 Cold, Heat and the Lungs; 37 Airborne Respiratory Hazards: Features, Protective Mechanisms and Consequences; Part 7 Lung Function in Clinical Practice. - 38 Patterns of Abnormal Function in Lung Disease39 Strategies for Assessment; 40 Lung Function in Asthma, COPD, Emphysema and Diffuse Lung Fibrosis; 41 How Individual Diseases Affect Lung Function (Compendium); 42 Lung Function in Relation to General Anaesthesia and Artificial Ventilation; 43 Lung Function in Relation to Surgery; 44 Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Index. - The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation New for this edition:- More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician - Text completely re-written in a contemporary style: includes user-friendly equations and more diagrams - New material covering the latest advances in the treatment of lung function, including more on sleep-related disorders, a stronger clinical and practical bias and more on new techniques and equipment - Uses the standard
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Emner | Lungs - Physiology
Pulmonary function tests. Respiration. Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Vis mer... Anatomy
Biological Science Disciplines Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena Diagnosis Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System Disciplines and Occupations Diseases Lung Diseases - physiopathology Lung - physiology Natural Science Disciplines Phenomena and Processes Physiology Respiratory Function Tests. Respiratory Physiological Phenomena. Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Physiology. Health & Biological Sciences Medicine Respiratory System Diseases |
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ISBN | 0632064935. - 9780632064939
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Lung function : physiology, measurement and application in medicine
J. E. Cotes
J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller
Bok · Engelsk · 2006
J. E. Cotes
J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller
Bok · Engelsk · 2006