04758nam 22006614a 450 991014313930332120180731155456.01-282-11824-297866121182410-470-79023-71-4443-1282-01-4443-1283-9(CKB)1000000000764411(EBL)428046(OCoLC)476272169(SSID)ssj0000194867(PQKBManifestationID)11188480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194867(PQKBWorkID)10252535(PQKB)11192081(MiAaPQ)EBC428046(EXLCZ)99100000000076441120050914d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLung function[electronic resource] physiology, measurement and application in medicine /J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller6th ed.Malden, Mass. ;Oxford Blackwell Pub.20061 online resource (648 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-632-06493-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Early developments and future prospects -- Getting started -- Development and functional anatomy of the respiratory system -- Body size and anthropometric measurements -- Numerical interpretation of physiological variables -- Basic terminology and gas laws -- Basic equipment and measurement techniques -- Respiratory surveys -- Thoracic cage and respiratory muscles -- Lung volumes -- Lung and chest wall elasticity -- Forced ventilatory volumes and flows (ventilatory capacity) -- Determinants of maximal flows (flow limitation) -- Theory and measurement of respiratory resistance (including whole body plethysmography) -- Control of airway calibre and assessment of changes -- Distribution of ventilation --Distribution and measurement of pulmonary blood flow -- Inter-relations between lung ventilation and perfusion -- Transfer of gases into blood in alveolar capillaries -- Transfer factor (diffusing capacity) for carbon monoxide and nitric oxide (Tl,co, Tl,no, Dm and Vc) -- The oxygenation of blood -- Gas exchange for carbon dioxide and acid-base balance -- Control of respiration -- Newborn babies, infants and young children (ages 0-6 years) -- Normal lung function from childhood to old age -- Reference values for lung function in white (caucasian) children and adults -- Genetic diversity : reference values in non-caucasians -- Physiology of exercise and changes resulting from lung disease -- Exercise testing and interpretation, including reference values -- Assessment of exercise limitation, disability and residual ability -- Exercise in children --Investigation and physiology of breathing during sleep -- Assessment and treatment of sleep related breathing disorders -- Hypobaria : high altitude and aviation physiology and medicine -- Immersion in water, hyperbaria and hyperoxia including O2 therapy -- Cold, heat and the lungs -- Airborne respiratory hazards : features, protective mechanisms and consequences -- Patterns of abnormal function in lung disease -- Strategies for assessment -- Lung function in asthman, COPD, emphysema and diffuse lung fibrosis -- How individual diseases affect lung function (compendium) -- Lung function in relation to general anaesthesia and artificial ventilation -- Lung function in relation to surgery -- Pulmonary rehabilitation.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 standardPulmonary function testsLungsPhysiologyRespirationElectronic books.Pulmonary function tests.LungsPhysiology.Respiration.616.2/40754616.240754Cotes J. E863200Chinn D. J(David J.)863201Miller M. R(Martin Raymond),1949-863202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143139303321Lung function1926914UNINA