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Lung function [[electronic resource] ] : physiology, measurement and application in medicine / / J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller



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Autore: Cotes J. E Visualizza persona
Titolo: Lung function [[electronic resource] ] : physiology, measurement and application in medicine / / J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
Edizione: 6th ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (648 p.)
Disciplina: 616.2/40754
616.240754
Soggetto topico: Pulmonary function tests
Lungs - Physiology
Respiration
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: ChinnD. J (David J.)  
MillerM. R <1949-> (Martin Raymond)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 1-282-11824-2
9786612118241
0-470-79023-7
1-4443-1282-0
1-4443-1283-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910143139303321
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