An edition of Lung function (1965)

Lung function

theory and measurement in health and disease

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An edition of Lung function (1965)

Lung function

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Table of Contents

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 yr)
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: basics, procedures and 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 selected respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD, emphysema and diffuse lung fibrosis)
How individual diseases affect lung function (compendium)
Lung function in relation to general anaesthesia and artificial ventilation
Effects of surgery on lung function
Respiratory rehabilitation.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Malden, Mass

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Dewey Decimal Class
616.2/40754
Library of Congress
RC734.P84 C68 2006, RC734.P84C68 2006

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Pagination
p. ;

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OL3410809M
Internet Archive
lungfunctionphys00cote
ISBN 10
0632064935
ISBN 13
9780632064939
LCCN
2005026837
OCLC/WorldCat
61687726
Goodreads
873377

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