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

• 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 T. 

• 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 Vancouver referencing system.; What the expe 

Ämnesord

Lung: physiology  (MeSH)

Respiratory function tests  (MeSH)

Lung. 

Lung diseases. 

Lungs. 

Pulmonary function tests. 

Respiration. 

Respiratory function tests. 

Respiratory physiology. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

RC734.P84 (LCC)

616.240754 (DDC)

Vei (kssb/8 (machine generated))