Lung Function Tests: Physiological Principles and Clinical Applications - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0702023507 ISBN 13: 9780702023507

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 1999

Riassunto

This book is a visually appealing, concise guide to pulmonary function testing. It gives practical advice on how to use and interpret these tests in the clinical setting. There are guidelines on when to test and what to order, combined with explanations of how to interpret actual test results quickly and easily.

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Contenuti

Introduction, Hughes and Pride. Part I: Spirometry and Mechanics. Spirometry: Flow-Volume Curves, Pride. Airway Resistance. Thoracic Volumes and Elasticity, Gibson. Respiratory Muscles, Moxham. Part II: Gas Exchange, Control and Exercise. Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Hughes. Diffusing Capacity, Hughes. Control of Breathing, Calverley. Measurement of Breathlessness. Exercise Testing, Morgan. Part III: Applications Outsidethe Routine Laboratory. Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Stradling. Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing, Silverman & Stocks. Pulmonary Function in the Intensive Careunit, Evans & Macnaughton. Domiciliary Oxygenation and Assisted Ventilation, Simonds. Part IV: Applications Within the Routine Laboratory. Airway Reactivity and Cough, Ind & Pride. Lung Surgery Including Transplantation, Corris. Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Hughes. Interpretation of Diffusing Capacity with Special Reference to Interstitial Lung Disease, Hughes. Examples of Pulmonary Function in Different Conditions, Hughes. Presentation of Pulmonary Function Test Results to the Clinician, Hughes. Glossary

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0702023507
• ISBN 13: 9780702023507
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Redattore: Hughes John M., Pride Neil B. M.D.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italia