Making Sense of Lung Function Tests : A Hands-On Guide

Winter, Robert, Dakin, Jonathan, Kourteli, Elena

ISBN 10: 0340763191 / ISBN 13: 9780340763193

Editore: Hachette Learning, 2003

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• Titolo: Making Sense of Lung Function Tests : A Hands-On Guide
• Editore: Hachette Learning
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0340763191
• ISBN 13: 9780340763193
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: 1st Edition.
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

This pocket-sized handbook presents the many commonly performed tests of respiratory function, investigations that are to respiratory medicine what the ECG is to cardiology. Up to one third of emergency admissions are related to breathing difficulties of one sort or another, and a variety of diagnostic investigations are required. Familiarity with the interpretation of a range of respiratory parameters is therefore a fundamental skill to be acquired during training and improved upon throughout clinical practice.



Providing invaluable 'hands-on' guidance for trainees in anaesthetics, medicine and pulmonary function, and also acting as a useful ready reference for the experienced clinician, Making Sense of Lung Function Tests places lung function in a clinical context using 'real-life' examples. The book integrates an understanding of the physiological principles underlying lung function with their interpretation in clinical practice. In reading Making Sense of Lung Function Tests the trainee physician will improve knowledge of the mechanical measurements of lung function, gain understanding of lung capacity and flow rates, be able to monitor the effectiveness of respiration, e.g. through blood gas analysis, and, as a result, will learn quickly how to manage patients requiring lung function tests appropriately and with confidence.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Dakin is Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, London, UK
Elena Kourteli is Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, London, UK
Robert Winter is Consultant Respiratory Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital and Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK