Lung function : assessment and application in medicine
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Lung function : assessment and application in medicine
Blackwell Scientific, c1993
5th ed
Available at 16 libraries
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes the respiratory function of the lungs in a variety of circumstances and indicates how the function can be assessed. The function includes lung ventilation, gas exchange and lung perfusion with their respective physiological control mechanisms. The circumstances include the resting state, sleep, exercise, abnormal environments and diseases of the lung and other organs. The applications are in respiratory medicine including lung function laboratories and in paediatrics, geriatrics, environmental, occupational and sports medicine and medico-legal work. The material that has been assembled is also likely to be of use to non-respiratory physiologists, bio-engineers, ergonomists, anthropologists and other scientists.
Table of Contents
- Preface. Acknowledgements. Early developments and future prospects.Terminology
- Basic equipment and methods.Lung function testing.general considerations.Structure, expansion and movement of the lung.Assessment of bellows and mechanical attributes of the lung.Distribution of ventilation and perfusion.Assessment of distribution of ventilation and blood flow.Exchange of gas in the lung.Measurement of transfer factor (diffusing capacity) and its subdivisions.Control of respiration.Assessment of respiratory control.Factors which limit exercise.Assessment of the physiological response to exercise.Lung function throughout life.determinants and reference values.Lung function in disease.Physiological aspects of treatment.Classified bibliography. Author Index. Subject.
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