Lung function : assessment and application in medicine
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Lung function : assessment and application in medicine
Blackwell Scientific, c1993
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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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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