Lung Function Tests
Physiological Principles and Clinical Applications
Published on 5. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-7020-2350-7 (ISBN)
Description
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. In particular, 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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Respiratory technicians in Europe and respiratory therapists in the USA, Respiratory physicians established or in training who need to interpret pulmonary function tests.
Illustrations
87 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-2350-7 (9780702023507)
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Content
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