Nunn's applied respiratory physiology / Andrew B. Lumb ; foreword by Ronald G. Pearl.
Material type: TextPublisher: [Edinburgh?] : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xii, 556 pages : illustrationsContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0702029963
- 9780702029967
- 070205416X
- 9780702054167
- Applied respiratory physiology
- 612.2 22
- QP121 .N75 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic principles -- Atmosphere -- Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract -- Elastic forces and lung volumes -- Respiratory system resistance -- Control of breathing -- Pulmonary ventilation -- Pulmonary circulation -- Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion -- Diffusion of respiratory gases -- Carbon dioxide -- Oxygen -- Non-respiratory functions of the lung -- History of respiratory physiology -- Applied physiology -- Pregancy, neonates and children -- Exercise -- Sleep -- High altitude and flying -- High pressure and diving -- Respiration in closed environments and space -- Drowning -- Smoking and air pollution -- Anaesthesia -- Changes in the carbon dioxide partial pressure -- Hypoxia -- Anaemia -- Hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity -- Physiology of pulmonary disease -- Ventilatory failure -- Airways disease -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Diseases of the lung parenchyma and pleura -- Acute lung injury -- Respiratory support and artificial ventilation -- Pulmonary surgery.
This is a text for anaesthetists, physiologists and anyone seeking information about the basic principles and applications of lung function. This edition has been revised to include new scientific findings.
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