Pulmonary Function Testing Principles and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kaminsky, David A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Irvin, Charles G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine,
• Subjects: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Critical care medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book serves as a unique, comprehensive resource for physicians and scientists training in pulmonary medicine and learning about pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary function testing and the physiological principles that underlie it are often poorly understood by medical students, residents, fe...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the Structure and Function of the Lung
• The History of Pulmonary Function Testing
• Initiating the Breath
• Breathing In
• Distribution of Air
• Gas Exchange
• Breathing Out
• Breathing in and Out
• Bronchial Responsiveness
• Field Exercise Testing
• Integrating the Whole: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
• Special Considerations for Pediatric Patients
• Reference Equations
• Managing the Pulmonary Function Lab
• Appendix: Formulas, Reference Equations.