TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,Jeremy P.T.
TI  - The respiratory system at a glance
T2  - At a glance series
SN  - 1405134488 (alk. paper)
AV  - RC731 .R493 2006
U1  - 616.2 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Malden, Mass., Oxford
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Respiratory organs
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Respiratory Physiology
KW  - Respiratory System
KW  - physiopathology
KW  - Respiratory Tract Diseases
N1  - Includes index; Structure of the respiratory system : lungs, airways and dead space -- The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles -- Pressures and volumes during normal breathing -- Gas laws and respiratory symbols -- Diffusion -- Lung mechanics : elastic forces -- Lung mechanics : airway resistance -- Carriage of oxygen -- Carriage of carbon dioxide -- Control of acid-base balance -- Control of breathing I : chemical mechanisms -- Control of breathing II : neural mechanisms -- Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts -- Ventilation-perfusion mismatching -- Exercise, altitude and diving -- Development of respiratory system and birth -- Complications of development and congenital disease -- Lung defence mechanisms and immunology -- History and examination -- Pulmonary function tests -- Chest imaging and bronchoscopy -- Respiratory failure -- Asthma : pathophysiology -- Asthma : treatment -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis -- Interstitial lung disease -- Pleural diseases -- Occupational and environmental-related lung disease -- Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis -- Pneumothorax -- Community acquired pneumonia -- Hospital acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia -- Pulmonary tuberculosis -- Respiratory infection in HIV infection -- Smoking -- Lung cancer -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Mechanical ventilation -- Acute oxygen therapy -- Sleep-disordered breathing -- Case studies : questions -- Case studies : answers
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002001.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2006002001-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2006002001-d.html
ER  -