Produktbild: The Respiratory System at a Glance

The Respiratory System at a Glance

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

29.09.2010

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

128

Maße (L/B/H)

27.7/21.8/0.7 cm

Gewicht

428 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-9919-3

Beschreibung

Rezension

"Reflecting changes to the content and assessment methods used in medical education and published clinical recommendations, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of the respiratory system to encapsulate all that the student needs to know." ( Kingbook73 s Medical Ebook and Video Collection , 4 September 2014)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

29.09.2010

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

128

Maße (L/B/H)

27.7/21.8/0.7 cm

Gewicht

428 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-9919-3

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  • Produktbild: The Respiratory System at a Glance
  • Preface to third edition 6Units and symbols 7

    List of abbreviations 8

    Structure and function

    1 Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead

    space 10

    2 The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles 12

    3 Pressures and volumes during normal breathing 14

    4 Gas laws 16

    5 Diffusion 18

    6 Lung mechanics: elastic forces 20

    7 Lung mechanics: airway resistance 22

    8 Carriage of oxygen 24

    9 Carriage of carbon dioxide 26

    10 Control of acid-base balance 28

    11 Control of breathing I: chemical mechanisms 30

    12 Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms 32

    13 Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts 34

    14 Ventilation-perfusion mismatching 36

    15 Exercise, altitude and diving 38

    16 Development of the respiratory system and birth 40

    17 Complications of development and congenital disease 42

    18 Lung defence mechanisms and immunology 44

    History, examination and investigation

    19 History and examination 46

    20 Pulmonary function tests 48

    21 Chest imaging and bronchoscopy 50

    Diseases and treatment

    22 Public health and smoking 52

    23 Respiratory failure 54

    24 Asthma: pathophysiology 56

    25 Asthma: treatment 58

    26 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 60

    27 Pulmonary hypertension 62

    28 Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism 64

    29 Pulmonary vasculitis 66

    30 Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung diseases 68

    31 Sarcoidosis 70

    32 Pleural diseases 72

    33 Occupational and environmental-related lung disease 74

    34 Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis 76

    35 Pneumothorax 78

    36 Community-acquired pneumonia 80

    37 Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia 82

    38 Pulmonary tuberculosis 84

    39 The immunocompromised host 86

    40 Lung cancer 88

    41 Acute respiratory distress syndrome 90

    42 Mechanical ventilation 92

    43 Oxygenation and oxygen therapy 94

    44 Sleep apnoea 96

    Cases and self assessment

    Case studies: questions 98

    Case studies: answers 101

    Self-assessment questions 107

    Self-assessment answers 118

    Index 119