Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach

by Wanger, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780763781187
• ISBN10: 0763781185
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-30
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Pulmonary Function Testing is a practical text covering the most commonly performed pulmonary function tests including fundamental hints and suggestions on test performance. This comprehensive text is an ideal resource to teach students about basic pulmonary function tests, and a useful guide for practitioners who would like additional information on commonly performed tests. Each chapter reviews a particular pulmonary function test or common group of tests and includes a brief look at relevant physiology and pertinent background information, technical factors that affect the test, relevant instrumentation, calculations, cases, self-assessment questions, and references. Pulmonary Function Testing is an ideal guide for both classroom learning and application in the clinical setting.The Third Edition includes updated material including the latest professional society recommendations. The Third Edition includes new expanded chapters covering Maximal Inspiratory Testing, Expiratory Pressures Testing, Pediatrics, Blood Gases, and Reference Values. The most commonly performed exercise tests are separated into individual chapters to allow a full overview of each test.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Reviewers	p. ix
Contributing Author	p. xi
Forced Spirometry and Related Tests	p. 1
Lung Volumes	p. 69
Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity	p. 113
Airway Resistance by Body Plethysmography	p. 143
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test	p. 159
Six-Minute Walk Test	p. 201
Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction Test	p. 211
Bronchial Challenge Testing with Pharmacological Agents	p. 223
Maximal Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures	p. 257
Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing	p. 263
Blood Gases and Associated Technologies	p. 281
Pulmonary Function Testing Reference (Predicted) Values	p. 333
Appendices
Answers to Self-Assessment Questions	p. 343
Conversion of Volumes	p. 347
Mathematics of Boyle's Law	p. 351
Pulmonary Terms, Symbols, and Definitions	p. 353
Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation	p. 359
Index	p. 361
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