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9781405199193

The Respiratory System at a Glance

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405199193

  • ISBN10:

    1405199199

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-09-20
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The new edition of this systems-based at a Glance integrates both basic and clinical science and is ideal for the systems-based courses, covering the basic science of body systems that medical students need to know.It includes both the patho-physiology and clinical aspects of the respiratory system to provide a simple 'one-stop' easy to use course and revision text, and includes self-assessment questions and answers and an appendix of tables of standard values.

Author Biography

Jeremy P.T. Ward: King's College London
Jane Ward: King's College London
Richard M. Leach: St Thomas' Hospital, London

Table of Contents

Preface to third edition
Units and symbols
List of abbreviations
Structure and function
Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space
The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles
Pressures and volumes during normal breathing
Gas laws
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 the respiratory system and birth
Complications of development and congenital disease
Lung defence mechanisms and immunology
History, examination and investigation
History and examination
Pulmonary function tests
Chest imaging and bronchoscopy
Diseases and treatment
Public Health and Smoking
Respiratory failure
Asthma: pathophysiology
Asthma: treatment
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary vasculitis
Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung diseases
Sarcoidosis
Pleural diseases
Occupational and environmental-related lung disease
Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis
Pneumothorax
Community acquired pneumonia
Hospital acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia
Pulmonary tuberculosis
The Immunocompromised host
Lung cancer
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Mechanical ventilation
Oxygenation and oxygen therapy
Sleep apnoea
Case studies and self-assessment
Case studies: questions
Case studies: answers
Self-assessment questions
Index
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