Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests A Practical Guide

by Hyatt, Robert E.; Scanlon, Paul D.; Nakamura, Masao

• ISBN13: 9780781736824
• ISBN10: 078173682X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-21
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This practical, easy-to-read guide successfully meets the needs of pulmonary fellows, pulmonary clinicians, respiratory therapists, and nurses. Filled with tables, graphs, and illustrative cases, the book helps readers fully understand the clinical utility of pulmonary function tests. This Second Edition includes new information on a surrogate test for FVC, new ATS standards and procedures for bronchoprovocation, and use of CT to measure lung volume and detect emphysema and pulmonary embolism. The sections on preoperative pulmonary function testing and tests of exercise capacity have been expanded. This edition also includes teaching pearls on when to test and what to order and an algorithm for interpreting tests.

Author Biography

Robert E. Hyatt, M.D.: Emeritus Member Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine and of Physiology Mayo Medical School Rochester, Minnesota Paul D. Scanlon, M.D.: Consultant Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Professor of Medicine Mayo Medical School Rochester, Minnesota Masao Nakamura, M.D.: Vice-Director Keihai-Rosai Hospital Fujihara-machi Sioyagun Tochigi-ken, Japan

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Spirometry: Dynamic Lung Volumes	5	(22)
Static (Absolute) Lung Volumes	27	(14)
Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs	41	(10)
Bronchodilators and Bronchial Challenge Testing	51	(12)
Arterial Blood Gases	63	(12)
Other Tests of Lung Mechanics: Resistance and Compliance	75	(12)
Distribution of Ventilation	87	(6)
Maximal Respiratory Pressures	93	(6)
Preoperative Pulmonary Function Testing	99	(4)
Simple Tests of Exercise Capacity	103	(6)
Patterns in Various Diseases	109	(8)
When to Test and What to Order	117	(10)
Approaches to Interpreting Pulmonary Function Tests	127	(16)
Illustrative Cases	143	(86)
Appendix	229	(2)
Subject Index	231