Nunn and Lumb's applied respiratory physiology

by Lumb, Andrew B.

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Title Statements

Full title :Nunn and Lumb's applied respiratory physiology / Andrew Lumb, Caroline Thomas.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021
Edition:Ninth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier Ltd
Place of Publication:Edinburgh?
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

Notes

Revised edition of: Nunn's applied respiratory physiology / Andrew B. Lumb. Eighth edition. 2017.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 446 pages : : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0702079081, 9780702079085
oclc:on1162744482
LC Classification:QP121
Dewey Decimal:612.202/4617

Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract -- Elastic forces and lung volumes -- Respiratory system resistance -- Control of breathing -- Pulmonary ventilation -- The pulmonary circulation -- Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion -- Diffusion of respiratory gases -- Carbon dioxide -- Oxygen -- Nonrespiratory functions of the lung -- Pregnancy, neonates and children -- Exercise -- Sleep -- Obesity -- High altitude and flying -- High pressure and diving -- Respiration in closed environments and space -- Drowning -- Smoking and air pollution -- Anaesthesia -- Changes in the carbon dioxide partial pressure -- Hypoxia -- Anaemia -- Oxygen toxicity and hyperoxia -- Comparative respiratory physiology -- Ventilatory failure -- Airways disease -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Diseases of the lung parenchyma and pleura -- Acute lung injury -- Respiratory support and artificial ventilation -- Pulmonary surgery -- The atmosphere -- The history of respiratory physiology -- Appendices. Physical quantities and units of measurement -- The gas laws -- Conversion factors for gas volumes -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Mathematical functions relevant to respiratory physiology.

Subjects

Anesthesia Anesthésie Appareil respiratoire -- physiopatholog… Lung Diseases -- physiopathology Respiration Respiratory organs -- Pathophysiology Respiratory Physiological Phenomena Respiratory System -- physiopathology