The Respiratory System at a Glance

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Following the familiar, easy to use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, The Respiratory System at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. 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. This new edition of The Respiratory System at a Glance:Integrat…

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Full title :The Respiratory System at a Glance.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Chicester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1405199199, 9781405199193, 9786613404398, 661340439X, 9781118293744, 1118293746
oclc:ocn990727521
LC Classification:RC731 .R493 2010
Dewey Decimal:616.2

The Respiratory System at a Glance; Table of Contents; Preface to third edition; Units and symbols; List of abbreviations; 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 mismatchingExercise, altitude and diving; Development of the respiratory system and birth; Complications of development and congenital disease; Lung defence mechanisms and immunology; History and examination; Pulmonary function tests; Chest imaging and bronchoscopy; 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.

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Anatomie anatomy Andningsorgan Andningsorgan -- sjukdomar Appareil respiratoire Appareil respiratoire -- Maladies Atemwege Atemwegskrankheit Circulatory and Respiratory Physiologic… Disease Diseases Health and Fitness Maladies Phenomena and Processes Respiratory organs Respiratory organs -- Diseases Respiratory Physiological Phenomena Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases