Interpretation of pulmonary function tests : a practical guide

✍ Scribed by Robert E. Hyatt MD, Paul D. Scanlon MD, Masao Nakamura MD

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 275
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests, 4th edition provides practical, clinically relevant coverage of all types of pulmonary function testing as it applies to a host of disease conditions. It is aimed at any reader with a basic knowledge of pulmonary physiology and provides a solid basis for administering and interpreting these tests. The authors provide valuable guidance for day-to-day clinical work, e.g., in chapters entitled ''When to Test and What to Order'' and ''Approaches to Interpreting Pulmonary Function Tests.''  The book also features over 40 illustrative cases that readers can use for self-testing and for reinforcing the principles discussed elsewhere in the book.

Features

• A new focus on interpretation of complex disorders
• Coverage of impulse oscillometry
• Solution site to contain text as well as test generator to house cases
• ''Pearls'' regarding performance or interpretation of key tests
• Carefully selected authoritative references
• Clear illustrations demonstrating dozens of PFT patterns
• Illustrative cases

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Spirometry : dynamic lung volumes --
Static (absolute) lung volumes --
Diffusing capacity of the lungs --
Bronchodilators and bronchial challenge testing --
Arterial blood gases --
Other tests of lung mechanics : resistance and compliance --
Distribution of ventilation --
Maximal respiratory pressures --
Preoperative pulmonary function testing --
Simple tests of exercise capacity --
Patterns in various diseases --
When to test and what to order --
Approaches to interpreting pulmonary function tests --
Illustrative cases.