Nunn’s Applied Respiratory Physiology

✍ Scribed by Andrew B. Lumb

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 605
• Edition: 8
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Nunn’s Applied Respiratory Physiology, Eighth Edition, is your concise, one-stop guide to all aspects of respiratory physiology in health, disease, and in the many physiologically challenging situations and environments into which humans take themselves – with coverage from basic science to clinical applications.

This most comprehensive single volume on respiratory physiology will be invaluable to those in training or preparing for examinations in anaesthesia, intensive care, respiratory medicine or thoracic surgery – as well as an essential quick reference for the range of practitioners requiring ready access to current knowledge in this field.

Now fully revised and updated, this eighth edition includes a new full-colour format to improve clarity and understanding – and it also comes with access to the complete, downloadable eBook version for the first time. This incorporates bonus chapters, handy topic summaries and new, interactive, self-assessment material. The result is a more flexible, engaging and complete resource than ever before.

Enhancements to this edition include:

• New full colour format - enhances the 250+ diagrams and allows a much clearer portrayal of physiological concepts
• New figures reflect modern functional imaging techniques - which are now able to generate detailed pictures of lung ventilation and perfusion in humans
• A new section on the aims, effects and physiological basis of respiratory physiotherapy - to help both physiotherapists and doctors better understand this common intervention for treating patients’ respiratory disease
• Additional information on the significant impact of obesity on respiratory physiology in both health and disease
• New sections on comparative respiratory physiology and respiratory physiology in veterinary practice - understanding respiration in less complex animals and the place of human respiration within the animal kingdom will be of interest to students/practitioners in biology, zoology or veterinary medicine, as well as enlightening in other contexts
• Bonus eBook access – (printed book) includes access to the complete, fully searchable electronic text, via Expert Consult – incoporating extra chapters, handy chapter summaries and new self-assessment material to aid exam preparation

Key features include:

• The three-part structure of pure physiology (basic principles), applied physiology and physiology of respiratory disease is retained
• Use of clear, simple diagrams to illustrate the material.
• Duplication of US and rest-of-the-world units
• References to recent research material to allow readers to explore topics in more depth

• New full colour format - enhances the 250+ diagrams and allows a much clearer portrayal of physiological concepts
• New figures reflect modern functional imaging techniques - which are now able to generate detailed pictures of lung ventilation and perfusion in humans
• A new section on the aims, effects and physiological basis of respiratory physiotherapy - to help both physiotherapists and doctors better understand this common intervention for treating patients’ respiratory disease
• Additional information on the significant impact of obesity on respiratory physiology in both health and disease
• New sections on comparative respiratory physiology and respiratory physiology in veterinary practice - understanding respiration in less complex animals and the place of human respiration within the animal kingdom will be of interest to students/practitioners in biology, zoology or veterinary medicine, as well as enlightening in other contexts
• Bonus eBook access – (printed book) includes access to the complete, fully searchable electronic text, via Expert Consult – incoporating extra chapters, handy chapter summaries and new self-assessment material to aid exam preparation

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,Foreword,Preface to the Eighth EditionEntitled to full textPart 1: Basic PrinciplesChapter 1 - Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory Tract, Pages 3-16.e1
Chapter 2 - Elastic Forces and Lung Volumes, Pages 17-32.e1
Chapter 3 - Respiratory System Resistance, Pages 33-50.e2
Chapter 4 - Control of Breathing, Pages 51-72.e2
Chapter 5 - Pulmonary Ventilation, Pages 73-88.e2
Chapter 6 - The Pulmonary Circulation, Pages 89-107.e2
Chapter 7 - Distribution of Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion, Pages 109-135.e2
Chapter 8 - Diffusion of Respiratory Gases, Pages 137-150.e2
Chapter 9 - Carbon Dioxide, Pages 151-167.e2
Chapter 10 - Oxygen, Pages 169-202.e3
Chapter 11 - Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung, Pages 203-214.e2
Chapter 12 - Pregnancy, Neonates and Children, Pages 217-226.e1
Chapter 13 - Exercise, Pages 227-234.e1
Chapter 14 - Sleep, Pages 235-243.e1
Chapter 15 - High Altitude and Flying, Pages 245-258.e1
Chapter 16 - High Pressure and Diving, Pages 259-266.e1
Chapter 17 - Respiration in Closed Environments and Space, Pages 267-275.e1
Chapter 18 - Drowning, Pages 277-280.e1
Chapter 19 - Smoking and Air Pollution, Pages 281-290.e1
Chapter 20 - Anaesthesia, Pages 291-318.e2
Chapter 21 - Changes in the Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure, Pages 319-325.e1
Chapter 22 - Hypoxia, Pages 327-334.e1
Chapter 23 - Anaemia, Pages 335-340.e1
Chapter 24 - Oxygen Toxicity and Hyperoxia, Pages 341-356.e2
Chapter 25 - Comparative Respiratory Physiology, Pages 357-375.e2
Chapter 26 - Ventilatory Failure, Pages 379-387.e1
Chapter 27 - Airways Disease, Pages 389-405.e2
Chapter 28 - Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pages 407-418.e1
Chapter 29 - Diseases of the Lung Parenchyma and Pleura, Pages 419-437.e2
Chapter 30 - Acute Lung Injury, Pages 439-449.e1
Chapter 31 - Respiratory Support and Artificial Ventilation, Pages 451-478.e3
Chapter 32 - Pulmonary Surgery, Pages 479-495.e2
Chapter 33 - The Atmosphere, Pages e1-e9
Chapter 34 - The History of Respiratory Physiology, Pages e10-e27
Appendix A - Physical Quantities and Units of Measurement, Pages 497-499
Appendix B - The Gas Laws, Pages 501-502
Appendix C - Conversion Factors for Gas Volumes, Page 503
Appendix D - Symbols and Abbreviations, Page 505
Appendix E - Mathematical Functions Relevant to Respiratory Physiology, Pages 507-513
Index, Pages 515-544

✦ Subjects

Respiratory Physiological Phenomena;Respiratory System;physiopathology;Anesthesia;Respiration;Respiratory organs;Pathophysiology