Pulmonary physiology

✍ Scribed by Levitzky, Michael G

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education;Medical
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 316
• Series: Lange medical book
• Edition: 8th edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For more than three decades, Michael Levitzky has provided medical students and residents with a solid background in the areas of pulmonary physiology essential for a thorough understanding of clinical medicine. This 8th teaches you how and why the human respiratory system works--in a style and presentation that makes it easy to absorb and integrate with your knowledge of other body systems.;Function & structure of the respiratory system -- Mechanics of breathing -- Alveolar ventilation -- Blood flow to the lung -- Ventilation-perfusion relationships -- Diffusion of gases and interpretation of pulmonary function tests -- Transport of oxygen & carbon dioxide in the blood -- Acid-base balance -- Control of breathing -- Nonrespiratory functions of the lung -- The respiratory system under stress.

✦ Table of Contents

Function & structure of the respiratory system --
Mechanics of breathing --
Alveolar ventilation --
Blood flow to the lung --
Ventilation-perfusion relationships --
Diffusion of gases and interpretation of pulmonary function tests --
Transport of oxygen & carbon dioxide in the blood --
Acid-base balance --
Control of breathing --
Nonrespiratory functions of the lung --
The respiratory system under stress.

✦ Subjects

Lung--physiology;Lung--physiopathology;Online-Ressource;Lungs--Physiology;Respiration;Electronic books;Lungs -- Physiology;Lung -- physiology;Lung -- physiopathology