| Description |
x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Structure And Function--How The Architecture Of The Lung Subserves Its Function -- ch. 2 Ventilation--How Gas Gets To The Alveoli -- ch. 3 Diffusion--How Gas Gets Across The Blood-Gas Barrier -- ch. 4 Blood Flow And Metabolism--How the Pulmonary Circulation Removes Gas from the Lung and Alters Some Metabolites -- ch. 5 Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships--How Matching of Gas and Blood Determines Gas Exchange -- ch. 6 Gas Transport Bythe Blood--How Gases are Moved to and from the Peripheral Tissues -- ch. 7 Mechanics Of Breathing--How the Lung is Supported and Moved -- ch. 8 Control Of Ventilation--How Gas Exchange is Regulated -- ch. 9 Respiratory System Under Stress--How Gas Exchange is Accomplished During Exercise, at Low and High Pressures, and at Birth -- ch. 10 Tests Of Pulmonary Function--How Respiratory Physiology is Applied to Measure Lung Function |
| Summary |
This book features the addition of Dr. Andrew M. Luks as co-author along with new clinical vignettes, additional multiple-choice review questions, and updated information on key topics in respiratory physiology, such as blood flow and metabolism, gas transport by the blood, and the physiology of high altitude |
| Notes |
Previous ed. entitled: Respiratory physiology : the essentials / John B. West. 9th ed. c2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lungs -- Pathophysiology.
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Respiration.
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Respiratory Physiological Phenomena.
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| Author |
Luks, Andrew, author
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| LC no. |
2015017652 |
| ISBN |
149631011X (alk. paper) |
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9781496310118 (alk. paper) |
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