| Description |
1 online resource (194 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Abbreviations; 1 Expressions of normality; PART 1: TESTS OF AIRWAY FUNCTION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; 2 Peak expiratory flow; Introduction; Test description and technique; Pitfalls; Physiology of test; Normal values; Peak flow variability in the diagnosis of asthma; Assessment and management of asthma; Pitfall; 3 Spirometry and the flow-volume loop; Introduction; Measured indices and key definitions; Test description and technique; Physiology of tests; Restrictive and obstructive defects |
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Restrictive defectsObstructive defects; Maximum expiratory flows; Normal values; Assessment of severity of obstruction; Mid-expiratory flows; FVC versus VC; Patterns of abnormality; Obstructive spirometry; Restrictive spirometry; Reduction of FEV1 and FVC; Mixed obstructive/restrictive defect; Non-specific ventilatory defect; Large airways obstruction; Fixed upper airway obstruction; Variable extrathoracic obstruction; Variable intrathoracic obstruction; Clinical pearls; 4 Airway responsiveness; Introduction; Test physiology; Test descriptions; Reversibility; Challenge testing |
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Interpretation of resultsReversibility; Challenge testing; 5 Fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide; Introduction; Test description/technique; Physiology of test; Normal values and interpretation; Specific considerations; 6 Gas transfer; Introduction; Measured indices/key definitions; Alveolar volume; KCO; Test description; Physiology of gas exchange; Normal values; Patterns of abnormality; Incomplete lung expansion; Discrete loss of lung units; Diffuse loss of lung units; Pulmonary emphysema; Pulmonary vascular disease; Causes of increased gas transfer; Clinical pearls |
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Interstitial lung diseaseObstructive disease; Acute disease; 7 Static lung volumes and lung volume subdivisions; Introduction; Measured indices/key definitions; Test descriptions/techniques; Helium dilution; Nitrogen washout; Whole-body plethysmography; Comparison of methods; Physiology of lung volumes; Total lung capacity; Residual volume; Functional residual capacity; Closing capacity; Normal values; Patterns of abnormality; Relationship between VC and TLC; Obstructive lung disease; Interstitial lung disease; Miscellaneous; Specific considerations; Anaesthesia |
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FRC in patients receiving ventilatory support: PEEP and CPAPClinical pearls; 8 Airway resistance; Introduction; Physiology of airway resistance tests; Plethysmography technique; Test description/technique; Measured indices/key definitions; Normal values; Patterns of abnormality; Oscillometry techniques; Test description/technique; Measured indices/key definitions; Normal values; Patterns of abnormality; Assessment of severity; Specific and clinical considerations; 9 Respiratory muscle strength; Introduction; Test descriptions/techniques; Upright and supine vital capacity; Static lung volumes |
| Notes |
Maximal expiratory pressure |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pulmonary function tests -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Pulmonary function tests
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mottershaw, Mark
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Kourteli, Elena
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| ISBN |
9781315355351 |
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1315355353 |
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