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Main Title Nunn's applied respiratory physiology.
Author Lumb, Andrew B.
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Author Title of a Work
Nunn, J. F.
Publisher Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann,
Year Published 2005
OCLC Number 60320403
ISBN 9780750687911 0750687916
Subjects Respiration ; Anesthesia ; Respiratory organs--Pathophysiology ; Respiration ; Anesthesie ; Appareil respiratoire--Pathophysiologie ; Respiratory Physiology ; Respiratory System--physiopathology ; Ademhaling--gtt ; Fysiologie--gtt
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EKBM  QP121.N75 2005 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 08/17/2007
Edition 6th ed. /
Collation xiii, 501 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
The atmosphere -- Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract -- Elastic forces and lung volumes -- Respiratory system resistance -- Control of breathing -- Pulmonary ventilation -- The pulmonary circulation -- Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion -- Diffusion of respiratory gases -- Carbon dioxide -- Oxygen -- Non-respiratory functions of the lung -- The history of respiratory physiology -- Pregnancy, neonates and children -- Exercise -- Sleep -- High altitude and flying -- High pressure and diving -- Respiration in closed environments and space -- Drowning -- Smoking and air pollution -- Anaesthesia -- Changes in the carbon dioxide tension -- Hypoxia -- Anaemia -- Hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity -- Ventilatory failure -- Airways disease -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Parenchymal lung disease -- Acute lung injury -- Respiratory support and artificial ventilation -- Lung transplantation.