The Respiratory System at a Glance
(Sprache: Englisch)
The new edition of this systems-based at a Glance integrates both basic and clinical science to provide a simple "one-stop" course and study text, and includes self-assessment questions and answers and an appendix of tables of standard values.
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The new edition of this systems-based at a Glance integrates both basic and clinical science to provide a simple "one-stop" course and study text, and includes self-assessment questions and answers and an appendix of tables of standard values.
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Following the familiar, easy to use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, The Respiratory System at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. Reflecting changes to the content and assessment methods used in medical education and published clinical recommendations, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of the respiratory system to encapsulate all that the student needs to know.This new edition of The Respiratory System at a Glance:
Integrates both basic and clinical science - ideal for systems-based courses
Includes both the pathophysiology and clinical aspects of the respiratory system
Features more case studies, updated and colour figures, and new chapters on the epidemiology of respiratory disease, public health issues, and Sarcoidosis
Includes self-assessment questions and answers and an appendix of tables of standard values
Provides a simple 'one-stop' easy to use course and revision text
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Respiratory System at a Glance “
Preface to third edition 6Units and symbols 7List of abbreviations 8
Structure and function
1 Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead
space 10
2 The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles 12
3 Pressures and volumes during normal breathing 14
4 Gas laws 16
5 Diffusion 18
6 Lung mechanics: elastic forces 20
7 Lung mechanics: airway resistance 22
8 Carriage of oxygen 24
9 Carriage of carbon dioxide 26
10 Control of acid-base balance 28
11 Control of breathing I: chemical mechanisms 30
12 Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms 32
13 Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts 34
14 Ventilation-perfusion mismatching 36
15 Exercise, altitude and diving 38
16 Development of the respiratory system and birth 40
17 Complications of development and congenital disease 42
18 Lung defence mechanisms and immunology 44
History, examination and investigation
19 History and examination 46
20 Pulmonary function tests 48
21 Chest imaging and bronchoscopy 50
Diseases and treatment
22 Public health and smoking 52
23 Respiratory failure 54
24 Asthma: pathophysiology 56
25 Asthma: treatment 58
26 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 60
27 Pulmonary hypertension 62
28 Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism 64
29 Pulmonary vasculitis 66
30 Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung diseases 68
31 Sarcoidosis 70
32 Pleural diseases 72
33 Occupational and environmental-related lung disease 74
34 Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis 76
35 Pneumothorax 78
36 Community-acquired pneumonia 80
37 Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia 82
38 Pulmonary tuberculosis 84
39 The immunocompromised host 86
40 Lung cancer 88
41 Acute respiratory distress syndrome 90
42 Mechanical ventilation 92
43 Oxygenation and oxygen therapy 94
44 Sleep apnoea 96
Cases and self assessment
Case studies: questions 98
Case
Autoren-Porträt von Jeremy P. T. Ward, Peter Ed. Ward, Jane Ward
Jeremy P.T. Ward: King's College LondonJane Ward: King's College London
Richard M. Leach: St Thomas' Hospital, London
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jeremy P. T. Ward , Peter Ed. Ward , Jane Ward
- 2010, 3. Aufl., 128 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 x 27,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1405199199
- ISBN-13: 9781405199193
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.09.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
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