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The Respiratory System at a Glance.
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 recommend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
| Colección: | At a glance series (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Respiratory System at a Glance; Table of Contents; Preface to third edition; Units and symbols; List of abbreviations; Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space; The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles; Pressures and volumes during normal breathing; Gas laws; Diffusion; Lung mechanics: elastic forces; Lung mechanics: airway resistance; Carriage of oxygen; Carriage of carbon dioxide; Control of acid-base balance; Control of breathing I: chemical mechanisms; Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms; Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts.
- Ventilation-perfusion mismatchingExercise, altitude and diving; Development of the respiratory system and birth; Complications of development and congenital disease; Lung defence mechanisms and immunology; History and examination; Pulmonary function tests; Chest imaging and bronchoscopy; Public health and smoking; Respiratory failure; Asthma: pathophysiology; Asthma: treatment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary vasculitis; Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung diseases; Sarcoidosis; Pleural diseases.
- Occupational and environmental-related lung diseaseCystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis; Pneumothorax; Community-acquired pneumonia; Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia; Pulmonary tuberculosis; The immunocompromised host; Lung cancer; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Mechanical ventilation; Oxygenation and oxygen therapy; Sleep apnoea; Case studies: questions; Case studies: answers; Self-assessment questions; Answers; Index.