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• Title:The respiratory system at a glance / Jeremy Ward [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Ward, Jeremy P. T.
  
• Published/Created:Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. Co., ©2002.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WF102 .R437 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Missing - 11-28-2005
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WF102 .R437 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Respiratory organs--Diseases.
  
• Medical Subjects: Respiratory Physiology.
  Respiratory System--physiopathology.
  
• Description:100 pages.
  
• Summary:"The book will be an invaluable resource for medical students at all levels following both integrated and traditional courses, as well as for students of nursing and other health professions who need an introduction to the respiratory system. Examination candidates will also find it a useful means for review."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:0632064471 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:1. Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space
  2. The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles
  3. Pressures and volumes during normal breathing
  4. Gas laws and respiratory symbols
  5. Diffusion
  6. Lung mechanics: elastic forces
  7. Lung mechanics: airway resistance
  8. Carriage of oxygen
  9. Carriage of carbon dioxide
  10. Control of acid-base balance
  11. Control of breathing I: neural mechanisms
  12. Control of breathing II: chemical mechanisms
  13. Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts
  14. Ventilation-perfusion mismatching
  15. Development of the respiratory system and birth
  16. Complications of development and congenital disease
  17. Lung defence mechanisms and immunology
  18. Pulmonary function tests
  19. Chest imaging and bronchoscopy
  20. Respiratory failure
  21. Asthma: pathophysiology
  22. Asthma: treatment
  23. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  24. Pulmonary hypertension
  25. Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism
  26. Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis
  27. Interstitial lung disease
  28. Pleural diseases
  29. Pneumothorax
  30. Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis
  31. Occupational and environmental-related lung disease
  32. Pneumonia
  33. Pulmonary tuberculosis
  34. Respiratory infections in HIV infection
  35. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
  36. Lung cancer
  37. Sleep-disordered breathing
  38. Mechanical ventilation
  39. Acute oxygen therapy
  40. Case studies
  41. Case studies: answers.