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• Title:The respiratory system at a glance / Jeremy P.T. Ward [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Ward, Jeremy P. T.
  
• Published/Created:Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
  

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  • Call Number: WF102 .R437 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: WF102 .R437 2006
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Respiratory organs--Diseases.
  
• Medical Subjects: Respiratory Physiology.
  Respiratory System--physiopathology.
  Respiratory Tract Diseases.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:108 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
  
• Series:At a glance series (Oxford, England)
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781405134484 (alk. paper)
  1405134488 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Structure of the respiratory system : lungs, airways and dead space
  2. 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 : chemical mechanisms
  12. Control of breathing II : neural mechanisms
  13. Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts
  14. Ventilation - perfusion mismatching
  15. Exercise, altitude and diving
  16. Development of the respiratory system and birth
  17. Complications of development and congenital disease
  18. Lung defence mechanisms and immunology
  19. History and examination
  20. Pulmonary function tests
  21. Chest imaging and bronchoscopy
  22. Respiratory failure
  23. Asthma : pathophysiology
  24. Asthma : treatment
  25. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  26. Pulmonary hypertension
  27. Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism
  28. Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis
  29. Interstitial lung disease
  30. Pleural diseases
  31. Occupational and environmental-related lung disease
  32. Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis
  33. Pneumothorax
  34. Community acquired pneumonia
  35. Hospital acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia
  36. Pulmonary tuberculosis
  37. Respiratory infections in HIV infection
  38. Smoking
  39. Lung cancer
  40. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  41. Mechanical ventilation
  42. Acute oxygen therapy
  43. Sleep-disordered breathing
  44. Case studies : questions
  45. Case studies : answers.