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• Title:Principles of physiology for the anaesthetist / Ian Power, Peter Kam.
  
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• Variant Title:Principles of physiology for the anesthetist
  
• Author/Creator:Power, I. (Ian)
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Kam, Peter.
  
• Published/Created:London : Hodder Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QT104 .P887 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Anesthesia.
  Anesthesiologists.
  Physiology.
  Anesthesiology.
  Human physiology.
  
• Medical Subjects: Physiology.
  Anesthesia.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xix, 472 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780340887998 (pbk.)
  0340887990 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:1. Physiology of excitable cells
  membrane potential
  Action potentials
  Voltage-gated ion channels
  Neurotransmitters and receptors: ion channels, G proteins and second messengers
  Neuromuscular transmission
  Muscle
  Muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs and spinal reflexes
  Sensory receptors
  2. Physiology of the nervous system
  Neurons
  central and peripheral nervous systems
  autonomic nervous system
  3. Respiratory physiology
  Cellular respiration
  Carriage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
  mechanics of lung ventilation
  Gas exchange in the lungs
  Control of ventilation
  4. Cardiovascular physiology
  Functions and layout of the cardiovascular system
  heart
  Physical factors governing blood flow through vessels
  Vessels of the systemic circulation
  Control of the cardiovascular system
  Integrated cardiovascular responses
  5. Gastrointestinal physiology
  6. Liver physiology
  7. Renal physiology
  8. Acid-base physiology
  9. Physiology of blood
  10. Physiology of the immune system
  11. Endocrine physiology
  12. Metabolism, nutrition, exercise and temperature regulation
  Metabolism
  Nutrition
  Exercise
  Temperature regulation
  13. Physiology of pain
  14. Maternal and neonatal physiology
  Maternal physiology
  Perinatal physiology
  15. Physiology of ageing
  16. Special environments
  Physiology of diving
  Physiological effects of altitude
  Physiology of altered temperature
  Physiology of space travel.