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050			_aRC 731 .W37 2010
100			_aWard, Jeremy P.T. _eauthor
245		4	_aThe respiratory system at a glance / _cJeremy P.T. Ward
250			_aThird edition
260			_aChichester, England : _bWiley-Blackwell, _cc2010
300			_a125 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c28 cm.
365			_bPHP1995
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aStructure 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
520			_aAn 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 book provides an overview of the respiratory system to encapsulate all that the student needs to know.
650			_aRESPIRATORY ORGANS
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