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Nunn's applied respiratory physiology
- Title
- Nunn's applied respiratory physiology / Andrew B. Lumb ; foreword by Ronald G. Pearl.
- Author
- Lumb, Andrew B.
- Publication
- [Edinburgh] ; Philadelphia : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QP121 .N92 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Nunn, J. F. (John Francis)
- Description
- xiii, 501 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Alternative Title
- Applied respiratory physiology
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The atmosphere -- Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract -- Elastic forces and lung volumes -- Respiratory system resistance -- Control of breathing -- Pulmonary ventilation -- The pulmonary circulation -- Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion -- Diffusion of respiratory gases -- Carbon dioxide -- Oxygen -- Non-respiratory functions of the lung -- The history of respiratory physiology -- Pregnancy, neonates and children -- Exercise -- Sleep -- High altitude and flying -- High pressure and diving -- Respiration in closed environments and space -- Drowning -- Smoking and air pollution -- Anaesthesia -- Changes in the carbon dioxide tension -- Hypoxia -- Anaemia -- Hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity -- Ventilatory failure -- Airways disease -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Parenchymal lung disease -- Acute lung injury -- Respiratory support and artificial ventilation -- Lung transplantation.
- ISBN
- 0750687916
- LCCN
- 2005052588
- OCLC
- ocm60320403
- SCSB-5237722
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries