The respiratory system : basic science and clinical conditions /
Andrew Davies, Carl Moores.
- 2nd edition.
- Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2010.
- 171 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Systems of the body .
- Systems of the body. .
Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; Introduction; What is respiration?; The need for respiration; Diffusion in respiration and the circulation; Timing in the circulation and respiration; Basic science of respiration; Drugs; CHAPTER 2 STRUCTURE OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, RELATED TO FUNCTION; Introduction; The upper airways; The intrathoracic airways; Blood vessels; Pulmonary hypertension; The lymphatics; The nerves; Gross structure of the respiratory system; Pleurisy The diaphragm and chest wall How breathing is brought about; Embryology; Air-conditioning; Metabolic activity; Metabolism of circulating biologically active substances; Non-respiratory functions; CHAPTER 3 ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; Introduction; Intrapleural pressure (P[sub(pl)]); Static lung compliance (C[sub(L)]); The effect of disease; The physical basis of lung compliance; CHAPTER 4 AIRFLOW IN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; Introduction; How airflow is brought about; The nature of airflow; The major determinant of flow --radius Airways resistance and obstructive pulmonary disease The clinical situation; Sites of airways resistance; Asthma and airways smooth muscle; Bronchomotor tone; Pharmacological treatment of asthma; Clinical definitions; Bronchitis and mucus; Emphysema and radial traction; Intrapleural pressure and cough; Clinical tests for changes in resistance; Work of breathing; CHAPTER 5 VENTILATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN DISEASE; Introduction; Spirometric abnormalities in disease; Uneven distribution; Dead space; Alveolar dead space in disease The Bohr equation Factors affecting physiological dead space; Alveolar ventilation and respiratory exchange; The alveolar gas equation; Distribution of inspired gas; Other factors in. uencing distribution; CHAPTER 6 GAS EXCHANGE BETWEEN AIR AND BLOOD: DIFFUSION; The path from air to tissue; Lung disease and diffusion; Fick's Law of Diffusion; Measuring transfer factor; Treating diffusion difficulties; Carbon dioxide and other gases; CHAPTER 7 THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION: BRINGING BLOOD AND GAS TOGETHER; The functions of the pulmonary circulation; The anatomy of the pulmonary circulation Matching ventilation and perfusionDistribution of blood flow through the lungs; Regional differences in ventilation in the lungs; Ventilation/perfusion matching and its effect on blood O[sub(2)] and CO[sub(2)] content; Shunt; CHAPTER 8 CARRIAGE OF GASES BY THE BLOOD AND ACID/BASE BALANCE; Introduction; Oxygen transport; Dissolved oxygen: do we really need Hb and why keep it in red cells?; Carbon dioxide transport; Acid-base balance; CHAPTER 9 CHEMICAL CONTROL OF BREATHING; Introduction; Oxygen lack; Carbon dioxide excess; CHAPTER 10 NERVOUS CONTROL OF BREATHING; Introduction CHAPTER 11 LUNG FUNCTION TESTS : MEASURING DISABILITY.