TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,Andrew
AU  - Moores,Carl
TI  - The respiratory system: basic science and clinical conditions 
T2  - Systems of the body
SN  - 9780702033704 (alk. paper)
U1  - 612.2 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Edinburgh, New York
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - Respiratory organs
KW  - Anatomy
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
KW  - Respiratory Function Tests
KW  - Respiratory Tract Diseases
N1  - 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
; Includes bibliographical references and index
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