The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation

New for this edition:
- More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician

- Text completely re-written in a contemporary style: includes user-friendly equations and more diagrams

- New material covering the latest advances in the treatment of lung function, including more on sleep-related disorders, a stronger clinical and practical bias and more on new techniques and equipment

- Uses the standard Vancouver referencing system Contents
Part 1. Foundations

1. Early Developments and Future Prospects

2. Getting Started

3. Development and Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System

4. Body Size and Anthropometric Measurements

5. Numerical Interpretation of Physiological Variables

6. Basic Terminology and Gas Laws

7. Basic Equipment and Measurement Techniques

8. Respiratory Surveys

Part 2. Physiology and Measurement of Lung Function

9. Thoracic Cage and Respiratory Muscles

10. Lung Volumes

11. Lung and Chest Wall Elasticity

12. Forced Ventilatory Volumes and Flows (Ventilatory Capacity)

13. Determinants of Maximal Flows (Flow Limitation)

14. Theory and Measurement of Respiratory Resistance (Including Whole Body Plethysmography)

15. Control of Airway Calibre and Assessment of Changes

16. Distribution of Ventilation

17. Distribution and Measurement of Pulmonary Blood Flow

18. Inter-relations Between Lung Ventilation and Perfusion

19. Transfer of Gases into Blood in Alveolar Capillaries

20. Transfer Factor (Diffusing Capacity) for Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide

21. The Oxygenation of Blood

22. Gas Exchange for Carbon Dioxide and Acid-Base Balance

23. Control of Respiration

24. Newborn Babies, Infants and Young Children (Ages 0-6 years)

Part 3. Normal Variation in Lung Function

25. Normal Lung Function from Childhood to Old Age

26. Reference Values for Lung Function in White (Caucasian) Children and Adults

27. Genetic Diversity Reference Values in non-Caucasians

Part 4. Exercise

28. Physiology of Exercise and Changes Resulting from Lung Disease

29. Exercise Testing: Basics, Procedures and Reference Values

30. Assessment of Exercise Limitation, Disability and Residual Ability

31. Exercise in Children

Part 5. Breathing During Sleep

32. Investigation and Physiology of Breathing During Sleep

33. Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Related Breathing Disorders

Part 6. Potentially Adverse Environments

34. Hypobaria: High Altitude and Aviation Physiology and Medicine

35. Immersion in Water, Hyperbaria and Hyperoxia Including Oxygen Therapy

36. Cold, Heat and the Lungs

37. Airborne Respiratory Hazards: Features, Protective Mechanisms and Consequences

Part 7. Lung Function in Clinical Practice

38. Patterns of Abnormal Function in Lung Disease

39. Strategies For Assessment

40. Lung Function in Selected Respiratory Diseases (Asthma, COPD, Emphysema and Diffuse Lung Fibrosis)

41. How Individual Diseases Affect Lung Function (Compendium)

42. Lung Function in Relation to General Anaesthesia and Artificial Ventilation

43. Effects of Surgery on Lung Function

44. Respiratory Rehabilitation