Interpretation of pulmonary function tests a practical guide / Robert E. Hyatt, MD, Emeritus Member, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and of Physiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, Paul D. Scanlon, MD, Consultant, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, Masao Nakamura, MD, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keihai-Rosai hospital, Fujiharamachi, Shioyagun, Tochigi, Japan.
| Author/creator | Hyatt, Robert E. |
| Other author | Scanlon, Paul D. (Paul David) |
| Other author | Nakamura, Masao (Pulmonologist) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2014] |
| Description | ix, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Books@Ovid Purchased eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Spirometry : dynamic lung volumes -- Static (absolute) lung volumes -- Diffusing capacity of the lungs -- Bronchodilators and bronchial challenge testing -- Arterial blood gases -- Other tests of lung mechanics : resistance and compliance -- Distribution of ventilation -- Maximal respiratory pressures -- Preoperative pulmonary function testing -- Simple tests of exercise capacity -- Patterns in various diseases -- When to test and what to order -- Approaches to interpreting pulmonary function tests -- Illustrative cases. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013049981 |
| ISBN | 9781451143805 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 145114380X (pbk.) |