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.
EDITION STATEMENT
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Fourth edition.
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Philadelphia
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Wolters Kluwer
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 221 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.