Cotes' lung function / 
 Lung function 
edited by Bob L. Maynard, Sarah J. Pearce, Benoit Nemery, Peter D. Wagner, Brendan G. Cooper. 
 - Seventh edition. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/> Preceded by Lung function : physiology, measurement and application in medicine / J.E. Cotes, D.J. Chinn, M.R. Miller. 2006.  ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br/>John Cotes, PhD, (deceased), was a respiratory physiologist who played a key role in the conquest of Everest in 1953. He also played prominent roles in the European Respiratory Society, the Thoracic Society, and the Association of Respiratory Technicians and Physiologists, and was an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.<br/><br/>Robert L. Maynard, CBE, FRCP, FRCPath, is an Honorary Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.<br/><br/>Sarah J. Pearce, FRCP, is Formerly Consultant Physician at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK.<br/><br/>Benoit B. Nemery, MD, PhD, is Professor of Toxicology & Occupational Medicine for the Faculty of Medicine at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium.<br/><br/>Peter D. Wagner, MD, is Distinguished Professor of Medicine & Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.<br/><br/>Brendan G. Cooper, PhD, FERS, FRSB, is Consultant Clinical Scientist in Respiratory and Sleep Physiology at University Hospital Birmingham and holds an Honorary Professorship in Respiratory & Sleep Physiology at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Preface xxvii<br/><br/>Contributors xxix<br/><br/>Part I Introduction 1<br/><br/>1 How We Came to Have Lungs and How Our Understanding of Lung Function has Developed 3<br/><br/>Part II Foundations 21<br/><br/>2 Getting Started 23<br/><br/>3 Development and Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System 33<br/>Sungmi Jung and Richard Fraser<br/><br/>4 Body Size and Anthropometric Measurements 45<br/><br/>5 Numerical Interpretation of Physiological Variables 57<br/>J. Martin Bland<br/><br/>6 Basic Terminology and Gas Laws 75<br/>Adrian Kendrick<br/><br/>7 Basic Equipment and Measurement Techniques 91<br/>Brendan G. Cooper<br/><br/>8 Respiratory Surveys 117<br/>Peter G.J. Burney<br/><br/>9 The Application of Analytical Technique Applied to Expired Air as a Means of Monitoring Airway and Lung Function 129<br/>Paolo Paredi and Peter Barnes<br/><br/>Part III Physiology and Measurement of Lung Function 149<br/><br/>10 Chest Wall and Respiratory Muscles 151<br/>Andre De Troyer and John Moxham<br/><br/>11 Lung Volumes 177<br/><br/>12 Lung and Chest Wall Elasticity 187<br/>G. John Gibson<br/><br/>13 Forced Ventilatory Volumes and Flows 203<br/>Riccardo Pellegrino<br/><br/>14 Theory and Measurement of Respiratory Resistance 217<br/>Jason H.T. Bates<br/><br/>15 The Control of Airway Function and the Assessment of Airway Calibre 231<br/>Eric Derom<br/><br/>16 Ventilation, Blood Flow, and Their Inter‐Relationships 259<br/>G. Kim Prisk<br/><br/>17 Transfer of Gases into the Blood of Alveolar Capillaries 301<br/>Eric Derom and Guy F. Joos<br/><br/>18 Transfer Factor (Tl) for carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) 313<br/>Colin D.R. Borland and Mike Hughes<br/><br/>19 Oxygen 353<br/>Dan S. Karbing and Stephen E. Rees<br/><br/>20 Carbon Dioxide 377<br/>Erik R. Swenson<br/><br/>21 Control of Respiration 389<br/>Bertien M.‐A. Buyse<br/><br/>22 The Sensation of Breathing 407<br/>Mathias Schroijen, Paul W. Davenport, Omer Van den Bergh, and Ilse Van Diest<br/><br/>23 Breathing Function in Newborn Babies 423<br/>Urs P. Frey and Philipp Latzin<br/><br/>Part IV Normal Variation in Lung Function 435<br/><br/>24 Normal Lung Function from Childhood to Old Age 437<br/>Andrew Bush and Michael D.L. Morgan<br/><br/>25 Reference Values for Lung Function in White Children and Adults 463<br/><br/>26 Reference Values for Lung Function in Non‐White Adults and Children 499<br/><br/>Part V Exercise 517<br/><br/>27 Physiology of Exercise and Effects of Lung Disease on Performance 519<br/><br/>28 Exercise Testing and Interpretation, Including Reference Values 553<br/><br/>29 Assessment of Exercise Limitation, Disability, and Residual Ability 577<br/><br/>30 Exercise in Children 587<br/>Andrew Bush<br/><br/>Part VI Breathing During Sleep 595<br/><br/>31 Breathing During Sleep and its Investigation 597<br/>Joerg Steier<br/><br/>Part VII Potentially Adverse Environments 615<br/><br/>32 Hypobaria 617<br/>James Milledge<br/><br/>33 Immersion in Water, Hyperbaria, and Hyperoxia Including Oxygen Therapy 639<br/>Einar Thorsen<br/><br/>34 Effects of Cold and Heat on the Lung 653<br/>Malcolm Sue‐Chu<br/><br/>Part VIII Lung Function in Clinical Practice 661<br/><br/>35 Strategies for Assessment of Lung Function 663<br/>James Hull<br/><br/>36 Patterns of Abnormal Lung Function in Lung Disease 673<br/>William Kinnear<br/><br/>37 Lung Function in Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Lung Fibrosis 681<br/>Wim Janssens and Pascal Van Bleyenbergh<br/><br/>38 Lung Function in Specific Respiratory and Systemic Diseases 697<br/>Stephen J. Bourke<br/><br/>39 Pulmonary Rehabilitation 729<br/>Sally Singh<br/><br/>40 Lung Function in Relation to Surgery, Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care 737<br/>Goran Hedenstierna<br/><br/>Index 751 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118597323 9781118597309 9781118597330 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020000668 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lung--physiology<br/>Lung Diseases--physiopathology<br/>Respiratory Function Tests<br/>Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC756 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.2/4 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WF 600