BookRobert E. Hyatt, MD, Emeritus Member, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
... Show More 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.
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.