topic:"Respiratory Function Tests" found 8 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

Exercise and Sports Pulmonology : Pathophysiological Adaptations and Rehabilitation

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Annalisa Cogo, Matteo Bonini, Paolo Onorati, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.

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This book provides an innovative and comprehensive overview of the relationship between lung and exercise, both in healthy, active subjects and in subjects with chronic respiratory diseases. It investigates in detail the central role of the lungs during exercise and illustrates the impact of respiratory impairment due to both acute and chronic lung diseases on performance. Further, the book presents the latest evidence-based findings, which confirm that exercise is an effective and safe form of…

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Other Authors: Cogo, Annalisa; Bonini, Matteo; Onorati, Paolo

Responsibility: Annalisa Cogo, Matteo Bonini, Paolo Onorati, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2019

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 p.) : 29 illus., 14 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783030052584; 9783030052577 (Print ed.); 9783030052591 (Print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Exercise - physiology; Exercise Therapy; Physical Conditioning, Human; Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; Sports Medicine

Specialty: Pulmonary Medicine; Sports Medicine

Abstract: This book provides an innovative and comprehensive overview of the relationship between lung and exercise, both in healthy, active subjects and in subjects with chronic respiratory diseases. It investigates in detail the central role of the lungs during exercise and illustrates the impact of respiratory impairment due to both acute and chronic lung diseases on performance. Further, the book presents the latest evidence-based findings, which confirm that exercise is an effective and safe form of prevention and rehabilitation in respiratory diseases. The first section describes the changes in the respiratory system during exercise and the contribution of respiration to exercise, while readers will learn how to perform a respiratory assessment in the second section. The third section addresses a broad range of chronic respiratory diseases and the (in)ability of those affected to play sports and perform exercise, thus providing a basis for individual assessments. The last two sections focus on respiratory training, rehabilitation and the relationship between respiration and the environment, e.g. in high-altitude and underwater sports. The book will appeal to a wide readership, including pulmonologists, sport medicine physicians, physiotherapists and trainers, as well as instructors and students in exercise science.

Contents: Part I. Exercise Lung Physiology -- 1. Pulmonary Physiology and Response to Exercise -- Part II. Respiratory Assessment and Physical Activity -- 2. Medical History, Questionnaires and Physical Examination -- 3. Tests of Lung Function: Physiological Principles and Interpretation -- Part III. Respiratory Diseases and Exercise -- 4. Asthma -- 5. Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 6. Exercise Testing in Cystic Fibrosis -- 7. Exercise in Interstitial Lung Diseases -- 8. Exercise in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases -- 9. Respiratory Infections -- Part IV. Respiratory Training and Rehabilitation -- 10. Respiratory Muscle Training -- 11. Pulmonary Rehabilitation -- Part V. Special Considerations -- 12. Lung and Exercise in Extreme Environments -- 13. Pharmacological Management in Elite Athletes -- 14. Environmental Conditions, Air Pollutants, and Airways.

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Interpreting lung function tests : a step-by-step guide

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Brigitte Marianne Borg, Bruce Robert Thompson, Robyn Elizabeth O'Hehir. --Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons , c2014.

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Lung function assessment is the central pillar of modern respiratory diagnosis, providing invaluable information to assist in clinical decision making and management strategies.Interpreting Lung Function Tests: A Step-by Step Guide is a practical “how-to” training manual, which provides the reader with the necessary skills to interpret lung function test results, and to write a concise and informative report on the outcome.

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Author: Borg, Brigitte M

Other Authors: Thompson, Bruce R; O'Hehir, Robyn E

Responsibility: Brigitte Marianne Borg, Bruce Robert Thompson, Robyn Elizabeth O'Hehir

Place of Publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource, 165 p.

ISBN: 9781118405444 (electronic bk.)

Subjects (MeSH): Respiratory System; Respiratory Function Tests

Subjects (LCSH): Pulmonary function tests - Handbooks, manuals, etc; Respiratory Function Tests

Abstract: Lung function assessment is the central pillar of modern respiratory diagnosis, providing invaluable information to assist in clinical decision making and management strategies.Interpreting Lung Function Tests: A Step-by Step Guide is a practical “how-to” training manual, which provides the reader with the necessary skills to interpret lung function test results, and to write a concise and informative report on the outcome.

Contents: General features of interpretation and report writing -- Spirometry -- Static lung volumes -- Carbon monoxide transfer factor -- single breath method -- Tests of respiratory muscle strength -- Bronchial provocation tests -- The importance of quality tests -- When results don't fit the rules.

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Lung function in health and disease : basic concepts of respiratory physiology and pathophysiology

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authored by Camillo Peracchia and Nasr H. Anaizi. --Sharjah, U.A.E.: Bentham Books , 2014.

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This reference presents basic concepts relevant to respiratory function in normal and diseased states. The volume stresses a quantitative approach to physical parameters used as indicators of normal and diseased physiological respiratory function. The contents of this reference allow medical students and physiology researchers to become “clinical detectives” - by presenting information that can be useful for enhancing their understanding of the major abnormalities in terms of ventilation, pulmo…

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Other Authors: Peracchia, Camillo; Anaizi, Nasr H

Responsibility: authored by Camillo Peracchia and Nasr H. Anaizi

Place of Publication: Sharjah, U.A.E.

Publisher: Bentham Books

Date of Publication: 2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (v, 455 p.)

ISBN: 9781608058280 (electronic bk.)

Subjects (MeSH): Respiratory System; Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pulmonary Medicine

Subjects (LCSH): Lungs - Physiology; Respiration

Abstract: This reference presents basic concepts relevant to respiratory function in normal and diseased states. The volume stresses a quantitative approach to physical parameters used as indicators of normal and diseased physiological respiratory function. The contents of this reference allow medical students and physiology researchers to become “clinical detectives” - by presenting information that can be useful for enhancing their understanding of the major abnormalities in terms of ventilation, pulmonary blood perfusion, venous admixture, wasted alveolar ventilation, tissue oxygenation, acid-base balance, respiratory mechanics, control of breathing, etc. This book is intended for first and second year medical students as well as for residents and fellows, especially in disciplines such as anesthesiology and pulmonary medicine. In addition, the unique mechanistic approach of this book also provides a useful reference to teachers of respiratory physiology who are not involved in respiratory research or those who have not been specifically trained in organ-system physiology. This book thus fills this gap by providing a modern physiology faculty some tools for learning the “nuts-and-bolts” of lung physiology and associated respiratory care.

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Neonatal Pulmonary Graphics : A Clinical Pocket Atlas

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Steven M. Donn, MD, Mark C. Mammel, MD. --New York, NY: Springer , c2015.

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This pocket atlas explains how to use pulmonary graphics as a valuable adjunct for patient management. Actual patterns commonly encountered in neonatal practice are presented side-by-side with schematic illustrations that take apart the graphic and identify its key features, accompanied by brief explanatory text. The book addresses the principles of real-time pulmonary graphics, discusses waveforms and loops, and examines how both are affected by mechanical ventilation and disease states. A ser…

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Author: Donn, MD, Steven M

Other Authors: Mammel, MD, Mark C

Responsibility: Steven M. Donn, MD, Mark C. Mammel, MD

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 175 p. : 96 illus., 74 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9781493920174; 9781493920167 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Infant, Newborn; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn - diagnosis; Respiratory Function Tests; Ventilators, Mechanical

Abstract: This pocket atlas explains how to use pulmonary graphics as a valuable adjunct for patient management. Actual patterns commonly encountered in neonatal practice are presented side-by-side with schematic illustrations that take apart the graphic and identify its key features, accompanied by brief explanatory text. The book addresses the principles of real-time pulmonary graphics, discusses waveforms and loops, and examines how both are affected by mechanical ventilation and disease states. A series of clinical cases brings key points to life..

Contents: 1. Principles of Real-Time Pulmonary Graphics -- 2. Waveforms -- 3. Impact of Mechanical Ventilation on Waveforms -- 4. Pulmonary Mechanics and Loops -- 5. Trend Screens -- 6. Miscellaneous Conditions -- 7. Clinical Cases -- 8. Further Reading -- Erratum.

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Pulmonary Function Testing : Principles and Practice

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David A. Kaminsky, Charles G. Irvin, editors. --Cham: Humana Press , c2018.

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This book serves as a unique, comprehensive resource for physicians and scientists training in pulmonary medicine and learning about pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary function testing and the physiological principles that underlie it are often poorly understood by medical students, residents, fellows and graduate students training in the medical sciences. One reason is that students tend to get overwhelmed by the basic mathematical descriptions that explain the working of the respiratory sy…

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Other Authors: Kaminsky, David A.; Irvin, Charles G.

Responsibility: David A. Kaminsky, Charles G. Irvin, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Humana Press

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 318 p.) : 92 illus., 56 illus. in color

Series Title: Respiratory medicine

ISBN: 9783319941592; 9783319941585 (print ed.); 9783319941608 (print ed.)

ISSN: 2197-7372

Subjects (MeSH): Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory Mechanics; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena

Specialty: Monitoring, Physiologic; Pulmonary Medicine

Abstract: This book serves as a unique, comprehensive resource for physicians and scientists training in pulmonary medicine and learning about pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary function testing and the physiological principles that underlie it are often poorly understood by medical students, residents, fellows and graduate students training in the medical sciences. One reason is that students tend to get overwhelmed by the basic mathematical descriptions that explain the working of the respiratory system and the principles of pulmonary function testing. Another reason is that too many approaches focus on the math without explaining the clinical relevance of these principles and the laboratory testing that enables us to measure the very lung function that these principles are describing. This book answers that need by providing a series of chapters that guide the reader in a natural order of learning about the respiratory system. In particular, after a general overview of the structure-function design of the lung and the history of pulmonary function testing, authors begin with the drive to breathe, and then follow the pathway of air as it is drawn into the lung, undergoes gas exchange, and is then exhaled back out again. Each chapter focuses on the key principles and corresponding pulmonary function tests that explain each step in this pathway. Each chapter will be written by at least two experts, one with expertise in the underlying physiology, and the other with expertise in the clinical testing and application of pulmonary function testing in practice. Many figures and tables highlight key points, and multiple case studies in each section provide specific examples of the clinical application of each pulmonary function test. This is an ideal guide to pulmonary function tests for practicing pulmonologists, residents, fellows, and medical students.

Contents: 1. Introduction to the Structure and Function of the Lung -- 2. The History of Pulmonary Function Testing -- 3. Breathing In: The Determinants of Lung Volume -- 4. Distribution of Air: Ventilation Distribution and Heterogeneity -- 5. Gas Exchange -- 6. Breathing Out: Forced Exhalation, Airflow Limitation -- 7. Breathing In and Out: Airway Resistance -- 8. Initiating the Breath: The Drive to Breathe, Muscle Pump -- 9. Measurement of Airway Responsiveness -- 10. Field Exercise Testing: 6-Minute Walk and Shuttle Walk Tests -- 11. Integrating the Whole: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing -- 12. Special Considerations for Pediatric Patients -- 13. Reference Equations for Pulmonary Function Tests -- 14. Management of and Quality Control in the Pulmonary Function Laboratory.