Respiratory Measurement

Preface.
<p>Part I Physiological Principles in Health and Chronic Disease.</p>
<p>1 Introduction.</p>
<p>2 Ventilation.</p>
<p>3. Lung Volumes.</p>
<p>4 Compliance, Resistance and Inductance.</p>
<p>5 Gas Distribution.</p>
<p>6 Diffusion of Gas.</p>
<p>7 Pulmonary Perfusion.</p>
<p>8 Causes of Hypoxaemia and Hypercapnia.</p>
<p>Part II Anesthesia and Acute Respiratory Failure.</p>
<p>9 Respiratory Mechanics During Anesthesia.</p>
<p>10 Ventilation, Blood Flow and Gas Exchange During Anesthesia.</p>
<p>11 Pulmonary Densities and Respiratory Mechanics in ARDS.</p>
<p>12 Ventilation, Circulation and Gas Exchange.</p>
<p>Part III Practice of Respiratory Measurement.</p>
<p>13 Measurement of Ventilation.</p>
<p>14 Lung Volume Measurement.</p>
<p>15 Gas Distribution.</p>
<p>16 Mechanics of the Respiratory System: Compliance.</p>
<p>17 Mechanics of Respiratory System: Resistance, Inertia, Power, Work.</p>
<p>18 Gas Exchange: Hypoventilation and Gas Diffusion.</p>
<p>19 Gas Exchange: Ventilation–perfusion Relationships and Shunt.</p>
<p>Reference Values.</p>
<p>Glossary.</p>
<p>Index.</p>