Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology

Here's the definitive text on the principles and applications of respiratory physiology - back in a fully revised and updated new edition! "Nunn's" continues to provide a vital overview for anaesthesiologists, physiologists or anyone seeking information on principles and applications of lung function. You will find crucial management guidance on all of the conditions that you see in practice - with comprehensive, clinically oriented, descriptions of lung function in health, disease, and altered conditions and environments. Anesthesia and Analgesia declared the last edition to be 'an easily digestible compendium of basic physiological principles' and a 'born again' classic'. Designed to be easily accessible, this is an essential purchase for practicing anaesthesiologists who want a quick reference to current knowledge - and it is equally relevant as a standard text for trainees and those preparing for examinations.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Basic principles 1. The atmosphere 2. Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract 3. Elastic forces and lung volumes 4. Respiratory system resistance 5. Control of breathing 6. Pulmonary ventilation 7. The pulmonary circulation 8. Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion 9. Diffusion of respiratory gases 10. Carbon dioxide 11. Oxygen 12. Non-respiratory functions of the lung 13. The history of respiratory physiology Part 2: Applied physiology 14. Pregnancy, neonates and children 15. Exercise 16. Sleep 17. High altitude and flying 18. High pressure and diving 19. Respiration in closed environments and space 20. Drowning 21. Smoking and air pollution 22. Anaesthesia 23. Changes in the carbon dioxide tension 24. Hypoxia 25. Anaemia 26. Hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity Part 3: Physiology of pulmonary disease 27. Ventilatory failure 28. Airways disease 29. Pulmonary vascular disease 30. Parenchymal lung disease 31. Acute lung injury 32. Respiratory support and artificial ventilation 33. Lung transplantation Appendices: A. Physical quantities and units of measurement B. The gas laws C. Conversion factors for gas volumes D. Symbols and abbreviations E. Nomograms and correction charts F. Mathematical functions relevant to respiratory physiology . The linear function . The rectangular hyperbola or inverse function . The parabola or squared function . Exponential functions . The tear-away exponential function . The wash-out or die-away exponential function . The wash-in exponential function

Review :
....this text remains the primary source of reference information for any health care practitioner involved in the management of patients' respiration. The essentials of respiratory physiology such as compliance, resistance, gas exchange, etc. are not covered in adequate depth in the standard texts of medicine or anesthesia, and any resident in these fields should have access to this text. It is also an unparalleled source of information for any physician teaching in these areas. Peter D. Slinger, MD Professor of Anaesthesia University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Anesthesia and Analgesia Vol. 104, No. 5, May 2007