Respiratory Measurement

Göran Hedenstierna and C. E. W. Hahn are the authors of Respiratory Measurement, published by Wiley.

Preface. Part I Physiological Principles in Health and Chronic Disease.

1 Introduction.

2 Ventilation.

3. Lung Volumes.

4 Compliance, Resistance and Inductance.

5 Gas Distribution.

6 Diffusion of Gas.

7 Pulmonary Perfusion.

8 Causes of Hypoxaemia and Hypercapnia.

Part II Anesthesia and Acute Respiratory Failure.

9 Respiratory Mechanics During Anesthesia.

10 Ventilation, Blood Flow and Gas Exchange During Anesthesia.

11 Pulmonary Densities and Respiratory Mechanics in ARDS.

12 Ventilation, Circulation and Gas Exchange.

Part III Practice of Respiratory Measurement.

13 Measurement of Ventilation.

14 Lung Volume Measurement.

15 Gas Distribution.

16 Mechanics of the Respiratory System: Compliance.

17 Mechanics of Respiratory System: Resistance, Inertia, Power, Work.

18 Gas Exchange: Hypoventilation and Gas Diffusion.

19 Gas Exchange: Ventilation-perfusion Relationships and Shunt.

Reference Values.

Glossary.

Index.