Clinical Focus Series-Pulmonary Function Testing and Interpretation

Download or read book Clinical Focus Series-Pulmonary Function Testing and Interpretation written by Hansen James E and published by JAYPEE BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doody Rating : 4 stars : The primary target audiences for this volume are pulmonologists, allergists, graduate students, thoracic surgeons, and their assistants, in training and in practice, who evaluate and treat patients who have or may have respiratory damage or disease. Unique insights into the interpretation of spirometric, lung volume, diffusing capacity, and other measurements commonly made in pulmonary function laboratories. Normal values are dependent on gender, age, and body size. Review of the best available reference equations and selection of the optimal equations, not only for th.