- ISBN: 9780727912077 | 0727912070
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/9/1998
This work comprehensively reviews ventilation and gas exchange in normal circumstances as well as in chronic and acute respiratory failure, and during anaesthesia. It provides practical guidance on the numerous respiratory function measurements and their application in clinical practice. The methods used to analyze lung function, with special reference to anaesthesia and mechanical ventilation, are explained.The book is aimed primarily at anaesthetists, intensivists and pulmonary physicians, and also at physiotherapists, respiratory scientists, medical students and nurses in anaesthesia and intensive care.