Overview
- Provides a simplified approach to interpreting most diagnostic tests in the field of respiratory medicine
- Features up to date and accurate information covering well established and emerging tests methods
- Highly illustrated and well referenced for further reading
Part of the book series: In Clinical Practice (ICP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This revised and updated book provides a simplified approach to interpreting most diagnostic tests in the field of respiratory medicine. Easy to understand and practical, it contains more than 125 illustrated diagrams and over 50 tables with essential information that summarize the various diagnostic tests and interpretative approaches in a simple and understandable fashion. Of special note are chapters on exercise testing and diagnostic tests for sleep disorders, the latter a new and emerging field. This new edition contains revised information based on the newest ATS guidelines.
Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice Second Edition assists residents and fellows in internal medicine, pulmonology, allergology and critical care by explaining the key information obtained from lung volume measurement and increases understanding of pulmonary function tests within the modern diagnostic armamentarium.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Road is Professor of Medicine and respirologist at University of British Columbia. He is medical director of the Pulmonary Function laboratory at UBC and Vancouver General Hospitals. He has been a member of the Lung Function Committee of the Canadian Thoracic Society and a member of the Diagnostic Accreditation Program Lung Function Committee of BC. Dr Road has had an ongoing interest in Quality Control in lung function testing. His research and clinical interests include respiratory muscle function and control as well as home ventilation and COPD.
Dr. Wilcox is a Respirologist at St. Paul's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He is the Medical Director of the Providence Health Care Pulmonary Function Laboratory at St. Paul's Hospital and a Co-Director of the Scleroderma Respiratory Clinic. He is the Medical Director for the UBC Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program based at St. Paul's Hospital. He is associated with the James Hogg Research Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital and the UBC Institute of Heart and Lung Health. His research interests include clinical research in cystic fibrosis as well as pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue disorders. He is also certified by the American Board ofInternal Medicine.
Dr Aboulhosn is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia and a Respirologist in Victoria, BC with a clinical focus on adult cystic fibrosis (CF) and professional interest in exercise-induced respiratory disease. His practice includes General Respirology, sleep medicine, CF, as well as bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice
Editors: Ali Altalag, Jeremy Road, Pearce Wilcox, Kewan Aboulhosn
Series Title: In Clinical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93650-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93649-9Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93650-5Published: 10 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2199-6652
Series E-ISSN: 2199-6660
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: VIII, 335
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Thoracic Surgery