Description
- NEW! UPDATED content reflects the latest guidelines, testing procedure recommendations, and interpretive strategies of the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society as well as the newest guidelines for exercise testing from the American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians.
- NEW! Practice tests on the Evolve companion website help you apply the knowledge learned in the text.
- NEW! Summary Points at the end of chapters reinforce important entry-level and advanced-level concepts.
Table of Contents
1. Indications for Pulmonary Function Testing
2. Spirometry
3. Diffusing Capacity Tests
4. Lung Volumes, Airway Resistance and Gas Distribution Tests
5. Ventilation and Ventilatory Control Tests
6. Blood Gases and Related Tests
7. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
8. Pediatric Pulmonary Function Tests
9. Bronchoprovocation Testing
10. Specialized Test Regimens
11. Pulmonary Function Test Equipment
12. Quality Systems in the Pulmonary Function Laboratory
13. Reference Values and Interpretation Strategies
Appendix A: Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
Glossary
Index
