Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319936492 ISBN 13 : 9783319936499

Editeur : Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This review of pulmonary function tests in clinical practice provides a simplified approach to interpreting most diagnostic tests in the field of respiratory medicine. It contains more than 125 illustrated diagrams, 50 tables, and 30 illustrative examples.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Altalag is a senior consultant intensivist, pulmonologist and echocardiographist in the department of intensive care services at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Riyadh. He did his training in pulmonology at the University of British Columbia and in adult critical care and echocardiography at the University of Toronto. He is currently the head of the adult general intensive care unit at PSMMC and is also the founder and former director of the Saudi Thoracic Imaging Group (STIG) at the Saudi Thoracic Society (STS). His main interests beside pulmonary function tests are point-of-care ultrasonography and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the critical ill patients.
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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 3319936492
• ISBN 13: 9783319936499
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Altalag Ali, Road Jeremy, Wilcox Pearce, Aboulhosn Kewan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible