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Lung Function: Physiology, Measurement and Application in Medicine, 6th Edition

ISBN: 978-1-444-31282-9

April 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

648 pages

Description
  • The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation
  • New for this edition:
    - More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician

    - Text completely re-written in a contemporary style: includes user-friendly equations and more diagrams

    - New material covering the latest advances in the treatment of lung function, including more on sleep-related disorders, a stronger clinical and practical bias and more on new techniques and equipment

    - Uses the standard Vancouver referencing system
     

What the experts say:

"I have always considered Dr Cotes' book the most authoritative book published on lung function. It is also the most comprehensive."
Dr Robert Crapo, Pulmonary Division, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, USA

"I think I can fairly speak on behalf of staff in lung function departments the length and breadth of the country - that a sixth edition of Cotes would be gratefully received."
Dr Brendan Cooper, Clinical Respiratory Scientist, Nottingham City Hospital

About the Author
John E Cotes, Visitor, University Department of Physiological Sciences, Formerly Reader in Respiratory Physiology, External Scientific Staff of Medical Research Council, and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Respiratory Physiology, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

David J Chinn, Senior Research Fellow in Epidemiology, Centre for Primary and Community Care, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

Martin R Miller, Consultant Physician, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

Features
"the most authoritative book published on lung function ... the most comprehensive. "
Dr Robert Crapo, Salt Lake City, USA



  • The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation



  • Authors are acknowledged as the world's leading authorities on lung function

  • New for this edition:
    More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician

    Text completely re-written in a contemporary style: includes user-friendly equations and more diagrams

    New material covering the latest advances in the treatment of lung function, including more on sleep-related disorders, a stronger clinical and practical bias and more on new techniques and equipment

  • Uses the standard Vancouver referencing system