Pulmonary Function Testing. a Practical Approach

Description

Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach, Third Edition covers the most commonly performed pulmonary function tests in an engaging and easily accessible format. This comprehensive resource is ideal for respiratory care students and is also a valuable reference for practitioners. The most commonly performed exercise tests are separated into individual chapters to allow a full overview of each test.

Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach, Third Editioncontains updated material including the latest guidelines and recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the European Respiratory Society. The Third Edition also includes new expanded chapters covering Maximal Inspiratory Testing, Expiratory Pressures Testing, Pediatrics, Blood Gases, and Reference Values. This text is an ideal guide for both classroom learning and application in the clinical setting.

Each chapter reviews a particular pulmonary function test or common group of tests and includes:

• Relevant Physiology
• Pertinent Background Information
• Technical Factors
• Relevant Instrumentation
• Respiratory Calculations
• Patient Cases
• Self-assessment Questions
• References

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Forced Spirometry and Related Tests
Chapter 2 Lung Volumes
Chapter 3 Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity
Chapter 4 Airway Resistance by Body Plethysmography
Chapter 5 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
Chapter 6 Six-Minute Walk Test
Chapter 7 Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction Test
Chapter 8 Bronchial Challenge Testing with Pharmacological Agents
Chapter 9 Maximal Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures
Chapter 10 Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
Chapter 11 Blood Gases and Associated Technologies
Chapter 12 Pulmonary Function Testing Reference (Predicted) Values

Appendix A Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
Appendix B Conversion of Volumes
Appendix C Mathematics of Boyle’s Law
Appendix D Pulmonary Terms, Symbols, and Defi nitions
Appendix E Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation

About the Author

Jack Wanger, MSc, RRT, RPFT-PRA International

Jack Wanger, MSc, RRT, RPFT has been involved in respiratory therapeutics, pulmonary function testing and pulmonary physiology for over 40 years. Mr. Wanger was previously the Manager and Technical Director of the Pulmonary Physiology Unit at National Jewish Medical and Research Center (now National Jewish Health) in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Wanger joined PRA International, a contract research organization, in 1997 as a clinical research scientist. At PRA, Mr. Wanger has been involved in client consulting, protocol development, pulmonary function testing quality assurance, and preparation of clinical study reports and manuscripts. Mr. Wanger is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). He has been appointed to the ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories, and was a member of the ATS and European Respiratory Society (ERS) Task Force which developed the 2005 guidelines on pulmonary function testing. Mr. Wanger has published numerous peer review articles and is currently the Editor-in-Chief and project coordinator for the American Thoracic Society’s Pulmonary Function Laboratory Management and Procedure Manual.