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Author Ward, Denham S

Title Pharmacology and Pathophysiology of the Control of Breathing
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (889 pages)
Series Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Lung biology in health and disease.
Contents Cover; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; CONTENTS; Part I. Neuropharmacology and Physiology; Chapter 1. Peripheral Chemoreceptors: Sensors of Metabolic Status; Chapter 2. Central Chemoreceptors; Chapter 3. Suprapontine Control of Breathing; Chapter 4. Measurement of Drug Effects on Ventilatory Control; Chapter 5. Response Surface Modeling of Drug Interactions: Model Selection and Multimodel Inference Using the Bootstrap; Chapter 6. Respiratory Neuroplasticity: Respiratory Gases, Development, and Spinal Injury; Chapter 7. Airway Reflexes in Humans
Chapter 8. Inheritance and Ventilatory Behavior in Animal ModelsPart II. Pathophysiology; Chapter 9. Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: Should We Rename It Congenital Autonomopathy?; Chapter 10. Upper Airway Obstruction in Sleep Apnea; Chapter 11. High Altitude; Chapter 12. Obesity and the Control of Breathing; Part III. Clinical Pharmacology; Chapter 13. Pain Management and Regional Anesthesia; Chapter 14. Ventilatory Effects of Medications Used for Moderate and Deep Sedation; Chapter 15. Central Effects of General Anesthesia
Chapter 16. The Influence of Inhalational Anesthetics on Carotid Body Mediated Ventilatory ResponsesChapter 17. General Anesthesia and Respiratory Mechanics; Chapter 18. Recovery from Anesthesia; Chapter 19. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Ventilation; Chapter 20. Cardiovascular Drugs and the Control of Breathing; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
Summary Exploring the functional anatomy and physiology of the ventilatory control system from the intracellular to the integrative level, this references serves as the first source to offer comprehensive coverage of the influences of various pharmacological agents on the control of breathing
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Subject Respiration -- Regulation.
Lungs -- Pathophysiology
Pulmonary pharmacology.
Inhalation anesthesia.
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Inhalation anesthesia
Lungs -- Pathophysiology
Pulmonary pharmacology
Respiration -- Regulation
Form Electronic book
Author Dahan, Albert
Teppema, Luc
ISBN 9780849359538
0849359538