Prevention of Lung Cancer
9 PREVENTION OF LUNG CANCER Susanne M. Arnold, MD A 40-year-old African American male with a past medical history of hypertension and myocardial infarction and a 15 pack-year tobacco history…
History of Lung Cancer
1 HISTORY OF LUNG CANCER Goetz Kloecker, MD, MBA, MSPH, FACP A medical student reading about lung cancer notices that the number of lung cancer deaths has steadily increased worldwide….
Physiology of extreme altitude
19 Physiology of extreme altitude Introduction History of climbing at very high altitudes Sixteenth to nineteenth centuries Twentieth century Characteristics and history of ascents on Mount Everest Physiology of extreme…
Peripheral tissues
14 Peripheral tissues Introduction Diffusion in peripheral tissues Principles Tissue partial pressures Intramuscular partial pressure of oxygen Changes at the skeletal muscle capillary level Capillary geometry Capillary recruitment Capillary density…
Pulmonary gas exchange
8 Pulmonary gas exchange Introduction Historical Effects of hyperventilation on gas exchange Acute hypoxia compared with acclimatization Physiology of diffusion in the lung Fick’s law of diffusion Reaction rates with…
