Nunn's applied respiratory physiology Book

	Foreword to the fourth edition
	Preface to the first edition
	Preface to the fourth edition
1	The atmosphere	3
2	Functional anatomy of the respiratory tract	13
3	Elastic forces and lung volumes	36
4	Non-elastic resistance to gas flow	61
5	Control of breathing	90
6	Pulmonary ventilation: mechanisms and the work of breathing	117
7	The pulmonary circulation	135
8	Distribution of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion	156
9	Diffusion and alveolar/capillary permeability	198
10	Carbon dioxide	219
11	Oxygen	247
12	Non-respiratory functions of the lung	306
13	Respiratory aspects of exercise	321
14	Respiratory aspects of sleep	330
15	Respiratory aspects of high altitude and space	338
16	Respiratory aspects of high pressure and diving	352
17	Drowning	364
18	Pregnancy, neonates and children	369
19	Smoking	378
20	Respiratory aspects of anaesthesia	384
21	Ventilatory failure	418
22	Artificial ventilation	431
23	Physiological basis of extracorporeal gas exchange	464
24	The transplanted lung	471
25	Anaemia	476
26	Pulmonary oedema	484
27	Pulmonary collapse and atelectasis	494
28	Pulmonary embolism	501
29	Adult respiratory distress syndrome	505
30	The effects of changes in the carbon dioxide tension	518
31	Hypoxia	529
32	Hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity	537
	Appendix A	556
	Appendix B	562
	Appendix C	566
	Appendix D	568
	Appendix E	570
	Appendix F	578
	References and further reading	594
	Index	644