Ruppel's manual of pulmonary function testing

Revised edition of: Manual of pulmonary function testing / Gregg L. Ruppel. 9th ed. [2009]

Includes bibliographical references and index

Indications for pulmonary function testing -- Spirometry -- Diffusing capacity tests -- Lung volumes, airway resistance, and gas distribution tests / David A. Kaminsky -- Ventilation and ventilatory control tests -- Blood gases and related tests -- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing -- Pediatric pulmonary function tests / Deborah K. White -- Bronchoprovocation testing -- Specialized test regimens -- Pulmonary function testing equipment -- Quality systems in the pulmonary function laboratory / Susan Blonshine -- Reference values and interpretation strategies

Covering common pulmonary function tests and techniques, on-the-job reference, but a resource for preparing for the CPFT (certified pulmonary function technologist) and RPFT (registered pulmonary function technologist) specialty credentialing examinations. It includes information on pathophysiology, equipment, and quality assurance, so you can develop the testing skills you need to find and assess lung abnormalities and conditions including asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and cystic fibrosis. Written by Carl Mottram, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, an experts in pulmonary function procedures, this text helps you get accurate test results every time. New Bronchoprovocation chapter features important information on methacholine, histamine, mannitol, exercise challenges, and eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation. New chapter on reference equations simplifies common reference equations and includes normal and abnormal values encountered in the clinical setting. New How To boxes provide step-by-step guidelines to performing pulmonary function tests, taking the guesswork out of completing accurate and result-producing tests. New NBRC-CPFT mapping prepares you for the certified pulmonary function technologist credentialing examination, correlating content to test items in the NBRC-CPFT testing matrix. New Clinical Scenario lecture slides provide in-depth case analysis with figures, charts, lab values, and documented research. New author Carl Mottram, a respiratory care expert who contributed to this book's previous two editions, is the Technical Director of the Pulmonary Function Labs and Rehabilitation at the Mayo Clinic and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine