SIMPLIFIED PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY FOR OFFICE PRACTICE
Authors: Robert B. Stonehill, Joel E. Reed
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 July 1960SIMPLIFIED PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY FOR OFFICE PRACTICEROBERT B. STONEHILL, JOEL E. REED, M.D.ROBERT B. STONEHILLSearch for more papers by this author, JOEL E. REED, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-1-106 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe modern clinical approach to a patient should take into consideration not only the pathologic and etiologic aspects of his disorder but also his functional impairment and potentialities.Accurate functional evaluation of the several components of respiration has been possible in the research environment for several years, and methodology is continually being improved. For the most part, this has been out of reach of the average practicing clinician and his patient. A complete evaluation of pulmonary function includes studies of all four of its basic components: ventilation or the bellows action of the lungs, distribution and mixing of the...Bibliography1. ComroeForsterDuboisBriscoeCarlson JHREABWAE: The lung. Clinical physiology and pulmonary function tests, 1955, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, p. 3. Google Scholar2. Warring FC: Ventilatory function. Experiences with a simple practical procedure for its evaluation in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 51: 432-454, 1945. Google Scholar3. WarringSiemsen FCJK: A convenient method for measuring ventilation based upon the venturi principle, Am. Rev. Tuberc. and Pul. Dis. 75: 303-318, 1957. Google Scholar4. Gaensler EA: Analysis of the ventilatory defect by timed capacity measurements, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 64: 256-278, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. CanderComroe LJH: Method for objective evaluation of bronchodilator drugs: effects of Dapanone, Isuprel and aminophyllin in patients with bronchial asthma, J. Allergy 26: 210-218, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LeuallenFowler ECWS: Maximal mid-expiratory flow, Am. Rev. Tuberc. and Pul. Dis. 72: 783-800, 1955. Google Scholar7. BaldwinCournandRichards EdADW: Pulmonary insufficiency. I. Physiological classification, clinical methods of analysis, standard values in normal subjects, Medicine 27: 243-278, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. WangShipley RIRE: A simple instrument for measuring pulmonary ventilatory function, J. A. M. A. 167: 1730-1733, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. GoldsmithYoung JRAC: A new type of flow resistor for respiratory studies, J. Appl. Physiol. 8: 562-564, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SniderStevensWilnerLewis THJPWMBM: Simple bedside test of respiratory function, J. A. M. A. 170: 1631-1632, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 24, 1959.From the Pulmonary Disease Service, Department of Medicine, USAF Hospital, Lackland, USAF Aerospace Medical Center (ATC), Lackland AFB, Texas.†Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory USAF Hospital, Lackland; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert B. Stonehill, Lt. Colonel, USAF (MC), Chief, Pulmonary Disease Service, USAF Hospital, Lackland, USAF Aerospace Medical Center (ATC), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1960Volume 53, Issue 1Page: 106-115KeywordsDyspneaHospital medicineLungsPulmonary diseasesPulmonary functionResearch laboratoriesRespirationRespiratory physiologyStatistical distributions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...