Description
Book SynopsisIt will be of value to researchers, clinicians, and students interested in developmental physiology, comparative biology, and zoology, as well as neonatalogists and pediatric pulmonologists who are interested in alternative perspectives on current clinical practice.
Trade ReviewThis book provides one of the most comprehensive compilations of studies of neonatal respiration available under one cover, making it an invaluable reference tool in the field of comparative respiratory physiology. Doody's Health Sciences Review Journal
Table of ContentsContents: Chapter 1 Gestation and Birth Respiratory System before Birth Birth Interspecies Comparisons Clinical Implications Summary Chapter 2 Metabolic Ventilatory Requirements Oxygen Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Production Pulmonary Ventilation Coupling of Ventilation and Metabolism Interspecies Comparisons Clinical Implications Summary Chapter 3 Mechanical Behavior of the Respiratory Pump The Respiratory Muscles The Newborn Thorax Mechanical Interaction between Lungs and Chest Wall The Active Mechanical Behavior Energetics Interspecies Comparisons Clinical Implications Summary Chapter 4 Reflex Control of the Breathing Pattern Reflex Control of Breath Amplitude and Duration Ventilatory Reflexes of Extrapulmonary Origin Central Organization of Respiratory Neurons Breathing During Feeding Interspecies Comparisons Clinical Implications Summary Chapter 5 Temperature and Respiratory Gases Changes in Ambient or Body Temperature 02 and CO2 Chemoreception Changes in Oxygenation Hypercapnia Interspecies Comparisons Clinical Implications Summary
