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Respiratory physiology of newborn mammals : a comparative perspective / Jacopo P. Mortola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mortola, Jacopo P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Respiratory organs--Growth.
- Respiratory organs.
- Newborn infants--Physiology.
- Newborn infants.
- Physiology, Comparative.
- Developmental biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Gestation and Birth; Chapter 2 Metabolic and Ventilatory Requirements; Chapter 3 Mechanical Behavior of the Respiratory Pump; Chapter 4 Reflex Control of the Breathing Pattern; Chapter 5 Changes in Temperature and Respiratory Gases; Appendix A Passive Respiratory Mechanics: Some Applications to Measurements in Newborns; Appendix B Comparisons and Normalization; Appendix C Orders and Suborders of the Class Mammalia; Glossary; References Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7366-5
- OCLC:
- 923191763
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