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Pulmonary Dysfunction and Disease

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Mieczyslaw Pokorski

    1. Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole, Institute of Nursing, Opole, Poland

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  • Comprehensive respiratory tract disease information
  • From medical knowledge to practice
  • Latest developments in the fast-changing medical world

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 934)

Part of the book sub series: Neuroscience and Respiration (NR)

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Lung ventilation is driven by a complex neural regulatory network, and apart from conditions typically observed during a disease state, it is sensitive to functional dysregulation. This book focuses on a wide variety of pulmonary topics including inflammation, infection, cancerogenesis, hypoxia, and stress. The chapters deal with the pathophysiologic background of processes and mechanisms whereby abnormal or undesired conditions develop and progress. The exemplary topics concern the genotyping of mutations involved in the development of lung cancer, which helps target molecular anticancer therapy, or the advances in computed tomography technology employed in pulmonary diagnostics. Functional cardio-respiratory changes associated with a particular disease or resulting from disease, or dysautonomic state due to affective disorder or hypokinesia of spaceflight microgravity also are tackled. The book is intended for medical researchers and clinicians, notably pulmonologists, internists, family doctors, and all interested in this exciting area of science.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Adiponectin and Mortality in Smokers and Non-Smokers of the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study

    • Graciela E. Delgado, Rüdiger Siekmeier, Winfried März, Marcus E. Kleber
    Pages 1-8

  3. Heart Rate Variability and Arrhythmic Burden in Pulmonary Hypertension

    • C. Witte, J. U. Meyer zur Heide genannt Meyer-Arend, R. Andrié, J. W. Schrickel, C. Hammerstingl, J. O. Schwab et al.
    Pages 9-22

  4. Cardiac Vagal Control and Depressive Symptoms in Response to Negative Emotional Stress

    • I. Tonhajzerova, Z. Visnovcova, A. Mestanikova, A. Jurko, M. Mestanik
    Pages 23-30

  5. Effect of Simulated Microgravity and Lunar Gravity on Human Inspiratory Muscle Function: ‘Selena-T’ 2015 Study

    • M. O. Segizbaeva, N. P. Aleksandrova, Z. A. Donina, E. V. Baranova, V. P. Katuntsev, G. G. Tarasenkov et al.
    Pages 31-40

  6. Airway Evaluation with Multidetector Computed Tomography Post-Processing Methods in Asthmatic Patients

    • Mateusz Patyk, Andrzej Obojski, Łukasz Gojny, Bernard Panaszek, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz
    Pages 41-47

  7. Genotyping of EGFR Mutations from Bronchial Cytological Specimens in Slovakian Lung Cancer Patients

    • K. Baluchova, M. Zahradnikova, P. Bakes, S. Trubacova, H. Novosadova, E. Halasova et al.
    Pages 49-61

  8. Antiinflammatory Effect of N-Acetylcysteine Combined with Exogenous Surfactant in Meconium-Induced Lung Injury

    • P. Mikolka, J. Kopincova, L. Tomcikova Mikusiakova, P. Kosutova, A. Calkovska, D. Mokra
    Pages 63-75

  9. Pertussis: History of the Disease and Current Prevention Failure

    • E. Kuchar, M. Karlikowska-Skwarnik, S. Han, A. Nitsch-Osuch
    Pages 77-82

  10. Awareness of Influenza and Attitude Toward Influenza Vaccination Among Medical Students

    • A. Banaszkiewicz, E. Talarek, J. Śliwka, F. Kazubski, I. Małecka, J. Stryczyńska-Kazubska et al.
    Pages 83-88

  11. Pathogens Causing Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Outpatients

    • A. Jama-Kmiecik, M. Frej-Mądrzak, J. Sarowska, I. Choroszy-Król
    Pages 89-93

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 95-96
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  • Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole, Institute of Nursing, Opole, Poland

    Mieczyslaw Pokorski

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