MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Respiratory
medicine
Dr R Harding (Physiology) and Dr W Brook (Anatomy)
Objectives This unit aims to provide students with an ability to
understand (a) the structural and functional basis of normal respiratory
function, (b) the causes of respiratory dysfunction and tests that can be used
to assess respiratory function, and (c) the basis for clinical management of
respiratory dysfunction.
Synopsis This unit describes the structure, function and basic
pharmacology of the respiratory system. It will provide a basis for an
understanding of respiratory medicine, provide core material in the morphology,
physiology and pharmacology of the respiratory system and to introduce concepts
relevant to disordered respiratory function. Topic areas covered will include
anatomy, embryology and histology of the thoracic wall and diaphragm, upper and
lower airways, lungs and associated structures; gas laws and the physical
principles of gas flow; lung volumes and mechanics; airflow and work of
breathing; gas exchange and transport; ventilation-perfusion relationships;
regulation of ventilation; changes in respiration during sleep, exercise and
hypobaric and hyperbaric environments; acid-base balance and alterations in
ventilation; transition from fetal to neonatal life; and introduction to the
clinical identification, using lung function tests, of common respiratory
diseases, eg obstructive airways disease and restrictive lung disease, and the
basic pharmacology of agents used in these diseases.
Prescribed texts
- Berne R M and Levy M N Physiology 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
- or
- West J B Best and Taylor's `Physiological basics of medical
practice' 12th edn, Mosby, 1990
- Cormack D H Essential histology Lippincott, 1993
- or
- Ross M H and Romrell R J Histology: A text and atlas 2nd edn,
Williams and Wilkins, 1989
- Moore K L Clinically oriented anatomy 3rd edn, Williams and Wilkins,
1985
- or
- Snell R S Clinical anatomy for medical students 4th edn, Little
Brown, 1992
- Moore K L and Persaud T U NThe developing human 5th edn, Saunders,
1993
- or
- Sadler T W Langman's `Medical embryology' 6th edn, Williams and
Wilkins, 1990
- or
- Larsen W J Human embryology Churchill Livingstone, 1993
- Sauerland E K Grant's `Dissector' 10th edn, Williams and
Wilkins
Recommended texts
- Agure A M R Grant's `Atlas of anatomy' 9th edn, Williams and
Wilkins, 1991
- Clemente C D Anatomy: A regional atlas of the human body 3rd edn,
Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1987
- Kane J W and Sternheim M M Physics 3rd edn, Wiley, 1988
- McMinn R M H Last's `Anatomy': Regional and applied 8th edn,
Churchill Livingstone, 1990
- Mines A H Respiratory physiology Raven Press
- Rohan J W and Yokochi C Colour atlas of anatomy Igaku-Shoin, 1983
- Staub N C Basic respiratory physiology Churchill Livingstone, 1991
- Taylor A and others Clinical respiratory physiology Saunders, 1989
- West J B Respiratory physiology: The essentials 5th edn, Williams
and Wilkins
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