TY  - JOUR
T1  - PUlmonary function tests and their clinical application.
AU  - Robert MM, Senior
Y1  - 1969/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300200124026
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 512
EP  - 513
VL  - 124
IS  - 4
N2  - In this volume, translated from Hungarian, the authors present a summary of methodology and technology of lung function testing. They introduce their text with a brief review of pulmonary physiology and conclude it with a lengthy discussion of lung function testing in disease and in evaluation of pulmonary disability and operability.Despite a smoothly reading translation and extensive bibliographic support, reflecting the authors' scholarly approach, this book cannot be recommended to students, physicians, or laboratory technicians. It is too replete with the following: (1) glib generalizations of physiological concepts; (2) obscure and out-dated classifications of mechanisms of pathophysiology and disease; (3) descriptions of seldom-used equipment and methods of physiological appraisal; (4) irrelevant clinical data; and (5) references to a poorly accessible body of medical literature.A few examples of important shortcomings might be cited in evidence. The section on physiology scarcely mentions the concept of ventilation-perfusion, although the elaboration of
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300200124026
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300200124026
ER  -