Wanger, a research scientist, reviews the most common pulmonary function tests used by respiratory care practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, and occupational hygienists to evaluate lung disorders. For these professionals and students, he covers relevant physiology, historical and background information, techniques, instrumentation, respiratory calculations, quality control, basic elements of interpretation, infection control, and patient cases. This edition has new and updated material such as recent guidelines and recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the European Respiratory Society; expanded chapters on maximal respiratory and expiratory pressures testing and reference values; and new chapters on pediatrics and blood gases. It excludes less common tests like gas distribution, ventilatory drive, and forced oscillation, and topics requiring more than one chapter, like bronchoscopy. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)