Clinical Pulmonary Physiology

THE most significant progress in the field of pulmonary physiology has been a reawakened interest in clinical application. The ever-increasing attention devoted to evaluation of pulmonary function in man has been prompted by the great advances in specific medical therapy and safer, more effective surgical treatment of pulmonary disease. The growing complexities of anesthesia have called for more objective evaluation of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and the expanding field of cardiac surgery not only has stimulated clinical investigation of cardiovascular function but also has called for a better definition of the extent of pulmonary, as opposed to cardiac, damage. . . .