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Marked differences of ventilation, blood flow, gas exchange, alveolar size, intrapleural pressures and mechanical stresses exist within the human lung and some of these are of special interest to the anesthesiologist in the context of anesthesia and postoperative care.
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West, J.B. (editor) Regional Differences in the Lung, NY, Academic Press, 1977. This monograph contains a full list of references to regional papers.
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West, J.B. (1989). Regional Differences in the Lung. In: Stanley, T.H., Sperry, R.J. (eds) Anesthesia and the Lung. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0899-4_1
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