chapter 1|1 pages

THE WORK OF THE RESPIRATORY PHYSICIAN

WHAT IS RESPIRATORY MEDICINE?

chapter |3 pages

Standard specialist reference books

chapter |4 pages

Sources of experts

chapter |6 pages

The lungs

chapter |3 pages

Patterns of disorder

chapter |1 pages

Allergy skin tests

chapter |6 pages

Other respiratory tests

chapter 3|12 pages

COMMON CHEST SYMPTOMS AND THEIR INVESTIGATION

CLINICAL APPROACH

chapter |1 pages

Ankle swelling

chapter 4|5 pages

ASTHMA

chapter |1 pages

Domiciliary measurement

chapter |1 pages

Chest X-rays

chapter |1 pages

RECOGNITION OF CAUSATIVE FACTORS

chapter |1 pages

PREVENTION OF ASTHMA

chapter |2 pages

DRUG AVOIDANCE

chapter |1 pages

TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

chapter |1 pages

ASTHMA THERAPY

chapter |4 pages

MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ASTHMA 74

BySteps

chapter |7 pages

Case studies: general

chapter 5|3 pages

PNEUMONIA

chapter |3 pages

ASSESSMENT

chapter |10 pages

Hospital admission

chapter 6|1 pages

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA

chapter |1 pages

Clinical features

chapter |5 pages

Secondary polycythaemia

chapter |1 pages

Smaller pulmonary emboli

chapter |7 pages

Essential investigations Chest X-ray PA

chapter |1 pages

PREVENTION

chapter |2 pages

Non-life-threatening pulmonary embolism

chapter |2 pages

Failure to treat

chapter 8|2 pages

LUNG CANCER AND OTHER TUMOURS

LUNG TUMOURS

chapter |4 pages

Chest X-ray

chapter |7 pages

Therapies and prognosis

chapter 9|4 pages

TUBERCULOSIS

chapter |3 pages

Diagnosis and investigation

chapter |7 pages

MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS

chapter 10|1 pages

SARCOIDOSIS

chapter |3 pages

CLINICAL FEATURES

chapter |1 pages

Other metabolic and endocrine problems

chapter |2 pages

Bacteriology

chapter |7 pages

THERAPY IN SARCOIDOSIS

chapter 11|3 pages

COMMON CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE PLEURAL CAVITY

PLEURAL EFFUSION

chapter |1 pages

PNEUMOTHORAX

chapter |2 pages

Common causes of pneumothorax

chapter |2 pages

Simple air aspiration

chapter 12|1 pages

PULMONARY FIBROSIS

chapter |1 pages

CAUSES OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS

chapter |1 pages

CRYPTOGENIC FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS

chapter |2 pages

Blood tests

chapter 13|6 pages

INDUSTRIAL RELATED RESPIRATORY DISEASES

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

chapter |4 pages

Lung function test

chapter |2 pages

SILICOSIS

chapter |1 pages

BYSSINOSIS

chapter |2 pages

Features of chronic cadmium poisoning

chapter 14|3 pages

RARE RESPIRATORY DISEASES

ASPERGILLUS IN THE LUNG DISEASES CAUSED BY ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

chapter |2 pages

Aspergilloma

chapter |1 pages

Therapy

chapter |1 pages

With asthma

chapter |1 pages

Systemic lupus erythematosus

chapter |1 pages

Clinical features affecting the lung

chapter |2 pages

Kyphoscoliosis

chapter |3 pages

Clinical features

chapter 15|1 pages

MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LUNGS

SICKLE CELL DISEASE

chapter |1 pages

Therapy for sickle cell disease

chapter |1 pages

Obstructive sleep apnoea

chapter |1 pages

Investigation

chapter |1 pages

Major symptoms

chapter 16|2 pages

SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

BRONCHOSCOPY

chapter |1 pages

Causes in the middle mediastinum

chapter |1 pages

OPEN LUNG BIOPSY

chapter |2 pages

MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS

chapter |2 pages

PNEUMOTHORAX

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