ABSTRACT

This handy, accessible single volume presents useful clinical information to expose the pathophysiology underlying major pulmonary diseases, and traces the steps of treatment, from establishing diagnosis to managing therapy.
Contains more than 400 summary tables, radiographs, pathology specimens, and other illustrations that encapsulate informat

chapter |7 pages

Host Defense

chapter |5 pages

Nerves

chapter |5 pages

A. В.

chapter |5 pages

Case Presentation*

chapter |7 pages

Cough

chapter |11 pages

Normal Quiet Breathing

chapter |4 pages

Inspection

chapter |2 pages

Atelectasis

chapter |2 pages

COMPUTER-BASED ANALYSIS

chapter |10 pages

SPECIAL TESTING

chapter |4 pages

Case 5

chapter |6 pages

Pleural Effusion

chapter |1 pages

SUGGESTED READING

chapter 11|21 pages

Computed Tomography

GENERAL UTILITY OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

chapter |9 pages

CT Appearance of Pleural Effusion

chapter |4 pages

Bronchial Brushings

chapter |2 pages

Biopsy—Thoracoscopic and Open

chapter 14|1 pages

Dyspnea

chapter |8 pages

Table 3 Causes of Acute Dyspnea

chapter 15|1 pages

Management of Cough

chapter |2 pages

SUGGESTED READING

chapter 16|6 pages

Chronic Rhinitis and Sinusitis

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES

chapter |1 pages

CHRONIC RHINITIS

chapter |7 pages

Table 2 Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

chapter |2 pages

NASAL HYPERREACTIVITY

chapter |2 pages

Table 3 Bacteriology of Sinusitis

chapter |1 pages

Fluid Analysis: Transudate vs. Exudate

chapter |1 pages

Table 2 Causes of Pleural Effusions

chapter |8 pages

Table 3 Common Pleural

chapter |1 pages

Paragonimiasis

chapter |7 pages

Table 4 Treatment Options

chapter |6 pages

Pathophysiology

chapter |14 pages

Table 2 Etiologic Agents of Community-

chapter 19|3 pages

Acute Respiratory Failure

chapter |12 pages

Common Causes of Hypoxemia

chapter |2 pages

Table 2 Calcification Patterns

chapter |3 pages

Table 3 Estimated Survival in Non-

chapter 21|2 pages

Hemoptysis

chapter |1 pages

Neoplastic

chapter |6 pages

(a) (b)

Figure 1 Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, (a) Anteroposterior chest radiograph before

chapter |7 pages

Miscellaneous

chapter 22|14 pages

Oxygen Therapy

chapter |3 pages

SUMMARY

chapter 25|6 pages

Principles of Mechanical Ventilation

chapter 26|13 pages

Asthma

chapter 442|4 pages

4 4 2

chapter |1 pages

Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography

Figure 2 Radiographic and CT appearance of emphysema.

chapter |5 pages

Pulmonary Function Measurements

chapter |7 pages

Table 2 Drugs Affecting Serum

chapter |1 pages

Elective Ventilatory Assistance

chapter |2 pages

Table 6 Disorders

chapter |3 pages

Table 9 Indications for Endotracheal

chapter 28|7 pages

Sarcoidosis

chapter |1 pages

SUGGESTED READING

chapter |4 pages

Table 2 Continued

chapter |4 pages

Figure 5

chapter |6 pages

Pulmonary Hypertension

chapter |12 pages

Microscopic Polyangiitis

chapter |5 pages

Table 8

chapter |2 pages

SUMMARY

chapter 31|8 pages

Sleep-Disordered Breathing

chapter 32|1 pages

Lung Cancer

chapter |3 pages

Occupational Factors

chapter |1 pages

PREVENTION

chapter 34|8 pages

Cystic Fibrosis

chapter 35|5 pages

Tuberculosis

chapter |5 pages

Monitoring for Adverse Drug Reactions

chapter |2 pages

Table 1

chapter |5 pages

Table 2

chapter 37|13 pages

Chronic Fungal Pulmonary Infections

Scott F. Davies

chapter |1 pages

SUGGESTED READING

chapter |10 pages

OCCUPATIONAL H ISTO RY

chapter |1 pages

Pathogenesis

chapter |2 pages

Table 5 Specific Exposures and

chapter |10 pages

Table 3 Occupations with Exposure

chapter |3 pages

LUNG DISEASES CAUSED BY BERYLLIUM

chapter 40|2 pages

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

chapter |2 pages

Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

chapter |1 pages

Pulmonary Function Testing

chapter 42|7 pages

Altitude and Illness

chapter |2 pages

ALTITUDE AND EXISTING LUNG DISEASE

chapter 43|5 pages

Obesity

chapter |3 pages

Exercise Capacity

chapter |7 pages

Surgery

chapter 44|7 pages

Pregnancy

chapter 19|7 pages

Acute Respiratory Failure

chapter |1 pages

ANESTHESIA General Anesthesia

chapter |1 pages

Gas Exchange Effects

chapter |11 pages

Cardiac Surgery

chapter |14 pages

Index

chapter |1 pages

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