2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Internal Medicine!
Clinical Respiratory Medicine provides practical guidance to help you more effectively diagnose and manage the full range of pulmonary disorders, including those seen in today's most challenging patient populations. Now with over 400 brand-new review questions and 25 videos available online, this medical reference book delivers all of the answers you need to ensure the best outcomes.
Better manage and treat patients with pulmonary disease with complete clinical coverage of the critical information relevant to your everyday practice, presented in a templated, user-friendly format.
Find critical information quickly with the help of diagnostic algorithms.
Test your knowledge of respiratory medicine with the help of 400 brand-new review questions.
Watch and learn. Over 25 videos of practical procedures are available online at www.expertconsult.com.
Thoroughly understand the needs and recognize co-morbidities of particular patient populations through entirely new chapters on lung structure, echocardiography, and obesity and its effects.
Access the latest research and advancements in lung cancer, benign tumors, and the importance of pulmonary physiology in understanding lung function and the disease processes that occur.
Section I: Normal Structure and Function
1. Macro and Micro Structure of the Lung
2. Basic Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Biology
3. Respiratory Mechanics
4. Pulmonary Circulation
5. Gas Exchange
6. Control of Ventilation and Respiratory Muscles
Section 2 Diagnostic Techniques
7. Imaging Techniques
8. PET Imaging
9. Pulmonary Function Testing
10. Exercise Testing
11. Bronchoscopy
12. Endobronchial and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS and EBUS)
13. Techniques and Indications: Percutaneous Biopsy Procedures
14. Echocardiography in Respiratory Medicine
Section 3 Respiratory Pharmacology
15. Bronchodilators
16. Antiinflammatory Drugs
17. Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Respiratory Diseases
Section 4 An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms
18. An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms: Cough
19. Dyspnea
20. Hemoptysis
21. Chest Pain
Section 5 Infectious Diseases
22. Host Defenses
23. Approach to the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection
24. Community Acquired Pneumonia
25. Viral Pneumonia
26. Nonbacterial Infectious Pneumonia
27. Nosocomial Infections
28. Pneumonia in the Non-HIV Immunocompromised Host
29. Pulmonary Infections
30. Noninfectious Conditions in HIV
31. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Section 6 Critical Care Respiratory Medicine
32. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
33. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
34. Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit
35. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critical Illness
36. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Section 7 Airway Diseases
37. Upper Airway Disease-Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis
38. Asthma: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Risk Factors
39. Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults
40. Occupational Asthma
41. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Evaluation
42. Treatment of the Stable Patient with COPD
43. Management of Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
44. Cystic Fibrosis
45. Bronchiectasis
Section 8 Parenchymal Lung Diseases
46. Approach to Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease
47. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Diseases Pneumonias
48. Sarcoidosis
49. Eosinophilic Lung Disease
50. Organizing Pneumonia
51. Sicolisis and Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
52. Asbestosis
53. Connective Tissue Disorders
54. Rare Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases
55. Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
56. Toxic Inhalational Lung Injury
Section 9 Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Vasculitides, and Hemorrhage
57. Pulmonary Embolism
58. Pulmonary Hypertension
59. Pulmonary Vasculitis and Hemorrhage
Section 10 Sleep-Disordered Breathing
60. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology,
61. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment
62. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Section 11 Chest Wall Disorders
63. Scoliosis and Kyphoscoliosis
64. Diseases of the Thoracic Cage and Respiratory Muscles
Section 12 Lung Tumors
65. Epidemiology, Surgical Pathology, and Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer
66. Lung Cancer: Clinical Evaluation and Staging
67. Lung Cancer: Treatment
68. Benign Lung Tumors
Section 13 Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum
69. Pleural Effusion, Empyema, and Pneumothorax
70. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
71. Disorders of the Mediastinum
Section 14 Thoracic Surgery
72. Chest Tube Insertion and Management
73. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation
74. Diagnostic Thoracic Surgical Procedures
75. Lung Transplantation
Section 15 Special and Clinical Conditions
76. Pregnancy
77. Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
78. Hepatic and Biliary Disease (Pulmonary Issues)
79. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
80. Air Pollution
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