Book[edited by] Stephen G. Spiro, Gerard A. Silvestri, Alvar Agustí.
Summary: This book 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. Take a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory disorders using this ideal source for reference in clinical practice.
Contents:
Normal structure and function
Macro and micro structure of the lung
Basic aspects of cellular and molecular biology
Respiratory mechanics
Pulmonary circulation
Gas exchange
Control of ventilation and respiratory muscles
Diagnostic techniques
Imaging techniques
PET imaging
Pulmonary function testing
Exercise testing
Bronchoscopy
Endobronchial and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS and EBUS)
Techniques and indications: percutaneous biopsy procedures
Echocardiography in respiratory medicine
Respiratory pharmacology
Bronchodilators
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Drug-induced and iatrogenic respiratory diseases
An approach to respiratory symptoms
An approach to respiratory symptoms: cough
Dyspnea
Hemoptysis
Chest pain
Infectious diseases
Host defenses
Approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary infection
Community acquired pneumonia
Viral pneumonia
Nonbacterial infectious pneumonia
Nosocomial infections
Pneumonia in the non-HIV immunocompromised host
Pulmonary infections
Noninfectious conditions in HIV
Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
Critical care respiratory medicine
Invasive mechanical ventilation
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Airway management in the intensive care unit
Hemodynamic monitoring in critical illness
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Airway diseases
Upper airway disease-rhinitis and rhinosinusitis
Asthma: epidemiology, pathophysiology and risk factors
Diagnosis and management of asthma in adults
Occupational asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical evaluation
Treatment of the stable patient with COPD
Management of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cystic fibrosis
Bronchiectasis
Parenchymal lung diseases
Approach to diagnosis of diffuse lung disease
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other idiopathic interstitial lung diseases pneumonias
Sarcoidosis
Eosinophilic lung disease
Organizing pneumonia
Sicolisis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis
Asbestosis
Connective tissue disorders
Rare diffuse interstitial lung diseases
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Toxic inhalational lung injury
Pulmonary vascular disorders, vasculitides, and hemorrhage
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary vasculitis and hemorrhage
Sleep-disordered breathing
Obstructive sleep apnea: epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology,
Obstructive sleep apnea: clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Chest wall disorders
Scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis
Diseases of the thoracic cage and respiratory muscles
Lung tumors
Epidemiology, surgical pathology, and molecular biology of lung cancer
Lung cancer: clinical evaluation and staging
Lung cancer: treatment
Benign lung tumors
Disorders of the pleura and mediastinum
Pleural effusion, empyema, and pneumothorax
Malignant pleural mesothelioma
Disorders of the mediastinum
Thoracic surgery
Chest tube insertion and management
Preoperative pulmonary evaluation
Diagnostic thoracic surgical procedures
Lung transplantation
Special and clinical conditions
Pregnancy
Pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Hepatic and biliary disease (pulmonary issues)
Inflammatory bowel disease
Air pollution.