Description

This comprehensive clinical textbook examines all aspects of respiratory medicine. The editors take a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with the full range of pulmonary disorders, making this your ideal source for reference in clinical practice. Fully revised, this essential volume includes new chapters on PET imaging, implications of genetic research, oxygen therapy, and rehabilitation. 

Table of contents

SECTION I: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

SECTION II: PHYSIOLOGY 

SECTION III: HOST DEFENSES

SECTION IV: TECHNIQUES AND INDICATION

SECTION V: PRINCIPLES OF RESPIRATORY CARE

SECTION VI: AN APPROACH TO RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS

SECTION VII: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

SECTION VIII: ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND THE LUNG

SECTION IX: AIRWAY DISEASES

SECTION X: LUNG TUMORS

SECTION XI: DISORDERS OF THE MEDIASTINUM

SECTION XII: DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES

SECTION XIII: PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS

SECTION XIV: PULMONARY VASCULAR DISORDERS, VASCULITIDES, AND HEMORRHAGE

SECTION XV: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASE

SECTION XVI: PLEURAL DISEASES

SECTION XVII: ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

SECTION XVIII: CHEST WALL DISORDERS

SECTION XIX: Sleep-Disordered breathing

SECTION XX: DRUGS AND THE LUNGS

  1. SECTION XXI: LUNG TRANSPLANTATION