Full Description
The 4th Edition of this comprehensive, thoroughly updated resource correlates basic pathophysiogic principles with the radiologic, pathologic, and clinical aspects of disease to provide an integrated, user-friendly approach to the study of pulmonary medicine. It introduces basic anatomic and physiologic concepts; shows how to recognize and evaluate patients presenting with respiratory disease; and, helps the reader to be better prepared to choose the very latest and most effective treatments.
Contents
1. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology-The Basics 2. Presentation of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease 3. Evaluation of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease 4. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Airways 5. Asthma 6. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 7. Miscellaneous Airway Diseases 8. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Parenchyma 9. Overview of the Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases 10. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases Associated with Known Etiologic Aspects 11. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases of Unknown Etiology 12. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Vasculature 13. Pulmonary Embolism 14. Pulmonary Hypertension 15. Pleural Disease 16. Mediastinal Disease 17. Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Neural, Muscular, and Chest Wall Interactions with the Lungs 18. Disorders of Ventilatory Control 19. Disorders of the Respiratory Pump 20. Lung Cancer: Etiologic and Pathologic Aspects 21. Lung Cancer: Clinical Aspects 22. Lung Defense Mechanisms 23. Pneumonia 24. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria 25. Miscellaneous Infections Due to Fungi and Pneumocystis 26. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 27. Classification and Pathophysiologic Aspects of Respiratory Failure 28. Acute respiratory Distress Syndrome 29. Management of Respiratory Failure Appendices: Appendix A: Sample Problems Using Respiratory Equations Appendix B: Pulmonary Function Tests: Guidelines for Interpretation and Sample Problems Appendix C: Arterial Blood Gases: Guidelines for Interpretation and Sample Problems
