Full Description
The 2nd Edition of The Clinical Handbook of Interstitial Lung Disease is an update of the 1st Edition and provides a comprehensive guide for practicing physicians and other health care providers who are involved in the diagnosis and management of diverse forms of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). Key global opinion leaders in respiratory medicine have drawn on their knowledge and experience to generate an authoritative, comprehensive, and concise guidebook for use in clinical settings and clinical research.
This book:
Offers clear guidance and practical tips for clinicians.
Provides detailed explanations of the biologic underpinnings and main therapeutic options for each individual type of ILD.
Contains high-quality radiology and histopathology images of both common and rare forms of ILD.
Presents state-of-the-art diagnostic and disease management algorithms along with current decision-making guidelines to help navigate clinicians who care for patients with ILD.
Discusses important topics such as genetic counseling, critical care for disease exacerbations, lung transplantation, and palliative care.
Contents
1 AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT APPROACHES AND EMERGING CONCEPTS IN INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
2 HISTOPATHOLOGY OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: A PATTERN-BASED APPROACH AND EVOLVING CONCEPTS
3 Using thoracic imaging to diagnose ILD
4 THE MULTI-OMIC ETIOLOGY OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
5 Clinical evaluation of the patient with suspected ILD
6 General principles of ILD diagnosis and management
7 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Epidemiology, natural history, and pathophysiology
8 Management of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
9 Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias other than idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
10 Pulmonary Hypertension due to Interstitial Lung Disease
11 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
12 Sarcoidosis
13 Eosinophilic Interstitial Lung Disorders
14 Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
15 Smoking and Interstitial Lung Disease
16 Drug-induced and iatrogenic interstitial lung disease
17 Occupation-related ILD
18 Pulmonary vasculitis and alveolar haemorrhage syndromes
19 Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Other Cystic Interstitial Lung diseases
20 Cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease
21 Rare Forms of Interstitial Lung Disease
22 Childhood ILD
23 Understanding the role of co-morbidities in interstitial lung diseases.
24 Transplantation for ILD
25 Diagnosis and Management of Critical Illness in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease
26 Emerging concepts in ILD: a glance into the future.
27 Clinical Trials in Fibrotic ILD
