Full Description
Entering the Foundation Year rotation can be a daunting task, requiring a leap from medical curriculum to medicine as it is practised on the ward. Respiratory Frontline Medicine helps you to bridge this gap, giving you the practical knowledge vital for day-to-day management of respiratory issues on the ward, such as non-invasive ventilation, monitoring chest drains, and respiratory emergencies such as asthma and COPD exacerbations.
Contents
1. Patient with a chest drain. 2. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV). 3. Asthma in the acute setting. 4. Asthma in the clinic. 5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the acute setting. 6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the clinic. 7. Pleural effusion. 8. Pneumothorax. 9. Lung cancer. 10. Tuberculosis. 11. Bronchiectasis. Appendix A. Pulmonary function tests and their interpretation. Appendix B. Arterial blood gas (ABG) essentials
