Principles of pulmonary medicine /

Concise and easy to read, this completely updated new edition correlates basic pathophysiologic principles with the radiologic, pathologic, and clinical aspects of disease to provide an integrated, user-friendly approach to the study of pulmonary medicine. In addition to detailed text, case-based qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weinberger, Steven E. (Author), Cockrill, Barbara A. (Author), Mandel, Jess (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, ©2008.
Edition:5th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Pulmonary anatomy and physiology
  • the basics
  • Presentation of the patient with pulmonary disease
  • Evaluation of the patient with pulmonary disease
  • Anatomic and physiologic aspects of airways
  • Asthma
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Miscellaneous airway diseases
  • Anatomic and physiologic aspects of the pulmonary parenchyma
  • Overview of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
  • Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases associated with known etiologic agents
  • Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases of unknown etiology
  • Anatomic and physiologic aspects of the pulmonary vasculature
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Pleural disease
  • Mediastinal disease
  • Anatomic and physiologic aspects of neural, muscular, and chest wall interactions with the lungs
  • Disorders of ventilatory control
  • Disorders of the respiratory pump
  • Lung cancer: etiologic and pathologic aspects
  • Lung cancer: clinical aspects
  • Lung defense mechanisms
  • Pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria
  • Miscellaneous infections caused by fungi and pneumocystis
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Classification and pathophysiologic aspects of respiratory failure
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Management of respiratory failure.