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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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Saunders/Elsevier,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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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.