Pediatric respiratory medicine /
Featuring the work of recognized worldwide experts, this user-friendly text presents the most current scientific information, diagnostic approaches, and management strategies for the care of children with acute and chronic respiratory diseases. A consistent chapter format enables you to rapidly and...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Mosby/Elsevier,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Early childhood origins and economic impact of respiratory disease throughout life
- Environmental determinants of childhood respiratory health and disease
- Developmental anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
- Lung cell biology
- Host defense systems of the lung
- Mechanisms of acute lung injury and repair
- Applied clinical respiratory physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Breathing in unusual environments
- Clinical assessment and diagnostic approach to common problems
- Imaging of the respiratory system
- Respiratory function testing in infants and preschool-aged children
- Lung function in cooperative subjects
- Gas exchange and acid-base physiology
- Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Pharmacology of the lung and drug therapy
- Aerosol therapy and delivery systems
- Chest physiotherapy
- Respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Lung transplantation
- Home ventilation and respiratory support
- Lung trauma: near-drowning and toxin inhalation
- Foreign body aspiration
- Aspiration syndromes
- Respiratory effects of anesthesia and sedation
- Therapy-induced pulmonary disease
- Respiratory disorders of the newborn
- Chronic respiratory complications of permaturity
- Apnea of prematurity, sudden infant death syndrome, and apparent life-threatening events
- Epidemiology of respiratory infections
- Infections of the upper respiratory tract
- Viral infections of the lower respiratory tract
- Respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory tract disease
- Bacterial pneumonia, lung abscess, and empyema
- Respiratory infections in immunocompromised hosts
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- Pertussis
- Mycobacterial infections
- Mycoplasma infections
- Chlamydial infections
- Fungal infections
- Other infectious agents
- Interstitial lung disease
- Eosinophilic lung diseases and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
- Collagen vascular disorders
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Congenital immunodeficiency syndromes
- Cor pulmonale and pulmonary complications of cardiac disease
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Pulmonary embolism
- The global burden of asthma
- Genes, environment, and their interactions
- Disease mechanisms and cell biology
- Clinical features, outcomes, and prognosis
- Treatment
- Overview
- Genetics and disease mechanisms
- Respiratory manifestations
- Other clinical manifestations
- Congenital malformations of the lungs and airways
- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Neuromuscular and chest wall disorders
- Respiratory ciliary dysfunction
- Abnormalities of the pleural space
- Bronchiectasis
- Atelectasis
- [A]₁-antitrypsin deficiency
- Thoracic tumors
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Psychiatric aspects of respiratory symptoms
- Pulmonary manifestations of systemic disorders.