Pediatric respiratory medicine /

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Taussig, Lynn M. (Lynn Max), 1942-, Landau, Louis I., Le Souëf, Peter N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.