Clinical respiratory medicine. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Stephen G. Spiro, Gerard A. Silvestri, Alwar Agusti.
• Other Names: Spiro, Stephen G; Silvestri, Gerard A; Agustí, Alvar
• Contents: Macro and Micro Structure of the Lung -- Basic Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Biology -- Respiratory Mechanics -- Pulmonary Circulation -- Pulmonary Circulation -- Control of Ventilation and Respiratory Muscles -- Imaging Techniques -- Positron Emission Tomography Imaging -- Pulmonary Function Testing -- Exercise Testing -- Bronchoscopy -- Endobronchial and Endoesophageal Ultrasound Techniques -- Percutaneous Biopsy Procedures : Techniques and Indications -- Echocardiography in Respiratory Medicine -- Bronchodilators -- Antiinflammatory Drugs -- Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Respiratory Diseases -- Cough -- Dyspnea -- Hemoptysis -- Chest Pain -- Pulmonary Host Defenses -- Approach to the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection -- Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- Viral Pneumonia -- Nonbacterial Infectious Pneumonia -- Nosocomial Respiratory Infections -- Pneumonia in the Non-HIV-Infected Immunocompromised Patient -- Pulmonary Infections in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease -- Noninfectious Conditions in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection -- Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections -- Invasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit -- Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critical Illness -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Upper Airway Disease : Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis -- Asthma : Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Risk Factors -- Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults -- Occupational Asthma. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Evaluation -- Treatment of the Stable Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Management of Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Bronchiectasis -- Approach to Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease -- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Interstitial Lung Diseases -- Sarcoidosis -- Eosinophilic Lung Disease -- Organizing Pneumonia -- Silicosis and Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis -- Asbestosis -- Connective Tissue Diseases -- Rare Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases -- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis -- Toxic Inhalational Lung Injury -- Pulmonary Embolism -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- Pulmonary Vasculitis and Hemorrhage -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea : Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea : Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome -- Scoliosis and Kyphoscoliosis -- Diseases of the Thoracic Cage and Respiratory Muscles -- Lung Cancer : Epidemiology, Surgical Pathology, and Molecular Biology -- Lung Cancer : Clinical Evaluation and Staging -- Lung Cancer : Treatment -- Benign Lung Tumors -- Pleural Effusion, Empyema, and Pneumothorax -- Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma -- Disorders of the Mediastinum -- Chest Tube Insertion and Management -- Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation -- Diagnostic Thoracic Surgical Procedures -- Lung Transplantation -- Pregnancy -- Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Hepatic and Biliary Disease -- Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Air Pollution.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.2; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory; MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Lung Diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1455723290; 9781455723294
• Related ISBNs: 9781455707928; 1455707929
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.