Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Pulmonary Medicine

The best quick reference for diagnosing and managing patients with pulmonary disorders. Authored by clinicians from the leading academic pulmonary program, this text covers essentials of the pulmonary history, the physical exam as well as key tests and procedures needed to evaluate patients. Features diagnostic and treatment algorithms and 'essentials of diagnosis' lists for every major disorder.

CONTENTS

CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Section I. Evaluation of the Patient With Pulmonary Disease
1. Pulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
2. Essentials of the History & Physical Examination
3. Diagnostic Imaging
4. Laboratory Evaluation
5. Procedures in Pulmonary Medicine
Section II. Diseases of the Airways
6. Asthma
7. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
8. Chronic Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis
9. Obstruction of Large Airways
Section III. Interstitial Lung Disease
10. Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonitis
11. Pulmonary Manifestations of Collagen Vascular Diseases
12. Sarcoidosis
13. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
14. Eosinophilic Granuloma, Lymphangiomyomatosis, BOOP
Section IV. Diseases of the Alveolar Space
15. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Cardiogenic & Noncardiogenic Edema)
16. Eosinophilic Pneumonias
17. Lung Transplantation Indications & Complications
Section V. Diseases of the Pulmonary Vasculature
18. Primary & Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension
19. Pulmonary Thromboembolism
20. Vasculitis & Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes
Section VI. Diseases of the Pleura
21. Pneumothorax/Hemothorax
22. Pleural Effusions, Excluding Hemothorax
23. Empyema
Section VII. Diseases of the Mediastinum
24. Diseases of the Mediastinum (Masses, Fibrosing Mediastinitis)
Section VIII. Disorders of Ventilatory Control
25. Acute Ventilatory Failure
26. Chronic Ventilatory Failure
27. Mechanical & Noninvasive Ventilation
28. Sleep Apnea & Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
29. Sleep Disorders with Excessive Sleepiness
30. Medical Conditions Causing Excessive Sleepiness
Section IX. Occupational & Environmental Lung Diseases
31. Pneumoconioses
32. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
33. Drug Induced Lung Disease
34. Occupational Asthma
35. Inhalational Injuries (no2, Phosgene, RADS,etc)
Section X. Infectious Lung Diseases
36. Bacterial Pneumonias
37. Atypical & Viral Pneumonias
38. Fungal Pneumonias
39. Mycobacterial Diseases
40. Pulmonary Complications of HIV Disease
Section XI. Neoplastic Lung Diseases
41. Bronchogenic Carcinoma, Solitary Nodule
42. Pleural Malignancies and Benign Neoplasms of the Lung