- All respiratory diseases are covered
- Practice tips are included for the out-patient clinic or ward setting
- Unique sections on practical procedures assist the novice
- Difficult areas - anatomy, lung function, and blood gases - are made clear
- The symptoms section helps the reader in differential diagnosis and reflects the clinical situation
This handbook provides a fast, reliable look-up reference on all chest diseases - for junior doctors, trainee specialists in respiratory medicine, and other health workers.
First there are chapters on all the major respiratory symptoms. Once the differential diagnosis has been made, the reader can turn to the pages on the respiratory diseases, each of which is covered in a consistent format including practical tips for the out-patient clinic or ward setting. There is a unique section on how to do practical procedures, together with essential technical and reference information. Useful pages on lung and bronchial anatomy, CT anatomy, lung function and blood-gas nomograms, and a list of useful web sites are included for easy reference.
Like all the Oxford Handbooks, this handbook combines authority, relevance and reliability.
Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Clinical Presentations - Approaches to Problems
- Breathlessness
- Chronic cough and normal CXR
- Chest pain
- Haemoptysis
- Unexplained respiratory failure
- Pleural effusion
- Diffuse lung disease
- Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage
- Pulmonary infiltrates in the immuno-compromised host (non-HIV)
- Pulmonary infiltrates in the immuno-compromised host (HIV)
- The respiratory sleep patient
- The breathless, pregnant patient
- Pre-operative assessment of the respiratory tracts
- Post-operative breathlessness
- Clinical conditions
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cor pulmonale
- Lung cancer
- Mediastinal disease
- Bacterial respiratory infection
- Viral respiratory infection
- Mycobacterial respiratory infection
- Fungal respiratory diseases
- Parasitic lung diseases
- Pneumothorax
- Pleural effusions
- Asbestos and the lung
- Sleep apnoea
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung transplant
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Thromboembolic disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Bronchiolitis
- Eosinophilic lung disease
- Pneumoconiosis
- Connective tissue disease
- Vasculitides
- Gastrointestinal disease and the lung
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Upper airway diseases
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Unusual conditions/ BOLD
- Flying, altitude and diving
- Toxic agents
- Paediatric lung disorders
- Supportive information
- Non-invasive ventilation
- ITU
- Tracheostomy
- Inhalers and nebulisers
- Immunosuppressive drugs
- Long term oxygen therapy
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Smoking cessation
- Palliative care of chest patients
- Patient financial entitlements
- Procedures
- Airway management
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracocentesis
- Pneumothorax aspiration
- Abrams pleural biopsy
- Chest drain
- Pleurodesis
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Skin prick testing
- Induced sputum
- Methacholine challenge testing
- Appendices
- Lung function testing
- Blood gases, acid/base balance and SaO2/PaO2 conversion
- CT anatomy of the thorax
- CT patterns of lung disease
- BMI calculator and height converter
- Useful websites
- Covers
- Lung lobar anatomy and bronchial tree
- FEV1/VC nomogram-men
- FEV1/VC nomogram-women
- Emergencies - page numbers
- Practice tips are included for the out-patient clinic or ward setting
- Unique sections on practical procedures assist the novice
- Difficult areas - anatomy, lung function, and blood gases - are made clear
- The symptoms section helps the reader in differential diagnosis and reflects the clinical situation
This handbook provides a fast, reliable look-up reference on all chest diseases - for junior doctors, trainee specialists in respiratory medicine, and other health workers.
First there are chapters on all the major respiratory symptoms. Once the differential diagnosis has been made, the reader can turn to the pages on the respiratory diseases, each of which is covered in a consistent format including practical tips for the out-patient clinic or ward setting. There is a unique section on how to do practical procedures, together with essential technical and reference information. Useful pages on lung and bronchial anatomy, CT anatomy, lung function and blood-gas nomograms, and a list of useful web sites are included for easy reference.
Like all the Oxford Handbooks, this handbook combines authority, relevance and reliability.
Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Clinical Presentations - Approaches to Problems
- Breathlessness
- Chronic cough and normal CXR
- Chest pain
- Haemoptysis
- Unexplained respiratory failure
- Pleural effusion
- Diffuse lung disease
- Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage
- Pulmonary infiltrates in the immuno-compromised host (non-HIV)
- Pulmonary infiltrates in the immuno-compromised host (HIV)
- The respiratory sleep patient
- The breathless, pregnant patient
- Pre-operative assessment of the respiratory tracts
- Post-operative breathlessness
- Clinical conditions
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cor pulmonale
- Lung cancer
- Mediastinal disease
- Bacterial respiratory infection
- Viral respiratory infection
- Mycobacterial respiratory infection
- Fungal respiratory diseases
- Parasitic lung diseases
- Pneumothorax
- Pleural effusions
- Asbestos and the lung
- Sleep apnoea
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung transplant
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Thromboembolic disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Bronchiolitis
- Eosinophilic lung disease
- Pneumoconiosis
- Connective tissue disease
- Vasculitides
- Gastrointestinal disease and the lung
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Upper airway diseases
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Unusual conditions/ BOLD
- Flying, altitude and diving
- Toxic agents
- Paediatric lung disorders
- Supportive information
- Non-invasive ventilation
- ITU
- Tracheostomy
- Inhalers and nebulisers
- Immunosuppressive drugs
- Long term oxygen therapy
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Smoking cessation
- Palliative care of chest patients
- Patient financial entitlements
- Procedures
- Airway management
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracocentesis
- Pneumothorax aspiration
- Abrams pleural biopsy
- Chest drain
- Pleurodesis
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Skin prick testing
- Induced sputum
- Methacholine challenge testing
- Appendices
- Lung function testing
- Blood gases, acid/base balance and SaO2/PaO2 conversion
- CT anatomy of the thorax
- CT patterns of lung disease
- BMI calculator and height converter
- Useful websites
- Covers
- Lung lobar anatomy and bronchial tree
- FEV1/VC nomogram-men
- FEV1/VC nomogram-women
- Emergencies - page numbers