Oxford American handbook of pulmonary medicine / [edited by] Kevin K. Brown, Teofilo Lee-Chiong ; with Stephen Chapman [and others].

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Contents -- Part I: Clinical presentations: approaches to problems -- 1 Dyspnea -- Clinical assessment and causes -- Specific situations -- 2 Chronic cough and normal chest X-ray -- Etiology, clinical assessment, and treatment -- Causes of chronic cough: UACS -- Causes of chronic cough: asthma, NAEB -- Causes of chronic cough: GERD -- Causes of chronic cough: chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, ACE inhibitors -- Causes of chronic cough: miscellaneous -- Further information -- 3 Chest pain -- Chest pain: overview -- Acute chest pain -- Chronic chest pain

4 HemoptysisClinical assessment and causes -- Investigations -- Management of massive hemoptysis -- 5 Unexplained respiratory failure -- Causes -- Clinical assessment and management -- 6 Pleural effusion -- Clinical assessment -- Diagnostic algorithm for the patient with a pleural effusion -- Transudative pleural effusions -- Exudative pleural effusions -- Pleural fluid analysis 1 -- Pleural fluid analysis 2 -- 7 Diffuse parenchymal lung disease -- Causes -- Clinical assessment and imaging -- HRCT diagnosis -- Further investigations

8 Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage9 Pulmonary infiltrates in the immunocompromised host (non- HIV) -- Clinical assessment -- Further investigations -- Causes -- Treatment -- 10 Pulmonary infiltrates in the immunocompromised host (HIV) -- Introduction -- Causes of respiratory disease in HIV infection -- 11 The respiratory sleep patient -- History -- Examination and investigations -- 12 The breathless, pregnant patient -- Causes -- Investigations -- 13 Preoperative assessment of the pulmonary patient -- 14 Postoperative breathlessness

Part II: Clinical conditions15 Asthma -- Definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology -- Diagnosis -- Investigations -- Asthma exacerbations -- Acute severe or life-threatening asthma -- Treatment of acute asthma -- Chronic asthma: management -- Nonpharmacological therapies -- Difficult/refractory asthma -- Asthma in pregnancy -- Occupational asthma -- Management of occupational asthma -- Vocal cord dysfunction -- Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) -- 16 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Definition, etiology, pathology, and clinical featuresInvestigations -- Nonpharmacological management of stable COPD -- Pharmacological management of stable COPD -- Management of exacerbations -- Summary of approaches to medical treatment -- Surgical treatment -- 17 Lung cancer -- Epidemiology and types -- Clinical features -- Investigations -- Diagnostic procedures -- Staging -- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): surgery -- NSCLC: chemotherapy -- NSCLC: radiotherapy -- Small cell lung cancer: treatment

The Oxford American Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine is an essential quick reference guide to all the major respiratory symptoms and diseases. Each topic is covered in a consistent format including practical tips for both inpatient and outpatient care settings. The handbook features a section on practical procedures plus useful pages on lung and bronchial anatomy, CT anatomy, lung function, and blood gas nomograms. Edited and written by pulmonologists from the respected National Jewish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and residents, as well as a useful reference for practitioners. The Oxford American Handbook of Pulmonary Medicine is the indispensable, evidence-based source on the subject.

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