| Description |
1 online resource (1518 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
LWW Doody's all reviewed collection |
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Doody's all reviewed collection
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| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright -- DEDICATION -- EDITORS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Section I Diagnostic Methods -- Chapter 1 Imaging of Lung Disease -- CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES -- COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES -- NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNIQUES -- LUNG MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING -- ULTRASOUND -- INTERVENTIONAL THORACIC RADIOLOGY -- RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY -- APPROACH TO CHEST RADIOGRAPHS -- RADIOLOGIC SIGNS OF LUNG DISEASE -- ABNORMALITIES OF THE SECONDARY PULMONARY LOBULE -- SPECIFIC IMAGING ISSUES IN EVALUATION OF LUNG DISEASE -- SUMMARY |
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Chapter 2 Pulmonary Function Testing -- STATIC LUNG VOLUMES -- DYNAMIC TESTS OF LUNG FUNCTION -- DIFFUSION -- RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH -- TESTS OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES -- ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES -- REFERENCES VALUES -- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE GUIDELINES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3 Clinical Exercise Testing -- CLINICAL EXERCISE TESTING -- MEASUREMENTS -- CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- BREATHING PATTERN AND STRATEGY -- EXERCISE LIMITATION -- INTERPRETATION -- SUMMARY/INTERPRETATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 4 Bronchoscopy -- BRONCHOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES -- CANCER DIAGNOSIS |
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DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS -- INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- HEMOPTYSIS -- THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 5 Invasive Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures: Pleural Diagnostic Procedures -- THORACENTESIS -- PLEURAL BIOPSY AND ENDOSCOPY TECHNIQUES -- THORACOSCOPY (PLEUROSCOPY) -- OPEN (SURGICAL) PLEURAL BIOPSY -- Chapter 6 Preoperative Evaluation and Relation to Postoperative Complications -- MAJOR POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS -- OTHER RISK FACTORS -- PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS NOT UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION |
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PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION -- REDUCTION IN COMPLICATIONS -- Section II Obstructive Lung Disease -- Chapter 7 Pulmonary Aerosols -- INTRODUCTION -- AEROSOLS AND THE MECHANICS OF AIRFLOW AND PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN THE AIRWAYS -- AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICES -- Chapter 8 The Epidemiology of Asthma -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, MORBIDITY, AND MORTALITY: THE ASTHMA EPIDEMIC -- EMERGING RISK FACTORS TO EXPLAIN THE INCREASE IN ASTHMA -- DIET -- OBESITY -- HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS (INFECTION) -- STRESS -- SUMMARY |
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Chapter 9 Pathophysiology of Asthma -- INFLAMMATION -- INFLAMMATORY CELLS -- INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS -- EFFECTS OF INFLAMMATION -- TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS -- ANTIINFLAMMATORY MECHANISMS -- Chapter 10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma -- MAKING THE DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA -- CLINICAL PHENOTYPES OF ASTHMA -- SPECIAL CLINICAL SITUATIONS IN ASTHMA -- EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF COMORBID CONDITIONS -- INDIVIDUAL PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA -- COMBINATION THERAPY FOR ASTHMA -- CONSENSUS GUIDELINES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA |
| Summary |
This text has been the definitive clinical book in the field. Written by more than 100 international experts, the focus is on the clinical aspects of treating pulmonary disease. The text is evidence-based and full of practical examples. Chapters are highly structured to provide quick access to information. The Seventh Edition has been condensed into a single concise yet comprehensive volume |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lungs -- Diseases.
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Pleura -- Diseases.
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Lung Diseases
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Pleural Diseases
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Lungs -- Diseases
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Pleura -- Diseases
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Lung diseases.
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Maladies pulmonaires.
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Longziekten.
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Poumon -- Maladies.
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Plèvre -- Maladies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crapo, James D., editor
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Quigley, Karen, cover designer
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| ISBN |
9781469875675 |
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1469875675 |
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0781737273 |
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9780781737272 |
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