Chest Medicine Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Hardbound

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributing Authors
Preface
1 Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System 3
2 Mechanics of Respiration 26
3 Alveolar Ventilation, Gas Exchange, and Oxygen Delivery 44
4 The Respiratory History and Physical Examination 59
5 Chest Imaging 68
6 Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing, Exercise Testing, and Disability
Evaluation 91
7 Invasive Diagnostic Procedures 117
8 Asthma 133
9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis, and Cystic Fibrosis
174
10 Lung Transplantation and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery 208
11 Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Other Pulmonary Vascular Diseases 233
12 Diffuse Interstitial and Alveolar Inflammatory Diseases 262
13 Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease 314
14 Lung Neoplasms 346
15 Respiratory Tract Infections 377
16 Pulmonary Complications in the Immunosuppressed Patient 430
17 Diseases of the Pleura, Mediastinum, Chest Wall, and Diaphragm 441
18 Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders 478
19 Pulmonary and Critical Care Problems in the Elderly 503
20 Administrative, Nutritional, and Ethical Principles for the Management of
Critically Ill Patients 517
21 General Principles of Managing the Patient with Respiratory Failure 539
22 Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Neuromuscular and Obstructive
Diseases 561
23 Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Pulmonary Edema and Acute Lung Injury
576
24 Thoracic Trauma, Surgery, and Perioperative Management 592
25 Managing the Patient with Hemodynamic Insufficiency, Shock, and Multiple
Organ Failure 620
26 Prevention of Nonpulmonary Complications of Intensive Care 639
Subject Index