Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine 6/e

1 Radiographic evaluation of lung disease 3
2 Advanced imaging and image-guided intervention in chest radiology 7
3 Pulmonary function testing 10
4 Exercise 20
5 Radioisotopic techniques 24
6 Evaluation of arterial blood gases and acid-base homeostasis 28
7 Bronchoscopic procedures 37
8 Lung biopsy and thoracoscopy 45
9 Mediastinal exploration 49
10 Preoperative pulmonary evaluation 53
11 Right heart catheterization and monitoring of arterial pressure 57
12 Pleural effusion 63
13 Pneumothorax 69
14 Hemoptysis 75
15 Aspiration pneumonia 81
16 Middle lobe syndrome 85
17 Complications after pulmonary resection 87
18 Key pulmonary symptoms : cough and dyspnea 92
19 The lung in pregnancy 98
20 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 102
21 Lung in immunocompromised host 109
22 The lung in drug abuse 114
23 Tobacco control 121
24 Terrorism : disaster medicine from the pulmonologist's perspective 125
25 Pneumonia : general considerations 135
26 Pneumococcal pneumonia 140
27 Staphylococcal and streptococcal pneumonias 146
28 Haemophilus influenzae infections 149
29 Klebsiella pneumonia 153
30 Other gram-negative pneumonias : Pseudomonas aeruginosa Escherichia coli,
Proteus, Serratia, Enterobacter, Acinetobacter 156
31 Anaerobic pulmonary infections 165
32 Empyema 170
33 Atypical pneumonias : mycoplasma, chlamydophila (chlamydia), Q fever, and
legionella 174
34 Viral pneumonia 180
35 Tuberculosis : epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of latent infection
185
36 Tuberculosis : clinical manifestations and diagnosis of disease 190
37 Tuberculosis : treatment of disease 195
38 Mycobacterial infection due to mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT)
200
39 Coccidioidomycosis 207
40 Histoplasmosis 214
41 Blastomycosis 220
42 Aspergillus lung disease 223
43 Nocardiosis 231
44 Cryptococcosis and actinomycosis 234
45 Nematode and trematode diseases of the lung 241
46 Amebiasis and echinococcal diseases of the lung 245
47 Pulmonary infections and complications in HIV infected patients 249
48 Hospital-acquired pneumonia 257
49 Asthma : clinical presentation and diagnosis 265
50 Asthma : management 272
51 Pharmacotherapy 280
52 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : definition and epidemiology 287
53 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : clinical and laboratory
manifestations, pathophysiology, and prognosis 293
54 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : management 296
55 Pulmonary rehabilitation 303
56 Bronchiectasis 306
57 Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure 317
58 The acute respiratory distress syndrome 324
59 Airway management 330
60 Mechanical ventilation : devices and methods 334
61 Mechanical ventilation : complications and discontinuation 339
62 Oxygen therapy and toxicity 345
63 Protocol-driven care in respiratory therapy 351
64 Thromboembolic disease : epidemiology, natural history, and diagnosis 357
65 Thromboembolic disease : prophylaxis 364
66 Thromboembolic disease : therapy 369
67 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension 375
68 Unusual forms of embolism 384
69 Pulmonary hypertension : pathogenesis and etiology 392
70 Pulmonary hypertension : diagnosis and treatment 397
71 Heart-lung and lung transplantation 402
72 Pulmonary manifestations of sickle cell disease 411
73 Cystic fibrosis 417
74 Disorders of the thoracic spine 427
75 Diaphragmatic disorders 431
76 Neuromuscular diseases and spinal cord injury 436
77 Sleep apnea, alveolar hypoventilation, and obesity hypoventilation 441
78 Approaches to occupational-environmental lung disease 451
79 Silicosis 454
80 Coal workers' pneumoconiosis 457
81 Asbestos-related disease 461
82 Occupational asthma 464
83 Disability and medicolegal evaluation 468
84 Pulmonary complications in burn patients 472
85 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 475
86 Near-drowning and diving accidents 480
87 Air travel and high-altitude medic