The best quick reference for diagnosing and managing patients with pulmonary disorders. Authored by clinicians from the leading academic pulmonary program, this text covers essentials of the pulmonary history, the physical exam as well as key tests and procedures needed to evaluate patients. Features diagnostic and treatment algorithms and “essentials of diagnosis” lists for every major disorder.

CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Section I. Evaluation of the Patient With Pulmonary Disease

1. Pulmonary Anatomy & Physiology

2. Essentials of the History & Physical Examination

3. Diagnostic Imaging

4. Laboratory Evaluation

5. Procedures in Pulmonary Medicine

Section II. Diseases of the Airways

6. Asthma

7. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

8. Chronic Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis

9. Obstruction of Large Airways

Section III. Interstitial Lung Disease

10. Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonitis

11. Pulmonary Manifestations of Collagen Vascular Diseases

12. Sarcoidosis

13. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

14. Eosinophilic Granuloma, Lymphangiomyomatosis, BOOP

Section IV. Diseases of the Alveolar Space

15. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Cardiogenic & Noncardiogenic Edema)

16. Eosinophilic Pneumonias

17. Lung Transplantation Indications & Complications

Section V. Diseases of the Pulmonary Vasculature

18. Primary & Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension

19. Pulmonary Thromboembolism

20. Vasculitis & Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes

Section VI. Diseases of the Pleura

21. Pneumothorax/Hemothorax

22. Pleural Effusions, Excluding Hemothorax

23. Empyema

Section VII. Diseases of the Mediastinum

24. Diseases of the Mediastinum (Masses, Fibrosing Mediastinitis)

Section VIII. Disorders of Ventilatory Control

25. Acute Ventilatory Failure

26. Chronic Ventilatory Failure

27. Mechanical & Noninvasive Ventilation

28. Sleep Apnea & Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

29. Sleep Disorders with Excessive Sleepiness

30. Medical Conditions Causing Excessive Sleepiness

Section IX. Occupational & Environmental Lung Diseases

31. Pneumoconioses

32. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

33. Drug Induced Lung Disease

34. Occupational Asthma

35. Inhalational Injuries (no2, Phosgene, RADS,etc)

Section X. Infectious Lung Diseases

36. Bacterial Pneumonias

37. Atypical & Viral Pneumonias

38. Fungal Pneumonias

39. Mycobacterial Diseases

40. Pulmonary Complications of HIV Disease

Section XI. Neoplastic Lung Diseases

41. Bronchogenic Carcinoma, Solitary Nodule

42. Pleural Malignancies and Benign Neoplasms of the Lung

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Acting Physician, Pulmonary Division, Denver General Hospital. Director, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Denver General Hospital.