Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, and Hope

by Schraufnagel, Dean E., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780615380582
• ISBN10: 0615380581
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: ATLAS BOOKS

Summary

Published by the American Thoracic Society, this volume describes respiratory diseases and the progress that is being made in the quest to find cures. It focuses on the epidemiology of these diseases, how research is finding new texts and treatments, and the challenges for clinicians, researchers, and patients.

Table of Contents

Editorial Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
Major Structures of the Lung: Illustration	p. xiv
To Breathe ...	p. 1
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	p. 15
Asthma	p. 25
Bronchiectasis	p. 37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	p. 47
Collagen Vascular Lung Disease	p. 57
Cystic Fibrosis	p. 67
Environmentally Induced Lung Disease	p. 77
Fungal Lung Disease	p. 89
Interstitial Lung Disease	p. 99
Lung Cancer	p. 109
Nontuberculous (Environmental) Mycobacterial Disease	p. 121
Occupational Lung Diseases	p. 131
Pleural Disease	p. 145
Pneumonia	p. 155
Pulmonary Embolism	p. 165
Pulmonary Hypertension	p. 175
Rare Lung Diseases	p. 185
Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn	p. 197
Respiratory Failure	p. 207
Sarcoidosis	p. 217
Sepsis	p. 227
Sleep-Disordered Breathing	p. 237
Tuberculosis	p. 249
The Challenge	p. 259
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