Chest Medicine Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

by George, Ronald B.

• ISBN13: 9780683306675
• ISBN10: 0683306677
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport. Practical and concise reference for pulmonary and critical care specialists. Includes data on geriatrics, the eosinophilic pneumonias, ARDS, pathogenesis and diagnosis, and an expanded critical care section. Previous edition, c1995, was on the Brandon/Hill Medical List (1997/1998). Extensive references. DNLM: Lung Diseases.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	vii
Preface	xi
SECTION I: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	1	(56)
Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System	3	(23)
Donna L. Carden
Michael A. Matthay
Ronald B. George
Mechanics of Respiration	26	(18)
Richard W. Light
Alveolar Ventilation, Gas Exchange, and Oxygen Delivery	44	(13)
Ronald B. George
SECTION II: GATHERING THE DATA BASE	57	(74)
The Respiratory History and Physical Examination	59	(9)
Ronald B. George
D. Keith Payne
Chest Imaging	68	(23)
H. Dirk Sostman
Frank M. Mele
Richard A. Matthay
Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing, Exercise Testing, and Disability Evaluation	91	(26)
Richard W. Light
Invasive Diagnostic Procedures	117	(14)
Richard W. Light
R. Michael Rodriguez
SECTION III: MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES	131	(384)
Asthma	133	(41)
Mani S. Kavuru
Herbert P. Wiedemann
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis, and Cystic Fibrosis	174	(34)
Ronald B. George
Gerardo S. San Pedro
James K. Stoller
Lung Transplantation and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery	208	(25)
Stephanie M. Levine
Jay I. Peters
Stephen G. Jenkinson
Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Other Pulmonary Vascular Diseases	233	(29)
Alejandro C. Arroliga
Michael A. Matthay
Richard A. Matthay
Diffuse Interstitial and Alveolar Inflammatory Diseases	262	(52)
Herbert Y. Reynolds
Paul W. Noble
Richard A. Matthay
Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease	314	(32)
Carrie A. Redlich
John R. Balmes
Lung Neoplasms	346	(31)
Richard A. Matthay
Lynn T. Tanoue
Darryl C. Carter
Respiratory Tract Infections	377	(53)
Michael S. Niederman
George A. Sarosi
Pulmonary Complications in the Immunosuppressed Patient	430	(11)
Wendy J. Mangialardi
Robert J. Mangialardi
Diseases of the Pleura, Mediastinum, Chest Wall, and Diaphragm	441	(37)
Richard W. Light
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders	478	(25)
Richard B. Berry
Pulmonary and Critical Care Problems in the Elderly	503	(12)
E. Wesley Ely
SECTION IV: THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT	515	(140)
Administrative, Nutritional, and Ethical Principles for the Management of Critically Ill Patients	517	(22)
Annette Stralovich-Romani
C. Kees Mahutte
Michael A. Matthay
John M. Luce
General Principles of Managing the Patient with Respiratory Failure	539	(22)
James A. Frank
David Schwartz
Brian M. Daniel
Robert M. Jasmer
Michael A. Matthay
Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Neuromuscular and Obstructive Diseases	561	(15)
Michael A. Matthay
Kamran Atabai
Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Pulmonary Edema and Acute Lung Injury	576	(16)
Lorraine B. Ware
Michael A. Matthay
Thoracic Trauma, Surgery, and Perioperative Management	592	(28)
Michael W. Owens
Muhammad S. Chaudry
Jane M. Eggerstedt
Lou M. Smith
Managing the Patient with Hemodynamic Insufficiency, Shock, and Multiple Organ Failure	620	(19)
Michael A. Matthay
Paul M. Dorinsky
Prevention of Nonpulmonary Complications of Intensive Care	639	(16)
Mark D. Eisner
Michael A. Matthay
Sanjay Saint
Subject Index	655