Chest Medicine Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

by George, Ronald B.; Light, Richard W.; Matthay, Michael A.; Matthay, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780781752732
• ISBN10: 0781752736
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-24
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

A favorite among residents and pulmonary fellows, this text provides all the information needed to evaluate and manage respiratory diseases and critically ill patients and to pass the American Board of Internal Medicine's subspecialty exam in pulmonary medicine. The Fifth Edition includes new information on ARDS, sedation of critically ill patients, rehabilitation for COPD, care of elderly patients, genetic testing for asthma, CTA and other diagnostic techniques for pulmonary thromboembolism, new antifungal drugs without renal toxicity, new treatment guidelines for pneumothorax, and ventilators and noninvasive ventilation for respiratory failure. This edition also includes more algorithms and differential diagnosis tables.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory System	3	(21)
Donna L. Carden
Michael A. Matthay
Ronald B. George
Mechanics of Respiration	24	(15)
Richard W. Light
Alveolar Ventilation, Gas Exchange, Oxygen Delivery, and Acid--Base Physiology	39	(20)
Ronald B. George
Gary T. Kinasewitz
SECTION 2 GATHERING THE DATABASE
The Respiratory History and Physical Examination	59	(9)
Ronald B. George
D. Keith Payne
Chest Imaging	68	(22)
H. Dirk Sostman
Frank M. Mele
M. Chad Foster
Richard A. Matthay
Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing, Exercise Testing, and Disability Evaluation	90	(23)
Richard W. Light
Invasive Diagnostic Procedures	113	(18)
Richard W. Light
R. Michael Rodriguez
SECTION 3 MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Asthma	131	(32)
Mani S. Kavuru
Herbert P. Wiedemann
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	163	(20)
James F. Donohue
Gerardo S. San Pedro
Lung Transplantation and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery	183	(24)
Stephanie M. Levine
Luis F. Angel
Jay I. Peters
Stephen G. Jenkinson
Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Other Pulmonary Vascular Diseases	207	(27)
Alejandro C. Arroliga
Michael A. Matthay
Richard A. Matthay
Diffuse Parenchymal and Alveolar Lung Diseases	234	(55)
David G. Morris
Michael B. Gotway
Robert J. Homer
Paul W. Noble
Herbert Y. Reynolds
Richard A. Matthay
Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease	289	(27)
Carrie A. Redlich
John R. Balmes
Lung Neoplasms	316	(36)
Lynn T. Tanoue
Darryl C. Carter
Richard A. Matthay
Respiratory Tract Infections	352	(48)
Michael S. Niederman
George A. Sarosi
Pulmonary Complications in the Immunosuppressed Patient	400	(15)
Boaz A. Markewitz
G. Douglas Campbell
Diseases of the Pleura, Mediastinum, Chest Wall, and Diaphragm	415	(33)
Richard W. Light
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders	448	(30)
Richard B. Berry
Pulmonary and Critical Care Among Elderly Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit	478	(19)
Cari R. Levy
Margaret A. Pisani
E. Wesley Ely
SECTION 4 THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
Nutrition and Ethical Principles in Critical Illness and Injury	497	(20)
Annette Stralovich-Romani
C. Kees Mahutte
John M. Luce
General Principles of Managing a Patient with Respiratory Failure	517	(18)
Rachel H. Dotson
Brian M. Daniel
James A. Frank
Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Neuromuscular and Obstructive Diseases	535	(14)
Kamran Atabai
Michael A. Matthay
Carolyn S. Calfee
Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Pulmonary Edema and Acute Lung Injury	549	(15)
Lorraine B. Ware
Michael A. Matthay
Thoracic Trauma, Surgery, and Perioperative Management	564	(25)
Michael W. Owens
Shawn A. Milligan
Jane M. Eggerstedt
Managing the Patient with Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Failure	589	(19)
Richard H. Savel
Michael A. Matthay
Michael A. Gropper
Prevention of Nonpulmonary Complications of Intensive Care	608	(17)
Mark D. Eisner
Michael A. Matthay
Sanjay Saint
Subject Index	625