Dr Jane Ward- Chair of MBBS Cardiovascular and Respiratory course Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London.
Dr Richard Leach- Consultant Physician, Intensive Care Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Dr Charles Wiener- Department of Bostetrics/Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Preface to second edition | p. 6 |
Units and symbols | p. 7 |
List of abbreviations | p. 8 |
Structure and function | |
Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space | p. 10 |
The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles | p. 12 |
Pressures and volumes during normal breathing | p. 14 |
Gas laws and respiratory symbols | p. 16 |
Diffusion | p. 18 |
Lung mechanics: elastic forces | p. 20 |
Lung mechanics: airway resistance | p. 22 |
Carriage of oxygen | p. 24 |
Carriage of carbon dioxide | p. 26 |
Control of acid-base balance | p. 28 |
Control of breathing I: chemical mechanisms | p. 30 |
Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms | p. 32 |
Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts | p. 34 |
Ventilation-perfusion mismatching | p. 36 |
Exercise, altitude and diving | p. 38 |
Development of the respiratory system and birth | p. 40 |
Complications of development and congenital disease | p. 42 |
Lung defence mechanisms and immunology | p. 44 |
History, examination and investigations | |
History and examination | p. 46 |
Pulmonary function tests | p. 48 |
Chest imaging and bronchoscopy | p. 50 |
Diseases and treatment | |
Respiratory failure | p. 52 |
Asthma: pathophysiology | p. 54 |
Asthma: treatment | p. 56 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | p. 58 |
Pulmonary hypertension | p. 60 |
Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism | p. 62 |
Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis | p. 64 |
Interstitial lung disease | p. 66 |
Pleural diseases | p. 68 |
Occupational and environmental-related lung disease | p. 70 |
Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis | p. 72 |
Pneumothorax | p. 74 |
Community acquired pneumonia | p. 76 |
Hospital acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia | p. 78 |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | p. 80 |
Respiratory infections in HIV infection | p. 82 |
Smoking | p. 83 |
Lung cancer | p. 84 |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome | p. 86 |
Mechanical ventilation | p. 88 |
Acute oxygen therapy | p. 90 |
Sleep-disordered breathing | p. 92 |
Case studies | |
Case studies: questions | p. 93 |
Case studies: answers | p. 96 |
Index | p. 101 |
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