Baum's textbook of pulmonary diseases / editors James D. Crapo [and three others] ; Karen Quigley, cover designer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crapo, James D., editor.

Quigley, Karen, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lungs--Diseases.

Lungs.

Pleura--Diseases.

Pleura.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1518 p.)

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since this book's first edition in 1965, it quickly established itself as a classic in the field. The Seventh Edition marks the induction of a new editorial staff, as well as some substantial revisions. The changes will build on the book's traditional strengths of clinical focused and a user-friendly approach, and will feature a greater emphasis on the clinical aspects of treating pulmonary disease. FEATURES: Scaled down from a two-volume set to a single volume All chapters are evidence-based for an improved clinical focus Chapters organized by clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment (referring to evidence-based medicine)

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""DEDICATION""; ""EDITORS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""Section I Diagnostic Methods""; ""Chapter 1 Imaging of Lung Disease""; ""CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES""; ""COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES""; ""NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNIQUES""; ""LUNG MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING""; ""ULTRASOUND""; ""INTERVENTIONAL THORACIC RADIOLOGY""; ""RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY""; ""APPROACH TO CHEST RADIOGRAPHS""; ""RADIOLOGIC SIGNS OF LUNG DISEASE""; ""ABNORMALITIES OF THE SECONDARY PULMONARY LOBULE""

""SPECIFIC IMAGING ISSUES IN EVALUATION OF LUNG DISEASE""""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 2 Pulmonary Function Testing""; ""STATIC LUNG VOLUMES""; ""DYNAMIC TESTS OF LUNG FUNCTION""; ""DIFFUSION""; ""RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH""; ""TESTS OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES""; ""ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES""; ""REFERENCES VALUES""; ""GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE GUIDELINES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 3 Clinical Exercise Testing""; ""CLINICAL EXERCISE TESTING""; ""MEASUREMENTS""; ""CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS""; ""BREATHING PATTERN AND STRATEGY""; ""EXERCISE LIMITATION""; ""INTERPRETATION""; ""SUMMARY/INTERPRETATION""

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""Chapter 4 Bronchoscopy""; ""BRONCHOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES""; ""CANCER DIAGNOSIS""; ""DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS""; ""INFECTIOUS DISEASES""; ""HEMOPTYSIS""; ""THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS""; ""Chapter 5 Invasive Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures: Pleural Diagnostic Procedures""; ""THORACENTESIS""; ""PLEURAL BIOPSY AND ENDOSCOPY TECHNIQUES""; ""THORACOSCOPY (PLEUROSCOPY)""; ""OPEN (SURGICAL) PLEURAL BIOPSY""; ""Chapter 6 Preoperative Evaluation and Relation to Postoperative Complications""; ""MAJOR POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS""

""OTHER RISK FACTORS""""PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS NOT UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION""; ""PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION""; ""REDUCTION IN COMPLICATIONS""; ""Section II Obstructive Lung Disease""; ""Chapter 7 Pulmonary Aerosols""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AEROSOLS AND THE MECHANICS OF AIRFLOW AND PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN THE AIRWAYS""; ""AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICES""; ""Chapter 8 The Epidemiology of Asthma""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NATURAL HISTORY""; ""PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, MORBIDITY, AND MORTALITY: THE ASTHMA EPIDEMIC""

""EMERGING RISK FACTORS TO EXPLAIN THE INCREASE IN ASTHMA""""DIET""; ""OBESITY""; ""HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS (INFECTION)""; ""STRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 9 Pathophysiology of Asthma""; ""INFLAMMATION""; ""INFLAMMATORY CELLS""; ""INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS""; ""EFFECTS OF INFLAMMATION""; ""TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS""; ""ANTIINFLAMMATORY MECHANISMS""; ""Chapter 10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma""; ""MAKING THE DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA""; ""CLINICAL PHENOTYPES OF ASTHMA""; ""SPECIAL CLINICAL SITUATIONS IN ASTHMA""; ""EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF COMORBID CONDITIONS""

""INDIVIDUAL PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4698-7567-5

OCLC:

880453940