Oxford desk reference : respiratory medicine / Nick Maskell and Ann Millar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maskell, Nick.

Contributor:

Millar, Ann, 1955-

Series:

Oxford desk reference series.

Oxford desk reference

Standardized Title:

Respiratory medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Respiratory organs--Diseases.

Respiratory organs.

Respiratory organs--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment.

Evidence-based medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the era of evidence-based medicine, clinicians draw upon a vast resource of research-based evidence to guide their practice. However, finding this information is not always easy, particularly when it is most needed. In the case of respiratory medicine which covers more than 40 individual conditions, the research-based evidence may be limited and/or disproportionate to the incidence of the condition. Guidelines are available but difficult and time consuming to find.This book is designed to overcome this problem. Many of the key recommendations to be found in current evidence-based guidelines

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1 The healthy lung; 1.1 Pulmonary anatomy; 1.2 Radiology of the healthy chest; 2 Respiratory physiology; 2.1 Basic physiology; 2.2 Lung function tests: a guide to interpretation; 2.3 Exercise testing; 2.4 Interpretation of arterial blood gases and acid/base balance; 2.5 Respiratory muscle function; 3 Clinical presentations; 3.1 Chronic cough; 3.2 Breathlessness; 3.3 Haemoptysis; 3.4 Chest pain; 3.5 Pre-operative assessment; 3.6 Solitary pulmonary nodule; 3.7 Wheeze; 3.8 The acute admission with a new unilateral pleural effusion

3.9 Unexplained respiratory failure4 Asthma; 4.1 Pathophysiology; 4.2 Allergic rhinitis; 4.3 Pharmacology; 4.4 Asthma in pregnancy; 4.5 Acute asthma; 4.6 Chronic asthma management; 5 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 5.1 COPD genetics and epidemiology; 5.2 COPD pathophysiology; 5.3 Investigations in COPD; 5.4 Pharmacological therapy (including cor pulmonale); 5.5 Non-pharmacological management for COPD; 5.6 Management of an exacerbation of COPD; 5.7 Surgery for COPD; 5.8 Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; 6 Oxygen; 6.1 Home oxygen therapy; 7 Diffuse parenchymal lung disease

7.1 Usual interstitial pneumonia7.2 Non-specific interstitial pneumonia; 7.3 Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease; 7.4 Desquamative interstitial pneumonia; 7.5 Acute interstitial pneumonia; 7.6 Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia; 7.7 Cryptogenic organising pneumonia; 7.8 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; 7.9 Sarcoidosis; 7.10 Pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue disorders; 7.11 Pulmonary manifestations of systemic diseases; 8 Infection; 8.1 Community-acquired pneumonia; 8.2 Hospital-acquired pneumonia; 8.3 Aspiration syndromes; 8.4 Lung abscess

8.5 Nocardia and actinomycosis8.6 Viral infections of the respiratory tract; 8.7 Respiratory tuberculosis; 8.8 Non-respiratory tuberculosis; 8.9 Opportunist (non-tuberculous) mycobacteria; 8.10 Fungal and parasitic lung disease; 9 The immunocompromised host; 9.1 Pneumonia in the non-HIV immunocompromised patient; 9.2 Infection in the HIV compromised host; 9.3 Non-infectious HIV-related lung disease; 10 Bronchiectasis; 10.1 Bronchiectasis (aetiology); 10.2 Chronic disease management; 11 Cystic fibrosis; 11.1 Cystic fibrosis diagnosis; 11.2 Managing acute infective exacerbations

11.3 Chronic disease management11.4 Cystic fibrosis genetics; 11.5 Extra-pulmonary manifestations of cystic fibrosis; 12 Pulmonary vascular problems/issues; 12.1 Pulmonary embolism; 12.2 Pulmonary hypertension; 12.3 Pulmonary vasculitis and haemorrhage; 13 Lung cancer; 13.1 Epidemiology of lung cancer; 13.2 Symptoms and signs (including SVCO); 13.3 Work-up of patients with a suspected diagnosis of lung cancer; 13.4 Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer; 13.5 Treatment of small cell lung cancer; 13.6 PET-CT; 13.7 Lung cancer screening; 13.8 Carcinoid; 13.9 Benign lung tumours

13.10 Transbronchial fine needle aspiration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-172575-7

1-283-58225-2

9786613894700

0-19-155356-5

OCLC:

801363642