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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465345903321

Titolo

Manual of clinical problems in pulmonary medicine / / editors Timothy A. Morris, Andrew L. Ries, Richard A. Bordow ; executive editor, Rebecca Gaertner ; senior product development editor, Kristina Oberle ; production project manager, Bridgett Dougherty ; design coordinator, Holly McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Wolters Kluwer, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4698-7359-1

1-4698-7356-7

1-4963-0577-9

Edizione

[Seventh edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (661 p.)

Collana

Lippincott Manual Series

Disciplina

616.2/4

Soggetti

Lungs - Diseases

Pulmonary pharmacology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Manual of clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine""; ""Contents""; ""SECTION I Pulmonary Resources and Procedures""; ""1 Radiographic Evaluation of Lung Disease""; ""2 Radioisotopic Techniques""; ""3 Pulmonary Function Testing""; ""4 Exercise""; ""5 Evaluation of Arterial Blood Gases and Acid�Base Homeostasis""; ""6 Thoracic Ultrasound Uses in Pulmonary Medicine""; ""7 Interventional Pulmonology: Advanced Diagnostic Procedures""; ""8 Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation""; ""9 Pharmacotherapy""; ""10 Pulmonary Rehabilitation""; ""11 Interventional Pulmonology Therapeutic Procedures""

""12 Pulmonary Therapeutics""""13 Tobacco Control""; ""14 Disaster Management by the Pulmonologist""; ""15 Mechanical Ventilation: Devices and Methods""; ""16 Mechanical Ventilation: Complications and Discontinuation""; ""17 Protocol-Driven Care in Respiratory Therapy""; ""18 Techniques for Clinical Quality Improvement and Error Reduction Techniques""; ""19 Disability and Medicolegal Evaluation""; ""20 Air



Travel and High-Altitude Medicine""; ""SECTION II Presentations of Respiratory Disorders""; ""21 Dyspnea""; ""22 Approach to Pulmonary Vascular Disease""; ""23 Chronic Cough""

""24 Pleural Effusion""""25 Hemoptysis""; ""26 Complications of Pulmonary Resections""; ""27 Pneumothorax""; ""28 Aspiration""; ""29 The Lung in Pregnancy""; ""30 Lung Disease in the Immunocompromised Patient""; ""31 The Lung in Drug Abuse""; ""32 Pneumonia: General Considerations""; ""33 Airway Obstruction""; ""34 Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure""; ""35 Bronchiectasis""; ""36 The Difficult Airway""; ""37 OccupationalEnvironmental Lung Disease""; ""38 Solitary Pulmonary Nodule""; ""39 Mediastinal Masses""; ""40 Eosinophilic Lung Disease""; ""SECTION III Diseases""

""41 Pneumococcal Pneumonia""""42 Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Pneumonias""; ""43 Haemophilus influenzae Infections""; ""44 Klebsiella Pneumonia""; ""45 Other Gram-Negative Pneumonias: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Serratia, Enterobacter, and Acinetobacter""; ""46 Anaerobic Lung Infections""; ""47 Atypical Pneumonias: Mycoplasma, Chlamydophila (Chlamydia), Q Fever, and Legionella""; ""48 Viral Pneumonia""; ""49 Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Latent Infection""; ""50 Tuberculosis: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Disease""

""51 Tuberculosis: Treatment of Disease""""52 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infections""; ""53 Coccidioidomycosis""; ""54 Histoplasmosis""; ""55 Blastomycosis""; ""56 Aspergillus Lung Disease""; ""57 Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis""; ""58 Cryptococcosis""; ""59 Nematode and Trematode Diseases of the Lung""; ""60 Amebiasis and Echinococcal Diseases of the Lung""; ""61 Pulmonary Infections and Complications in HIV-Infected Patients""; ""62 Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia""; ""63 Asthma""; ""64 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Definition and Epidemiology""

""65 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Manifestations, Pathophysiology, and Prognosis""

Sommario/riassunto

Stay current with the latest information on the diagnosis and management of pulmonary disorders with Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine, 7e. Drawing on the expertise of a stellar team of renowned experts in the field, this updated pocket reference provides concise coverage of all aspects of pulmonary disorders, including pathophysiology, differential diagnoses, and the latest evidence-based treatments for pulmonary illness. Featuring a compact size and concise entries, this reference is ideal for bedside use and is portable enough to take along as you move between home, clinic,