Key topics in respiratory medicine / / W.J.M. Kinnear, I.D.A. Johnston and I.P. Hall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811365103321
• Autore: Kinnear W. J. M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : BIOS Scientific, 1999
• ISBN: 1-00-303991-X; 1-003-03991-X; 0-203-09241-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Collana: The key topics series
• Altri autori (Persone): JohnstonIvan David Alexander; HallI. P
• Disciplina: 616.2
• Soggetti: Respiratory organs - Diseases
• 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: ""CONTENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME""; ""ASBESTOS""; ""ASPERGILLUS""; ""ASTHMA""; ""BIOPSY TECHNIQUES""; ""BREATHLESSNESS""; ""BRONCHIECTASIS""; ""CARDIAC DISORDERS""; ""CHEST X-RAY""; ""CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE""; ""CLINICAL EXAMINATION""; ""CLINICAL HISTORY""; ""COUGH""; ""CYSTIC FIBROSIS""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND MEDIASTINAL DISEASE""; ""DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE""; ""DIGESTIVE TRACT DISORDERS""; ""DRUG-INDUCED LUNG DISEASE""; ""EMPHYSEMA""; ""EMPYEMA""; ""ENDOCRINE DISORDERS""; ""EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS""; ""FIBRE-OPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY""""HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS""; ""HAEMOPTYSIS""; ""HYPERVENTILATION""; ""IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""IMMUNODEFICIENCY""; ""LUNG ABSCESS""; ""LUNG CANCER""; ""LUNG FUNCTION TESTS""; ""MYCOBACTERIA""; ""NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS""; ""NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION""; ""PLEURAL EFFUSION""; ""PNEUMOCONIOSIS""; ""PNEUMONIA""; ""PNEUMOTHORAX""; ""PREGNANCY""; ""PULMONARY EMBOLISM""; ""PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA""; ""PULMONARY HYPERTENSION""; ""RENAL DISORDERS""; ""RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS""; ""SARCOIDOSIS""; ""SKELETAL DISORDERS""; ""SLEEP APNOEA""; ""THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES""; ""TRANSPLANTATION""""UNUSUAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS""; ""UPPER ; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION""; ""VASCULITIS""; ""INDEX""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers all the important topics in respiratory medicine. The authors are respiratory physicians and the emphasis throughout is on the practicalities of diagnosis and management. After discussion of the important points in taking a history and examining a patient with a respiratory problem, the main diagnostic tests are described together with their indications. All respiratory diseases that are likely to be encountered in the UK are then covered systematically. Further sections deal with respiratory diseases in special situations such as pregnancy or the immunocompromised host. This is a useful reference book, and an ideal revision aid for postgraduate examinations.