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Softcover,
176 pages
261
x 194 mm page size
98
colour illustrations
ISBN:
978-1-84076-045-3
Price £19.95
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Edited
by
Martyn R. Partridge, MD, FRCP
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital and Medical
School, Fulham Palace Road, London, UK.
Contributors:
R. Coker, F. Bowen, C. Shovlin, P. Ind, M. Sridhar, A. Crummin
In this
concise practical guide the Editor and Authors combine a symptoms-
and problem-based approach with systematic coverage of lung disease
- to help students and young professionals to understand respiratory
medicine in the round.
The first section of the book is devoted to the underlying principles
and clinical skills needed - science and disease process, symptoms
and signs, examination, and tests. The second section deals with disease
specific material, giving due weight and explanation to more common
conditions. The third section covers respiratory pharmacology, and
the fourth consists of multiple choice review questions. The book
is illustrated throughout by case studies, plus photos and diagrams
in full colour.
Care of patients with respiratory illness is given by a multidisciplinary
team, and Understanding Respiratory Medicine is designed to appeal
to medical students, young doctor, specialist nurses, physiotherapists,
physiological measurement technicians and clinical scientists.
Contents: Preface, Contributors, Further
sources of information, Glossary, Abbreviations. Section A: Making
a Diagnosis, 1. An overview of lung disease, 2. The symptoms of
lung disease: taking a respiratory history, 3. The signs of lung
disease: the respiratory examination, 4. Respiratory investigations:
lung function tests, thoracic imaging. Section B: Diseases and Disorders
of the Respiratory System, 5. Lung cancer, 6. Chronic Obstructive
pulmonary disease, 7. Asthma, 8. Diffuse parenchymal lung disease,
9. Pleural diseases, 10. Infections of the respiratory tract, 11.
Supprative lung conditions, 12. Sleep-related breathing disorders,
13. Respiratory failure, 14. Pulmonary vascular problems. Section
C: Respiratory Pharmacology, 15. Airway pharmacology. Section D:
Multiple Choice Questions. Index.
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