World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Author: Surinder K Jindal

Publisher: JP Medical Ltd

Published: 2013-08-31

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9350903539

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Part of the World Clinics series, this book is the second volume of the pulmonary and critical care medicine manuals and focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The book begins with the epidemiology and pathophysiology of COPD, followed by chapters covering topics in the diagnosis and management of the disease, including acute exacerbations, imaging, biomarkers, oxygen therapy and vascular dysfunction. The final sections present a complete review of pulmonary disease and rehabilitation. This new volume includes numerous images, illustrations and tables to enhance the text. The previous volume in this series, Pneumonias, published in 2012. Key points Second volume covering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Part of the World Clinics: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine series Includes nearly 100 images, illustrations and tables Volume One published in 2012

World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Author: Surinder K Jindal

Publisher: JP Medical Ltd

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9350901765

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The World Clinics: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine series brings pulmonary specialists fully up to date with the latest developments in different branches of respiratory medicine. This first manual focuses on pneumonias. Beginning with an introduction to the epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia the following chapters discuss diagnosis and treatment of different strains of pneumonia in adults and children. Pneumonia in immune-suppressed patients, community acquired and zoonotic (transferrable between species) pneumonias are also covered. More than 80 full colour images and illustrations are included to enhance learning. Key points Brings pulmonary specialists up to date with latest developments in diagnosis and treatment of pneumonias Discusses different strains in both adults and children Covers pneumonia in immune-suppressed patients, community acquired and zoonotic pneumonias Includes more than 80 full colour images and illustrations

World Clinics Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Pneumonia
World Clinics Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Pneumonia

Author: Surinder K Jindal

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9352704665

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This book focuses on World clinics Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Pneumonia. Pneumonia has overwhelming importance in clinical medicine and affects all age groups from neonates to the elderly. It leads on to serious consequences such as sepsis, respiratory failure and death. This book consists of 14 chapters, which include epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia, etiological diagnosis of pneumonia, role of imaging in respiratory infections, severity assessment of pneumonia, management of

COPD, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
COPD, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Author: Peter J Barnes

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0323260918

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine is Guest Edited by Peter J. Barnes FRS, FMedSci from Imperial College London and will fosus on COPD. Article topics include epidemiology, pathophysiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms and comorbidities of COPD, diagnosis and phenotype of COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, asthma and COPD, biomarkers, bronchodilators, non invasive ventialtion, and new drug therapies.

Interventional Pulmonology, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
Interventional Pulmonology, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Author: Ali I. Musani

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0323581498

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This issue of Chest Medicine Clinics focuses on Interventional Pulmonology, with topics including: Flexible bronchoscopy; Radiology for mediastinal lymph node station in lung cancer diagnosis and staging; Lung cancer screening; Early lung cancer detection; Palliative care and interventional pulmonology; Anesthesia for flexible and rigid bronchoscopy; Mediastinal and pulmonary pathology: Specimen collection and processing; Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma; Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction; Malignant pleural effusion: From diagnostics to therapeutics; Intrapleural therapeutics; Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; Tracheobronchial stenosis and Tracheobroncho malacia: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas; Pediatric interventional pulmonology; The Business of Bronchoscopy: How to set up an Interventional Pulmonology Program; Bronchoscopic therapies for peripheral lung malignancies; and Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma.

Viral and Atypical Pneumonia in Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
Viral and Atypical Pneumonia in Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Author: Charles S. Dela Cruz

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0323509940

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Viral and Atypical Pneumonia. Editors Charles Dela Cruz and Richard Wunderlink have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Epidemiology of Viral Pneumonia; Diagnostic Testing for Viral and Atypical Infections;Lung Microbiome: Atypical Infections and Viruses; RSV Pneumonia in the Young and Old;Viral infections in Chronic Lung Diseases; Viral Pneumonia and ARDS;Viruses in the Immunocompromised; Atypical Bacterial Pneumonia; Other Community Respiratory Viruses; Pandemic Viruses; Epidemic and Emerging Coronaviruses; Post-Viral Complications; Antiviral Treatments; and Vaccines in the Prevention of Viral Pneumonia.

Pulmonary Hypertension, an issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
Pulmonary Hypertension, an issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Author: Aaron B Waxman

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2021-02-05

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0323734022

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Aaron B Waxman and Dr. Inderjit Singh, is focused on Pulmonary Hypertension. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: Integrative omics to characterize and classify pulmonary vascular disease, Contemporary Pharmacotherapeutic Approach in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Personalized Medicine: The Future Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Requires A New Taxonomy, Sex differences in Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy

COPD, An Issue of Medical Clinics
COPD, An Issue of Medical Clinics

Author: Stephen I. Rennard

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-07-28

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1455742937

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This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients’ perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; meducal pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene.

HIV and Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
HIV and Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Author: Kristina Crothers

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 145577149X

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine is Guest Edited by Kristina Crothers, MD from the University of Washington and will focus on HIV and Respiratory Disease. Article topics include Abnormalities in Host Defense, Antiretroviral Therapy and Lung Immunology, HIV associated Pneumonia, HIV associated Tuberculosis, HIV associated lung malignancies, and HIV associated COPD.