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9781849842020 978-1849842020
Anatomy of the respiratory system
1
By Pallav L. Shah
Immunology and defence mechanisms
7
By Antonino Di Stefano | Bruno Balbi
Physiology and pulmonary function testing
Control of ventilation
14
By Brian J. Whipp | Susan Ward
Respiratory mechanics
21
By Daniel Navajas | Ramon Farré
TLCO and its interpretation
27
By Mike Hughes
Arterial blood gas assessment and respiratory failure
33
By Paolo Palange | Alessandro Ferrazza
Exercise testing
42
By Paolo Palange | Paolo Onorati
Bronchial provocation testing
49
By Frans de Jongh
Static and dynamic lung volumes
55
By Frans de Jongh
Lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
62
By Christian Karagiannidis | Wolfram Windisch
Diagnostic approach
Dyspnoea
70
By Pierantonio Laveneziana
Chest pain
81
By Matthew Hind
Cough and sputum
83
By Alyn H. Morice
Physical examination and bedside testing
90
By Alessandro De Angelis | Stefano Aliberti
Diagnostic procedures
Bronchoscopy
97
By Pallav L. Shah
Interventional pulmonology
106
By Hervé Dutau | David Breen
Cytology of the lung
111
By Venerino Poletti | Anita Poletti | Hari K. Gonunguntla
Cryobiopsy
125
By Venerino Poletti | Nagoti Sharada
Bronchoalveolar lavage
135
By Ulrich Costabel | Francesco Bonella | Josune Guzman
Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy
142
By Julie Tronchetti | Philippe Astoul
Thoracentesis
148
By Luigi Panza | Daniel Piamonti | Paolo Palange
Chest radiography and fluoroscopy
153
By Walter De Wever
Transthoracic ultrasound
159
By Jane A. Shaw | Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg
Computed tomography
167
By Roberta Eufrasia Ledda | Nicola Sverzellati
Magnetic resonance imaging
171
By Federica Volpi | Chiara Romei
Positron emission tomography
178
By Georgia Hardavella | Konstantinos Stefanidis | Nicola Mulholland
Artificial intelligence and imaging
185
By Guillaume Chassagnon | Marie-Pierre Revel
Sputum and exhaled breath analysis
189
By Patrizia Pignatti | Dina Visca | Elisiana Carpagnano | Antonio Spanevello
Microbiology testing and laboratory diagnosis
196
By Agnese Viscido | Guido Antonelli
General principles of treatment modalities and prevention measures
Inhaled drug therapy
208
By Dimitrios Toumpanakis | Omar S. Usmani
Allergen-specific immunotherapy
214
By Celeste Porsbjerg | Linda Rasmussen
Lung cancer immunotherapy
219
By Alexius John | Sanjay Popat
Respiratory physiotherapy
229
By Thierry Troosters | Julia Bott
Pulmonary rehabilitation
238
By Thierry Troosters | Wim Janssens | Daniel Langer | Heleen Demeyer
Early mobilisation in the intensive care unit
248
By Thomas C. Rollinson | Nicholas Hart
Palliative care
254
By M. Aurora Mendes | Daisy J.A. Janssen
Acute oxygen therapy
258
By Santi Nolasco | Claudia Crimi
Smoking-related diseases
262
By Ayşın Şakar Coşkun | Arzu Yorgancıoğlu
Treatment of tobacco dependence
265
By Charlotta Pisinger | Sofie K.B. Rasmussen
NIV in acute respiratory failure
270
By Maria Laura Vega | Lara Pisani
Long-term ventilation
278
By Anita K. Simonds
Pleural infection
287
By Malvika Bhatnagar | Alguili Elsheikh | Najib M. Rahman
Lung volume reduction
295
By Judith Maria Brock | Felix J.F. Herth
Lung transplantation
299
By Merel E. Hellemons | Robin Vos
Airway diseases
Congenital airway disease
304
By Pierre Goussard | Ernst Eber
Upper airway disease
312
By Guy Scadding
Asthma
317
By Matteo Bonini | Bianca Beghé
Biological treatment for asthma
326
By Francesca Cefaloni | Matteo Bonini
Pharmacology of asthma and COPD
333
By Dave Singh | Andrew Higham
COPD and emphysema
341
By Ane Lopez | John R. Hurst
Exacerbations of COPD
348
By Cristina Aljama | Marc Miravitlles
Cardiorespiratory multimorbidity and COPD
355
By John R. Hurst
Bronchiectasis
359
By James D. Chalmers | Emma D. Johnson
Rare airway diseases
365
By Rémi Diesler | Vincent Cottin
Respiratory infections
Upper respiratory tract infections
377
By Gernot Gerhard Ulrich Rohde
Pneumonia
381
By Ivan Barone | Francesco Blasi
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
389
By Davide Calabretta | Ignacio Martín-Loeches | Antoni Torres
Pneumonia in the immunocompromised host
395
By Santiago Ewig
Influenza, SARS and MERS
400
By Hannah Lawrence | Wei Shen Lim
COVID-19 pneumonia and its sequelae
408
By Muhammad Mamoon Iqbal | Rachael A. Evans | Christopher Brightling
Aspiration pneumonia and lung abscess
419
By Emily O’Reilly | Desmond M. Murphy
Mycobacterial diseases
Pulmonary tuberculosis
425
By Giovanni Sotgiu | Giovanni Battista Migliori
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
438
By Demosthenes Bouros | Vasilina Sotiropoulou | Argyrios Tzouvelekis
Tuberculosis infection
445
By Jean-Pierre Zellweger
Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
451
By Niccolò Riccardi | Claudio Piersimoni | Giovanni Sotgiu
Thoracic tumours
Pathology and molecular biology of lung cancer
458
By Armin Frille | Maximilian von Laffert
Lung cancer screening, diagnosis and staging
466
By Torsten Gerriet Blum | Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko | Georgia Hardavella | Luis M. Seijo Maceiras
Chemotherapy and molecular biological therapy
481
By Federica Meloni | Elena Salvaterra
Surgical treatment for lung cancer
493
By Sara Ricciardi | Giuseppe Cardillo
Assessment for anaesthesia and surgery
503
By Alessandra Castrogiovanni | Marta Amata | Maria R. Bonsignore
Radiotherapy for lung cancer
510
By Luigi Moretti | Paul Van Houtte
Other lung tumours
521
By Gaurav Ahuja | Matthew Evison
Metastatic tumours
528
By Alberto Ricci | Aldo Pezzuto
Pulmonary nodules
535
By Amna Burzić | David R. Baldwin
Pleural and chest wall tumours
540
By Arnaud Scherpereel | Mark Neilly | Dinesh N. Addala | Kevin G. Blyth | Najib M. Rahman
Mediastinal tumours
549
By Apostolos Agrafiotis | Lawek Berzenji | Paul E. Van Schil
Sleep and control of breathing disorders
Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
555
By Sophia Schiza | Izolde Bouloukaki
Central sleep apnoea
564
By Winfried J. Randerath | Renaud Tamisier | Sebastien Baillieul
Hypoventilation syndromes
572
By Mareike L. Duiverman | Maxime Patout
Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
580
By Pier-Valerio Mari | Luca Richeldi | Athol Wells
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
585
By Yet H. Khor | Nikoleta Bizymi | Andreas M. Matthaiou | Katerina M. Antoniou
Sarcoidosis
601
By Ulrich Costabel | Francesco Bonella
Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis
606
By Rémi Diesler | Vincent Cottin
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
610
By Rémi Diesler | Vincent Cottin
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
615
By Venerino Poletti | Claudia Ravaglia | Sara Tomassetti | Stefano Maitan | Sara Piciucchi
Amyloidosis
621
By Helen J. Lachmann | Muhammad U. Rauf
Drug-induced and iatrogenic respiratory disease
625
By Philippe Camus | Philippe Bonniaud
Radiation-induced lung disease
646
By Peter van Luijk | Julia Wiedemann
Eosinophilic lung diseases
649
By Jessica Gates | Alexandra M. Nanzer
Pulmonary vascular diseases
Pulmonary embolism
657
By Lukas Hobohm | Stavros V. Konstantinides
Pulmonary hypertension
665
By Andrea Baccelli | Luke S. Howard
Pulmonary vasculitis
675
By George A. Margaritopoulos | Athol Wells
Diseases of the chest wall and respiratory muscles
Disorders of the chest wall and the diaphragm
684
By Michael I. Polkey | Khaled Al Arfi
Neuromuscular disorders
689
By Anita K. Simonds
Pleural and mediastinal diseases
Pleural effusion
696
By Daniel Piamonti | Luigi Panza | Paolo Palange
Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum
702
By Shaheen Shahid | Mark E. Roberts
Mediastinitis
710
By Chloé Moinet | Marion Villard | Charlotte Ponte | Valéria Musso | Anne Olland | Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz
Pulmonary involvement in systemic disorders
Pulmonary diseases in inborn errors of immunity
715
By Federica Pulvirenti | Isabella Quinti
HIV-related disease
721
By Andrew T. Read | Robert F. Miller | Marc C.I. Lipman
Cardiovascular consequences of respiratory diseases
733
By Javier de-Miguel-Diez | Zichen Ji
Haematological disease
742
By Roberto Romiti
Obesity
750
By Michael Cheng | Patrick B. Murphy
Rheumatological disease
755
By Edoardo Rosato
Genetic disorders
Cystic fibrosis
760
By Sofia Misuraca | Andrea Gramegna | Francesco Blasi
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
770
By James D. Chalmers | Amelia Shoemark
α1-Antitrypsin deficiency
775
By Teresa Martín | Marc Miravitlles
Occupational diseases
Occupational lung diseases
779
By Johanna Feary | Paul Cullinan
Epidemiology, environment and lifestyle
Measuring the occurrence and causation of respiratory diseases
784
By Isabella Annesi-Maesano
Indoor and outdoor air pollution
789
By Isabella Annesi-Maesano | Marzia Simoni | Sara Maio | Giuseppe Sarno | Sandra Baldacci | Giovanni Viegi
Climate change and environmental challenges in respiratory disease
799
By Christine Jenkins
High-altitude- and diving-related diseases
807
By Konrad Ernst Bloch | Yvonne Nussbaumer
Control of tobacco and nicotine products
815
By Filippos T. Filippidis | Jonathan Grigg
Sport- and exercise-induced respiratory problems
821
By James H. Hull
Index
828
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