Chest medicine
Subtitle: essentials of pulmonary and critical care medicine
By: editors, Ronald B. George ... [et al.].
Contributors: George, Ronald B.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 652
Subjects: Chest -- Diseases.; Lungs -- Diseases.; Respiratory intensive care.; Lung Diseases.; Critical Care -- methods.
Description: Clinically-oriented "essentials" text that presents a concise yet comprehensive summary of the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine. The volume is divided into four sections: pulmonary structure and function; diagnostic studies in patients with respiratory problems; evaluation and management of lung disease; and the critically ill patient.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Functional anatomy of the respiratory system / Donna L. Carden, Michael A. Matthay, and Ronald B. George; title: Mechanics of respiration / Richard W. Light; title: Alveolar ventilation, gas exchange, oxygen delivery, and acid-base physiology / Ronald B. George and Gary T. Kinasewitz; title: The respiratory history and physical examination / Ronald B. George and D. Keith Payne; title: Chest imaging / Dirk Sostman ... [et al.]; title: Clinical pulmonary function testing, exercise testing, and disability evaluation / Richard W. Light; title: Invasive diagnostic procedures / Richard W. Light and R. Michael Rodriguez; title: Asthma / Mani S. Kavuru and Herbert P. Wiedemann; title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / James F. Donohue and Gerardo S. San Pedro; title: Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery / Stephanie M. Levine ... [et al.]; title: Pulmonary thromboembolism and other pulmonary vascular diseases / Alejandro C. Arroliga, Michael A. Matthay, and Richard A. Matthay; title: Diffuse parenchymal and alveolar lung diseases / David G. Morris ... [et al.]; title: Occupational and environmental lung disease / Carrie A. Redlich and John R. Balmes; title: Lung neoplasms / Lynn T. Tanoue, Darryl C. Carter, and Richard A. Matthay; title: Respiratory tract infections / Michael S. Niederman and George A. Sarosi; title: Pulmonary complications in the immunosuppressed patient / Boaz A. Markewitz and G. Douglas Campbell; title: Diseases of the pleura, mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm / Richard W. Light; title: Sleep-related breathing disorders / Richard B. Berry; title: Pulmonary and critical care among elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit / Cari R. Levy, Margaret A. Pisani, and E. Wesley Ely; title: Nutrition in critical illness and injury / Annette Stralovich-Romani, C. Kres Mahutte, and John M. Luce; title: General principles of managing the patient with respiratory failure / Rachel H. Dotson, Brian M. Daniel, and James A. Frank; title: Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: neuromuscular and obstructive diseases / Kamran Atabai, Michael A. Matthay, and Carolyn S. Calfee; title: Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: pulmonary edema and acute lung injury / Lorraine B. Ware and Michael A. Matthay; title: Thoracic trauma, surgery and perioperative management / Michael W. Owens, Shawn A. Milligan, and Jane M. Eggerstedt; title: Managing the patient with shock sepsis and multiple organ failure / Richard H. Savel, Michael A. Matthay, and Michael Gropper; title: Prevention of nonpulmonary complications of intensive care / Mark D. Eisner, Michael A. Matthay, and Sanjay Saint.