Includes bibliographical references and indexes

1. Anatomy of the Lungs -- 2. Lung Growth and Development -- 3. Genetic Approach to Lung Disease -- 4. Ventilation, Blood Flow, and Gas Exchange -- 5. Respiratory System Mechanics and Energetics -- 6. Pulmonary Circulation and Regulation of Fluid Balance -- 7. Acid-Base Balance -- 8. Respiratory Pharmacology: General Pharmacologic Principles -- 9. Airway Pharmacology -- 10. Pulmonary Vascular Pharmacology -- 11. Pulmonary Surfactant -- 12. Alveolar and Distal Airway Epithelial Fluid Transport -- 13. Mucus Production, Secretion, and Clearance -- 14. Monocytes, Macrophages, and Dendritic Cells of the Lung -- 15. Immune recognition and Responses -- 16. General features of Respiratory Pathology -- 17. Inflammation, Injury, and Repair -- 18. History and Physical Examination -- 19. Microbiologic Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection -- 20. Radiographic Techniques -- 21. Nuclear Medicine Techniques -- 22. Bronchoscopy -- 23. Pleuroscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Other Invasive Procedures -- 24. Pulmonary Function Testing -- 25. Clinical Exercise Testing -- 26. Preoperative Evaluation -- 27. Evaluation of Respiratory Impairment/Disability -- 28. Dyspnea -- 29. Cough -- 30. Chest pain -- 31. Viral Infections -- 32. Pyogenic Bacterial Pneumonia, lung Abscess and Empyema -- 33. Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases -- 34. Fungal Infections -- 35. Parasitic Diseases -- 36. Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema -- 37. Asthma -- 38. Cystic Fibrosis -- 39. Bronchiectasis -- 40. Disorders of the Upper Airways -- 41. Disorders of the Intrathoracic Airways -- 42. Biology of Lung Cancer -- 43. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer -- 44. Bronchogenic Carcinoma -- 45. Lymphoma, Lymphoproliferative Diseases, and Other Primary Malignant Tumors -- 46. Metastatic malignant tumors -- 47. Benign Tumors -- 48. Pulmonary Thromboembolism -- 49. Pulmonary Vasculitis and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension -- 50. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Pulmonary-Vascular Abnormalities -- 51. Pulmonary edema and Acute Lung Injury -- 52. Cor pulmonale -- 53. Approach to Diagnosis and Management of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias -- 54. The Lungs and Connective Tissue Diseases -- 55. Sarcoidosis -- 56. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Other Rare Infiltrative Disorders -- 57. Eosinophilic Lung Diseases -- 58. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis -- 59. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis -- 60. Occupational Asthma -- 61. Pneumoconioses -- 62. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis -- 63. Air pollution -- 64. Acute Pulmonary Responses to Toxic Exposures -- 65. High Altitude -- 66. Diving Medicine -- 67. Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease -- 68. Pleural Effusion -- 69. Pneumothorax, Chylothorax, Hemothorax, and Fibrothorax -- 70. Tumors of the Pleura -- 71. Tumors and Cysts of the Mediastinum -- 72. Pneumomediastinum and Mediastinitis -- 73. Hypoventilation and Hyperventilation Syndromes -- 74. Sleep Disorders -- 75. Pulmonary Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection -- 76. Pulmonary Complications of Organ Transplantation and Primary Immunodeficiencies -- 77. Pulmonary Complications of Heart Disease -- 78. Pulmonary Complications of Abdominal Disease -- 79. Pulmonary Complications of Hematologic Disease -- 80. Pulmonary Complications of Endocrine Disease -- 81. Pulmonary Complications of Obstetric and Gynecologic Disease -- 82. The lungs and Neuromuscular Disease -- 83. The lungs and Chest Wall Disease -- 84. Principles of Mechanical Ventilation -- 85. Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure, Including ARDS -- 86. Acute Ventilatory Failure -- 87. Care at the End of Life for Patients with Respiratory Failure -- 88. Pulmonary Rehabilitation -- 89. Lung Transplantation -- 90. Smoking Hazards and Cessation -- 91. Patient Education and Compliance

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Completely revised, this authoritative reference delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage a full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. Edited and written by leaders in the field, the book covers the scientific principles of respiratory medicine; its foundations in basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and immunology; and its clinical applications. It features a wealth of new chapters * coverage of new modalities in biotechnologic, genomic, and informational sciences

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