Foundations of Respiratory Medicine

ISBN-13: 9783319941257 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 367 str.

Simon Hart; Mike Greenstone

Opis

This book meets the need for a resource that covers the core knowledge required to pass the SCE exam, which includes the broad field of respiratory medicine.

Recenzje

"This book covers the diagnosis and management of common respiratory diseases, as well as emerging concepts. ... The audience includes general internists and postgraduate trainees in respiratory medicine." (Santosh Dhungana, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2019)

Spis treści

Applied Respiratory Anatomy.- Applied Lung Physiology.- Asthma.- COPD.-Acute and Chronic Cough.- Lung Cancer.- Diseases of the Pleura.- Sleep.- Respiratory Failure and Non-invasive Ventilation.- Pneumonia.- Bronchiectasis.- Cystic Fibrosis.- Mycobacterial Disease.- Lung Diseases Caused by Aspergillus and Pulmonary Eosinophilia.- Interstitial Lung Disease.- Sarcoidosis.- Vasculitis and Rare Lung Diseases.- Pulmonary Embolism.- Pulmonary Hypertension.- Transplantation.

O autorze

Dr Simon Hart trained in Edinburgh, Fife, and the Scottish Borders. He did his PhD at the University of Edinburgh/Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research where he studied phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages, and this was followed by an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship. He moved to East Yorkshire in 2008 as Clinical Senior Lecturer with Hull York Medical School and honorary Consultant at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. He is lead clinician for the regional Interstitial Lung Disease service and pursues basic science and clinical research in sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis. He has been a question writer and examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and contributor to various British Thoracic Society committees.

Dr Michael Greenstone trained in London and West Yorkshire before taking up his post as consultant physician at Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary. He was Clinical Lecturer at the Cardiothoracic Institute, Brompton Hospital and was awarded an MD for research on respiratory tract cilia. He has been a reviewer and Associate Editor for the Cochrane Airways Group and contributed to British Thoracic Society guidelines on asthma, bronchiectasis and malignant mesothelioma. He has been an examiner and question writer for Royal College of Physicians examinations and is Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School. His clinical interests include sleep- disordered breathing and ventilatory failure and he leads the tertiary level Sleep and Home Ventilation service.

Blurb

This book is a comprehensive resource to approach the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions. It bridges the gap between the required core knowledge and the emerging areas where new investigative techniques and treatments are already impacting on everyday clinical practice. Common conditions such as lung cancer, asthma, COPD, respiratory infection, and thromboembolic disease are dealt with in detail as well as more specialist areas such as interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, sleep and ventilatory failure. The authors are all practising specialists in their subject areas and discuss underlying physiological mechanisms, clinical approaches, evidence-based guidelines, and areas of uncertainty for each topic.

The chapters are well illustrated by high quality multimodality imaging and show examples of both classic and unusual conditions with descriptive legends. The format is ideal for post-graduate and doctors who are completing their training in respiratory medicine.