Understanding Respiratory Medicine: A Problem-Oriented Approach

ISBN-13: 9781840760453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 176 str.

Martyn Partridge

Opis

This text combines a symptoms and problem based approach with systematic coverage of disease. To help students understand respiratory disease the first part deals with underlying principles and clinical skills and the second with disease specific material.

Recenzje

…an excellent clinically oriented text… respiratory examination is succinct and effectively illustrated…highly recommended.
—Physiotherapy Journal

Spis treści

Preface
Contributors
Further sources of information
Glossary
Abbreviations

Making a Diagnosis
An overview of lung disease
The symptoms of lung disease: taking a respiratory history
The signs of lung disease: the respiratory examination
Respiratory investigations: lung function tests, thoracic imaging

Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System
Lung cancer
Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease
Asthma
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Pleural diseases
Infections of the respiratory tract
Supprative lung conditions
Sleep-related breathing disorders
Respiratory failure
Pulmonary vascular problems

Respiratory Pharmacology
Airway pharmacology

Multiple Choice Questions
Index

O autorze

Martyn Partridge