Harmanjit Singh Hira (ed.) Manual of Respiratory Medicine

Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2008. — 523 p. — ISBN: 9788184484366.This manual of respiratory medicine provides a fast, reliable look-up detail and reference on all chest diseases — for junior doctors, trainee specialists in respiratory medicine, and other health workers. First there is a chapter on the clinical examination of respiratory system. After reaching the differential diagnosis, the reader can turn to the sections on the respiratory diseases, each of which is covered in a consistent format including practical tips for the out-patient clinic or ward setting. There is a unique section on how to do practical procedures, together with essential technical and reference information. Useful information on chest tubes, pulmonary function testing, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary rehabilitation, and alternative medicine in lung diseases is included. Lung function and blood-gas nomograms for easy reference are available in this book.Clinical methods.
Dyspnea.
Adult Bronchial Asthma.
Acute Severe Bronchial Asthma.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Wegener’s Granulomatosis.
Asbestosis.
Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis.
Pulmonary Eosinophilia.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Pulmonary Hypertension.
Cor Pulmonale.
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome.
Pulmonary Thromboembolism.
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations.
Bronchiectasis.
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia.
Pulmonary Sequestration.
Bacterial Pneumonia..
Lung Abscess.
Empyema.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.
Aspergilloma.
Pulmonary Mycoses.