Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

This is another blockbuster from the highly respected Oxford Medical Handbook Series and as expected, this is superb. Like the other siblings in the series, it is packed with huge amounts of information relevant to clinical practice, in the title topic... Crucially it is well written, easy to read and packed with information that is relevant to the topic. I would say, this is information dense but highly readable and written with dealing with patients in mind.

• 1: Breathlessness 2: Chest pain 3: Chronic cough 4: Critically ill patient with respiratory disease 5: Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage 6: Diffuse lung disease 7: Haemoptysis 8: Pleural effusion 9: Post-operative breathlessness 10: Pregnancy and breathlessness 11: Preoperative assessment 12: Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised-non-HIV 13: Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised-HIV 14: Sleep and breathing 15: Unexplained ventilatory failure 16: Acute respiratory distress syndrome 17: Asbestos and the lung 18: Asthma 19: Bronchiectasis 20: Bronchiolitis 21: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 22: Connective tissue disease and the lung 23: Cor pulmonale 24: Cystic fibrosis 25: Drug and toxin-induced lung disease 26: Dysfunctional breathing 27: Eosinophilic lung disease 28: Extreme environments-flying, altitude, diving 29: Gastrointestinal disease and the lung 30: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 31: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias 32: Lung cancer 33: Mediastinal abnormalities 34: Paediatric lung disorders 35: Pleural effusion 36: Pneumoconioses 37: Pneumothorax 38: Pulmonary hypertension 39: Pulmonary thromboembolic disease 40: Rare lung diseases 41: Respiratory infection-bacterial 42: Respiratory infection-fungal 43: Respiratory infection-mycobacterial 44: Respiratory infection-parasitic 45: Respiratory infection-viral 46: Sarcoidosis 47: Sickle cell disease and the lung 48: Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation 49: Upper airway and tracheal disease 50: Vasculitis and the lung 51: Ethical considerations 52: Financial entitlements 53: Immunosuppressive drugs 54: Inhalers and nebulizers 55: Intensive care unit referral 56: Lung transplantation 57: Non-invasive ventilation 58: Oxygen therapy 59: Palliative care 60: Pulmonary rehabilitation 61: Smoking cessation 62: Airway management 63: Bronchoscopy 64: Chest drains 65: Cricothyroidotomy 66: Miscellaneous diagnostic tests 67: Pleural biopsy 68: Pleurodesis 69: Pleurodesis 70: Pneumothorax aspiration 71: Safe sedation 72: Thoracic ultrasound 73: Thoracoscopy 74: Tracheostomy