Problems in Respiratory Medicine

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

The topics chosen for discussion represent the most common problems referred by family doctors to chest clinics. A similar change of attitude to the management of chronic bronchitis brought many new patients to the chest clinics in place of the vanishing tuberculous population.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-07
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:264 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Problems in Practice
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789401172202

Utforska kategorier

Allmänmedicin inom Medicin
Lungmedicin inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

1 Symptoms, clinical signs and breathing tests.- Cough.- Sputum.- Haemoptysis.- Dyspnoea.- Pain.- Percussion.- Auscultation.- Clubbing of the fingers-Cyanosis.- Pursed-lip breathing.- 2 Pneumonia.- Defences of the lung-Factors predisposing to infection.- Classification.- Clinicalfeatures.- Investigations.- Complications.- Recurrent pneumonia.- Differential diagnosis.- Treatment.- 3 Chronic bronchitis.- Prevalence.- Pathology.- Clinicalfeatures.- Investigations.- Differential diagnosis.- Complications.- Treatment.- 4 Asthma.- Pathogenesis.- Classification.- Clinicalfeatures.- Investigations.- Differential diagnosis.- Prognosis.- Treatment.- 5 Tuberculosis.- Mortality.- Natural history.- Presentation.- Diagnostic tests.- Investigation of contacts.- Prevention.- Treatment.- 6 Cancer of the lung.- Mortality.- Aetiology.- Classification.- Presentation.- Clinicalsigns.- Progress.- Investigations.- Differential diagnosis.- Prevention.- Treatment.- 7 Pleural effusions.- Aetiology.- Investigations.- Differential diagnosis.- Tumours of the pleura.- Complications.- Treatment.- 8 Recurrent respiratory illness in children.- Viral infections.- Cystic fibrosis.- Immune deficiencies.- Bronchiectasis.- 9 Fibrosing alveolitis.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- 10 Spontaneous pneumothorax.- Pathogenesis.- Symptoms and signs.- Treatment.- 11 Pulmonary sarcoidosis.- Natural history.- Treatment.- Further reading.