Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

Description:

Revised and updated for its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine is the must-have resource for respiratory trainees, internal medical trainees and other junior doctors in acute and internal medicine, medical students, and all clinicians caring for patients with respiratory problems. Concise, practical, and designed for rapid access to essential information, this handbook will ensure you have everything you need for the ward, clinic, or in the run up to exams. All major respiratory diseases and symptoms are covered in practical, succinct chapters. This new edition includes the latest clinical guidelines from the British Thoracic Society and NICE, and covers key developments in the field. Additional detail has been added to more challenging topics such as sleep medicine, lung transplantation, and pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised patient, and there is a dedicated section on COVID-19. The handbook features unique sections on practical procedures and a symptoms section to aid in differential diagnosis and clinical management. Practical advice on management is integrated throughout and a dedicated section on respiratory emergencies ensures you can cope with any eventuality. This fourth edition will ensure you have all the information you need at your fingertips!

Table of Contents:

Part I Clinical presentations—approaches to problems

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 respiratory failure

Part II Clinical conditions

16 Acute respiratory distress syndrome

17 Asbestos and the lung

18 Asthma

19 Bronchiectasis

20 Bronchiolitis

21 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

22 Connective tissue disease and the lung

23 Cor pulmonale

24 Cystic fibrosis (CF)

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 (PHT)

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

Part III Supportive care

51 Ethical considerations

52 Financial entitlements

53 Immunosuppressive drugs

54 Inhalers and nebulizers

55 Intensive care unit (ICU) referral

56 Lung transplantation

57 Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)

58 Oxygen therapy

59 Palliative care

60 Pulmonary rehabilitation

61 Smoking cessation

Part IV Practical procedures

62 Airway management

63 Bronchoscopy

64 Chest drains

65 Cricothyroidotomy

66 Miscellaneous diagnostic tests

67 Pleural biopsy

68 Pleurodesis

69 Pneumothorax aspiration

70 Safe sedation

71 Thoracentesis

72 Thoracic ultrasound (TUS)

73 Thoracoscopy

74 Tracheostomy

Appendices

A1 Blood gases and acid–base balance

A2 BMI calculator

A3 CT anatomy of the thorax

A4 CT patterns of lung disease

A5 Drugs used for bronchoscopy and sedation

A6 Lung function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing

A7 Plain radiograph

A8 Radiological investigations and radiation exposure

A9 Useful websites

Index