Respiratory medicine

Respiratory conditions are a leading cause of death and disability and account for a massive proportion of hospital admissions.

This book provides valuable data on the outbreak, aggravation, treatment and prevention of respiratory diseases based on prior experiences of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.

Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Guide for the Practicing Clinician is a valuable resource for clinicians of varied disciplines concerning the care of the sarcoidosis patient.

Updated to reflect the latest scientific advances and technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases, this new Second Edition explores the structure and function of these diseases and malignancies, from tuberculosis and asbestos to pleurisy and pneumothorax.

This book focuses on the fundamentals of the use of biologics in asthma, describing the rationale, principles, mechanisms of action, and indications.

On 15 November 1997, the first international symposium "e;Neural and Chemical Control of Breathing: Pharmacological and Clinical Aspects"e; was held at Leiden University Medical Center on the occasion of the retirement of one of the members of the Control of Breathing Research Group of the Departments of Physiology and Anesthesiology, Dr.

This book provides a broad overview of  the respiratory manifestations associated with Primary Immune deficiencies (PID) congenital genetic defects such as infections, chronic inflammation, autoimmunity, lymphoproliferation, allergic manifestations and rare forms of cancer.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide delivers a concise review of our current understanding of disease pathogenesis and provides current evidence in the medical literature regarding its diagnosis and management.

If you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils emergency airway and respiratory management to its most essential, must-know points, your search ends here!

Die Bronchitis ist eine der häufigsten Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane, die bei gegebenen Risikofaktoren (prädisponierende Genetik, inhalative Noxen) zum chronischen Verlauf neigt.

This book discusses the sources, human health hazards and risk prevention strategies associated with aeolian dust particles (fine and ultrafine) in the atmosphere.

Interstitial lung diseases comprise a significant part of any respiratory medicine practice.

Pulmonary disorders significantly contribute to the current level of disease burden.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The second edition of The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment provides an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of lung development, aging, and how the environment influences these processes.

Entirely updated and revised, the 6th edition of Clinical Tuberculosis continues to provide the TB physician with a definitive and erudite account of the latest techniques in diagnosis, treatment and control of TB, including an overview of the latest guidelines from the CDC and WHO.

This book aims to be a complete guide to diagnose, manage, and treat rare lung diseases encountered by practicing pulmonologists and trainees.

This book should represent a guideline for launching an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program.

This well-illustrated book covers the full range of lung and pleural diseases from the pathologic standpoint.

This book provides up-to-date knowledge on all aspects of the multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation that is essential in order to achieve optimal results.

This timely Second Edition of a landmark reference furnishes in-depth examinations of the latest developments in the physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical relevance of the respiratory muscles and chest wall-reflecting the explosion of information that has occurred since the publication of the previous edition.

Attracting the attention of the medical community, exhaled breath condensate is a completely non-invasive method for sampling secretions from the airways.

This book, based on a recent German publication, offers an overview of basic data and recent developments in the groundbreaking field of molecular allergology.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

This book explains how analysis of the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) enhances understanding of the condition and leads to improved, personalized treatment.

Maximum oxygen uptake during exercise is one of the best predictors of operative mortality and of prognosis in chronic cardiac or respiratory disease.

Diseases of the respiratory system often cause multisystem dysfunction and morbidity.

Cardiorespiratory function is prominently affected by oxidative stress.

Oncology research and practice in lung cancer continues to develop rapidly.

Lung cancer is not a single disease process but is a group of biologically variable diseases.

This edition integrates self-test questions, illustrations, and detailed explanations, as well as provides new material on sleep disordered breathing, the newer methods of staging of lung cancer, interstitial lung diseases, and infections.

This book aims to provide comprehensive pictures of airway stenting technology in interventional radiology to clinical practitioners.

Infectious Complications in Transplant Patients has been uniquely designed and formatted to address issues and trends pertaining to pathogens deemed important in critically ill transplant patients.

Responding to the growing recognition of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as a major medical condition and the emergence of exciting new therapies, this 2 volume source examines clinical features, characteristics, comorbidities, and impact of OSA on patient biological systems.

The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation New for this edition: - More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician - Text completely re-written in a contemporary style: includes user-friendly equations and more diagrams - New material covering the latest advances in the treatment of lung function, including more on sleep-related disorders, a stronger clinical and practical bias and more on new techniques and equipment - Uses the standard Vancouver referencing system What the experts say: "e;I have always considered Dr Cotes' book the most authoritative book published on lung function.

The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable diagnostic and therapeutic proce- dures.

This book sums up the mechanistic basis, current status, and future prospects of steroid inhalation as the cornerstone of prophylactic asthma therapy, identifying its kinetic basis-especially the essential airway selectivity-and including a historical account of inhaled glucocorticoid development.

This Element describes the pathophysiology and current and future management of EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

This book analyses the basic rationale of noninvasive respiratory management in upper airways medical and perioperative disorders and key interactions and clinical implications.

Das Bronchuscarcinom ist eines der epidemiologisch wichtigsten Probleme der Gegenwart.

This fully revised and updated third edition of Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol Technology encompasses the scientific and technical foundation for the rationale, design, componentry, assembly and quality performance metrics of therapeutic inhalers in their delivery of pharmaceutical aerosols to treat symptoms or the underlying causes of disease.

The Video-Atlas of Pulmonary Sublobar Resections aims to be a reference multimedia book for Thoracic Surgeons.

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation on patients with medical and psychiatric conditions, as well as providing interpretative and methodological results in co

Removing the guesswork associated with Interstitial Lung Disorders (ILDs) and bronchiolar disorders, Interstitial Pulmonary and Bronchiolar Disorders addresses the issues faced by pulmonologists in treating these disorders.

This book serves as a guide to the pulmonary and critical care complications  of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).