Respiratory medicine

Will SARS or another pandemic influenza reoccur and, if it does, have we learned how to manage pandemics more effectively?

In The Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret Katherine McCuaig takes an in-depth look at the campaign against TB, from its beginnings as part of the turn-of-the-century urban social reform movement to the 1950s and the discovery of antibiotics that could cure it.

Asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases, affecting between twelve and fifteen million people in North America.

This first edition Australian text aligns nursing care principles and practice to the unique requirements of older people.

Reviews the technical aspects and clinical application of capnographs to diagnose a range of medical disorders.

Provides anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency physicians with key skills to manage airways in various patient groups and clinical settings.

Reviews the technical aspects and clinical application of capnographs to diagnose a range of medical disorders.

Provides anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency physicians with key skills to manage airways in various patient groups and clinical settings.

Explains how to support a patient''s breathing in emergencies and how to administer emergency anaesthesia.

Patients with extreme obesity undergoing surgical procedures need specific perioperative management.

A modern quantitative study of lung mechanics, relating mathematical modeling and engineering principles to lung function, structure, mechanics, and disease.

Explains how to support a patient''s breathing in emergencies and how to administer emergency anaesthesia.

An in-detail description of how to perform common bronchoscopic procedures and how to handle the equipment.

This volume on esophageal cancer reviews all diagnostic and treatment options for a highly lethal malignancy.

Lung cancer remains a global problem - multidisciplinary teams manage these cases and this is an invaluable resource in daily practice.

A state-of-the art update on SARS, with particular reference to imaging.

An illustrated account of chest X-ray interpretation, using 100 clinical case studies.

This volume surveys and evaluates drug treatments available for the main categories of lung diseases.

This 2001 book clearly illustrates and explains the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of physiologic responses to exercise.

First book dedicated to this disease, previously thought to be incurable, but with the advent of new drugs, now amenable to management and a much improved prognosis for patients From the PAH Association, the leading experts in field Incorporates the latest AACP management guidelines Includes evidence-based treatment algorithms based on the recently updated ACCP Guidelines for Medical Treatment Aimed at specialists in pulmonology and cardiovascular disease, this volume provides the clinician with the most up to date information on the effective management of PAH

Written by well-known experts in field, this is the first book dedicated to dealing with the single most challenging management issue in long-term steroid therapy.

A number of chronic respiratory diseases including chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis are characterized by mucus hypersecretion.

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) refers to pneumonia acquired outside of hospitals or extended-care facilities, and is distinct from Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia, which is a separate disease entity.

The past decade has seen mounting global concern regarding viral outbreaks such as SARS, avian influenza and West Nile virus.

Written by some of the world's leading practitioners - and pioneers - in the field, Thoracic Endoscopy is the first up-to-the-minute, expert reference for clinicians with a solid foundation in diagnostic bronchoscopy and chest medicine needing to extend their clinical expertise in response to two decades of rapid development.

Prompting the first WHO global health alert for over a decade, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first recognised in South-East Asia in February 2003.

Cough is the most familiar symptom of respiratory disease, and a problem which general practitioners must deal with on a daily basis.

In this book, leading researchers in medicine and molecular pharmacology explain the cellular mechanisms that control airway smooth muscle.

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Dedicated to dealing with a challenging disease, previously thought to be incurable, but with the advent of new drugs, now amenable to management and a much improved prognosis for patients.

"e;This is essential reading for everyone who would like to update their knowledge of the pulmonary epithelium.

Documents both environmental and work-related causes of lung disease Unlike other books on the subject, this new volume approaches occupational and environmental lung disease from the starting point of the patient who comes to the physician with respiratory symptoms.

Asthma is one of the most important diseases affecting our society.

Written by nurses for nurses, Asthma Care in the Community emphasizes the "e;back to basics"e; approach, which is often forgotten in a high technology healthcare system.

This multi-contributed text, co-ordinated by one of the leading authorities in the field, is a unique resource to cover in depth the management of the important issue of Nosocomial Pneumonia in respiratory medicine and critical care.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing rapidly worldwide and it's predicted that by 2020 it will represent the third leading cause of death.

Asthma is a growing health problem throughout the developed world.

Part of the prestigious Novartis Foundation series, this volume uniquely addresses the use of innate immunity to treat or prevent infectious diseases of the lung.

Until recently COPD was largely neglected by health professionals and viewed as the Cinderella of respiratory conditions.

Complete Guide to Respiratory Care in Athletes introduces the respiratory system and its function during exercise.

Complete Guide to Respiratory Care in Athletes introduces the respiratory system and its function during exercise.

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts.

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts.

Over the last two decades, attempts to control the problem of tuberculosis have become increasingly more complex, as countries adopt and adapt to evolving global TB strategies.

Over the last two decades, attempts to control the problem of tuberculosis have become increasingly more complex, as countries adopt and adapt to evolving global TB strategies.

This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time at altitude for both work and recreation.

This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time at altitude for both work and recreation.

Using illustrative case examples, this book thoroughly reviews similarities and differences between asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the overlap syndrome.

Cessation of tobacco use is the need of the hour given that it is the single largest cause of disease and premature death in the world.

Cessation of tobacco use is the need of the hour given that it is the single largest cause of disease and premature death in the world.

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.