Clinical Respiratory Medicine

• Section I: Normal Structure and Function1. Macro and Micro Structure of the Lung2. Basic Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Biology3. Respiratory Mechanics4. Pulmonary Circulation5. Gas Exchange6. Control of Ventilation and Respiratory MusclesSection 2 Diagnostic Techniques7. Imaging Techniques8. PET Imaging9. Pulmonary Function Testing10. Exercise Testing11. Bronchoscopy12. Endobronchial and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS and EBUS)13. Techniques and Indications: Percutaneous Biopsy Procedures14. Echocardiography in Respiratory MedicineSection 3 Respiratory Pharmacology15. Bronchodilators16. Antiinflammatory Drugs17. Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Respiratory DiseasesSection 4 An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms18. An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms: Cough19. Dyspnea20. Hemoptysis21. Chest PainSection 5 Infectious Diseases22. Host Defenses23. Approach to the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection24. Community Acquired Pneumonia25. Viral Pneumonia26. Nonbacterial Infectious Pneumonia27. Nosocomial Infections28. Pneumonia in the Non-HIV Immunocompromised Host29. Pulmonary Infections30. Noninfectious Conditions in HIV31. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial InfectionsSection 6 Critical Care Respiratory Medicine32. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation33. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation34. Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit 35. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critical Illness36. Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeSection 7 Airway Diseases37. Upper Airway Disease-Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis38. Asthma: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Risk Factors39. Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults40. Occupational Asthma41. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Evaluation42. Treatment of the Stable Patient with COPD43. Management of Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease44. Cystic Fibrosis45. BronchiectasisSection 8 Parenchymal Lung Diseases46. Approach to Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease47. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Diseases Pneumonias 48. Sarcoidosis49. Eosinophilic Lung Disease50. Organizing Pneumonia51. Sicolisis and Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis52. Asbestosis53. Connective Tissue Disorders54. Rare Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases55. Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis56. Toxic Inhalational Lung InjurySection 9 Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Vasculitides, and Hemorrhage57. Pulmonary Embolism58. Pulmonary Hypertension59. Pulmonary Vasculitis and HemorrhageSection 10 Sleep-Disordered Breathing60. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology, 61. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment62. Obesity Hypoventilation SyndromeSection 11 Chest Wall Disorders63. Scoliosis and Kyphoscoliosis64. Diseases of the Thoracic Cage and Respiratory MusclesSection 12 Lung Tumors65. Epidemiology, Surgical Pathology, and Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer 66. Lung Cancer: Clinical Evaluation and Staging67. Lung Cancer: Treatment68. Benign Lung TumorsSection 13 Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum69. Pleural Effusion, Empyema, and Pneumothorax70. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma71. Disorders of the MediastinumSection 14 Thoracic Surgery72. Chest Tube Insertion and Management73. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation74. Diagnostic Thoracic Surgical Procedures75. Lung TransplantationSection 15 Special and Clinical Conditions 76. Pregnancy77. Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation78. Hepatic and Biliary Disease (Pulmonary Issues)79. Inflammatory Bowel Disease80. Air Pollution

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