Contributors

Preface

Volume 1

Part 1: Perspectives

Part 2: Scientific Basis of lung Function in Health and Disease

Section 1 Genetic, Cellular, and Structural Basis of Normal Lung Function

Section 2 Physiological Principles of Normal Lung Function

Section 3 The Lungs in Different Physiological States

Section 4 Lung Immunology

Section 5 Lung Injury and Repair

Part 3: Symptoms and Signs of respiratory Disease

Section 6 Clinical Approach to the Patient

Section 7 Diagnostic Procedures

Part 4: Obstructive Lung Diseases

Section 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Section 9 Asthma

Section 10 Other Obstructive Disorders

Part 5: interstitial and inflammatory lung Diseases

Section 11 Immunologic and Interstitial Diseases

Part 6: Drug-induced lung Diseases

Part 7: Other infiltrative and airspace Disorders

Part 8: Disorders of the Pulmonary Circulation

Volume 2

Part 9: Disorders of the Pleural Space

Part 10: Diseases of the mediastinum

Part 11: Disorders of the Chest Wall, Diaphragm, and Spine

Part 12: Occupational and environmental Disorders

Section 12 Occupational Disorders

Section 13 Environmental Disorders

Part 13: Pulmonary Complications of nonpulmonary Disorders

Part 14: Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Part 15: Surgical aspects of Pulmonary medicine

Part 16: Neoplasms of the Lungs

Section 14 Lung Cancer

Section 15 Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Part 17: infectious Diseases of the lungs

Section 16 General Concepts

Section 17 Common Syndromes in Pulmonary Infectious Diseases

Section 18 Major Pathogens in Pulmonary Infections

Part 18: Acute respiratory Failure

Section 19 Lung Failure

Section 20 Respiratory Pump Failure

Section 21 Management and Therapeutic Interventions

APPENDIXES

Appendix A terms and Symbols in respiratory Physiology

Appendix B normal Values for a Healthy 20-Year old Seated man

Index