Screen LibraryCrofton and Douglas's respiratory diseases
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| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 5th ed. / |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470695999 |
| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 25, 2008). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (2 v. (x, 1541, lx p.)) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470695999 0470695994 |
| Index Number: | RC731 |
| CLC: | R56 |
| Contents: | V.1. Development and structure -- Functions of the lung -- Epidemiology -- Lung defences and immunology -- Genetics of lung disease -- Clinical aspects -- Diagnostic imaging -- Minimally invasive diagnostic procedures -- Drugs in lung disease -- Smoking -- Air pollution -- Acute upper respiratory tract infection -- Pneumonia -- Empyema -- Lung abscess -- Tuberculosis: pathogenesis, epidemiology and prevention -- Pulmonary tuberculosis: clinical features -- Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis -- Management of tuberculosis -- Opportunistic mycobacterial disease -- Actinomycotic and fungal diseases -- Parasitic diseases -- Chronic bronchitis and emphysema -- Respiratory failure -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Pulmonary oedema and adult respiratory distress syndrome -- Bronchiectasis -- V.2. Bronchiolar disease -- Cystic fibrosis -- Pulmonary fibrosis -- Asthma: epidemiology -- Asthma: cellular and humoral mechanisms -- Asthma: clinical features -- Asthma: management -- Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome -- Hypersensitivity lung diseases -- Pulmonary eosinophilias -- Sarcoidosis -- Pulmonary lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis -- Lung cancer -- Other pulmonary neoplasms and related conditions -- Diseases of the pleura -- Pneumothorax -- Chest wall and neuromuscular disorders -- Abnormalities and diseases of the diaphragm -- Sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome -- Hyperventilation syndromes -- Diseases of the mediastinum -- Developmental disorders of the lungs -- Some less common pulmonary diseases -- Respiratory infection in the immunosuppressed -- Pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease -- Occupational lung diseases -- Drug-induced lung disease, oxygen toxicity and related syndromes -- Some paediatric influences on adult lung disease -- Diving and the lung -- Assisted ventilation -- Lung transplantation -- Terminal care in respiratory disease -- Medicolegal aspects of lung disease. |