Crash Course Respiratory Medicine
For the MLA and Medical Exams
- 6th Edition - March 18, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Amar J Shah, Anita Saigal, Natasha Chandrakant Patel
- Editors: Philip Xiu, Swapna Mandal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 9 8 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 9 8 5 - 3
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A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors/residents – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the MLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. Text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of respiratory medicine will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
This revised and fully updated textbook aligns perfectly with the MLA syllabus and includes brand-new OSCE cases. It features fully updated asthma guidelines reflecting the latest NICE recommendations, alongside new COPD classification and management protocols. Completely rewritten, it offers a comprehensive, current resource for students and clinicians, ensuring mastery of respiratory medicine in line with the most recent evidence-based practices.
- Fully aligned to MLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
Medical students, junior doctors
Series editor’s foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Series editor’s acknowledgement
Rapid MLA Index
Section 1 Basic science and physiology
1 Overview of the respiratory system
Introduction to respiratory medicine
Overall structure and function
Basic concepts in respiration
Control of respiration
Other functions of the respiratory system
2 Organization of the respiratory tract
The respiratory tract
3 Pulmonary circulation
Introduction
Blood supply to the lungs
Pulmonary blood flow
4 Physiology, ventilation and gas exchange
Introduction
Lung volumes
Mechanics of breathing
Ventilation and dead space
Gaseous exchange in the lungs
5 Perfusion and gas transport
Overview
The ventilation–perfusion relationship
Gas transport in the blood
Gas transport and respiratory failure
Acid–base balance
6 Control of respiratory function
Control of ventilation
Coordinated responses of the respiratory system
Respiratory response to extreme environments
7 Basic pharmacology
Overview
Bronchodilators
Glucocorticoids
Mucolytics
Drug delivery devices
Drugs used in smoking cessation
Palliative medications used in respiratory medicine
Section 2 Clinical assessment.
8 Taking a respiratory history
Introduction
General steps
History of presenting complaint
Breathlessness
Cough
Haemoptysis
Wheeze
Chest pain
Other associated symptoms
Systems review
Past medical history
Summary
9 Examination of the respiratory system
Introduction
Peripheral examination
10 The respiratory patient: clinical investigations
Introduction
Routine investigations
Invasive procedures
Investigations of pulmonary function
11 The respiratory patient: Imaging investigations
Introduction
Plain radiography
Ultrasound
Magnetic resonance imaging
Section 3 Respiratory conditions
12 Acute respiratory failure
Introduction
Initial assessment of the acutely breathless patient
How to read an arterial blood gas result
Respiratory failure
Oxygen delivery and ventilation
Useful links
13 The upper respiratory tract
Introduction
Emergency presentations of the upper respiratory
tract
Disorders of the nose
Disorders of the larynx
Tracheostomy and laryngectomy
14 Asthma
Definition and background
Classification
Precipitating factors
Occupational asthma
Pathogenesis
Clinical features
Investigations and diagnosis
Treatment of stable asthma
Acute asthma
15 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Introduction
Epidemiology
Aetiology
Genetic risk factors
Pathophysiology
Mucus hypersecretion
Clinical features
Complications
Investigation
Management
Management of acute exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
16 Disorders of the interstitium
Interstitial lung disease
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Occupational lung diseases
Useful links
17 Lung cancer
Bronchial carcinoma
Metastatic malignancy to the lung
Lung nodules
Mesothelioma
18 Respiratory infections
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Fungal respiratory infections
19 Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
20 Pleural disease
Pleural effusion
Haemothorax
Chylothorax
Chest drain insertion
Pneumothorax
Tension pneumothorax
Neoplasms of the pleura: malignant mesothelioma
21 Thromboembolic disease and pulmonary
hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
22 Sleep disorders
Sleep apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Central sleep apnoea
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
23 Respiratory manifestations of systemic disease
Introduction
Sarcoidosis
Vasculitis
Systemic rheumatological diseases
HIV-related lung disease
Self-assessment
MLA High Yield Association Table
MLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
MLA SBA Answers
OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
Glossary
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Series editor’s acknowledgement
Rapid MLA Index
Section 1 Basic science and physiology
1 Overview of the respiratory system
Introduction to respiratory medicine
Overall structure and function
Basic concepts in respiration
Control of respiration
Other functions of the respiratory system
2 Organization of the respiratory tract
The respiratory tract
3 Pulmonary circulation
Introduction
Blood supply to the lungs
Pulmonary blood flow
4 Physiology, ventilation and gas exchange
Introduction
Lung volumes
Mechanics of breathing
Ventilation and dead space
Gaseous exchange in the lungs
5 Perfusion and gas transport
Overview
The ventilation–perfusion relationship
Gas transport in the blood
Gas transport and respiratory failure
Acid–base balance
6 Control of respiratory function
Control of ventilation
Coordinated responses of the respiratory system
Respiratory response to extreme environments
7 Basic pharmacology
Overview
Bronchodilators
Glucocorticoids
Mucolytics
Drug delivery devices
Drugs used in smoking cessation
Palliative medications used in respiratory medicine
Section 2 Clinical assessment.
8 Taking a respiratory history
Introduction
General steps
History of presenting complaint
Breathlessness
Cough
Haemoptysis
Wheeze
Chest pain
Other associated symptoms
Systems review
Past medical history
Summary
9 Examination of the respiratory system
Introduction
Peripheral examination
10 The respiratory patient: clinical investigations
Introduction
Routine investigations
Invasive procedures
Investigations of pulmonary function
11 The respiratory patient: Imaging investigations
Introduction
Plain radiography
Ultrasound
Magnetic resonance imaging
Section 3 Respiratory conditions
12 Acute respiratory failure
Introduction
Initial assessment of the acutely breathless patient
How to read an arterial blood gas result
Respiratory failure
Oxygen delivery and ventilation
Useful links
13 The upper respiratory tract
Introduction
Emergency presentations of the upper respiratory
tract
Disorders of the nose
Disorders of the larynx
Tracheostomy and laryngectomy
14 Asthma
Definition and background
Classification
Precipitating factors
Occupational asthma
Pathogenesis
Clinical features
Investigations and diagnosis
Treatment of stable asthma
Acute asthma
15 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Introduction
Epidemiology
Aetiology
Genetic risk factors
Pathophysiology
Mucus hypersecretion
Clinical features
Complications
Investigation
Management
Management of acute exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
16 Disorders of the interstitium
Interstitial lung disease
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Occupational lung diseases
Useful links
17 Lung cancer
Bronchial carcinoma
Metastatic malignancy to the lung
Lung nodules
Mesothelioma
18 Respiratory infections
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Fungal respiratory infections
19 Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
20 Pleural disease
Pleural effusion
Haemothorax
Chylothorax
Chest drain insertion
Pneumothorax
Tension pneumothorax
Neoplasms of the pleura: malignant mesothelioma
21 Thromboembolic disease and pulmonary
hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
22 Sleep disorders
Sleep apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Central sleep apnoea
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
23 Respiratory manifestations of systemic disease
Introduction
Sarcoidosis
Vasculitis
Systemic rheumatological diseases
HIV-related lung disease
Self-assessment
MLA High Yield Association Table
MLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
MLA SBA Answers
OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
Glossary
Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: March 18, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443249846
- eBook ISBN: 9780443249853
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Philip Xiu
Philip Xiu a GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Senior Lecturer Leeds University School of Medicine PCN Educational Lead Medical Examiner Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust Leeds, UKSM
Swapna Mandal
Affiliations and expertise
University College London, UK