Books in Pulmonary and respiratory medicine

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

• 1st Edition
• August 2, 2018
• Jeffrey Swigris + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-323-54431-3

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Designed with the practicing clinician in mind, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis provides a succinct, easy-to-digest overview of this challenging condition in which the cause of thickening lung tissue is unknown. This concise resource by Drs. Kevin K. Brown and Jeff Swigris provides essential information for the physician who sees pulmonary fibrosis patients, including epidemiology, genetics and biomarkers, pathology, diagnosis, disease monitoring, and therapeutics intended to improve the patient’s lifespan and quality of life.

Respiratory Manifestations of Neuromuscular and Chest Wall Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 39-2
• May 30, 2018
• F. Dennis McCool + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-323-58392-3

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• eBook 978-0-323-58393-0

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This issue of Chest Medicine Clinics focuses on Respiratory Manifestations of Neuromuscular and Chest Wall Disease, with topics including: Respiratory Pathophysiology of CW; Respiratory Pathophysiology of NMDiseases; Sleep Disordered breathing in NMDs and CW; PFT Measurements in NMD and CW disorders; Assessing diaphragm function in chest wall and neuromuscular disease; Disorders of the Diaphragm; Disorders of the CW; Muscular Dystrophies; Respiratory Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Metabolic myopathies and the Respiratory System; Respiratory complications of SCI; Obesity hypoventilation syndrome; NIV in NMD and CW; Swallowing and Secretion Management Issues in Neuromuscular Disease; Advances in Cell and Molecular Biology in NMD; and Diaphragm Pacing.

Pneumologie für die Praxis

• 1st Edition
• March 13, 2018
• Thomas Hausen
• German
• eBook 978-3-437-18256-3

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Wie verändert sich eine bestehende Atemwegserkrankung mit zunehmendem Alter? Wie hängen z. B. Asthma oder COPD mit anderen Erkrankungen zusammen? Pneumologie für die Praxis informiert Sie über die Besonderheiten von pneumologischen Problemen und liefert umfassendes Wissen zu den unterschiedlichen akuten und chronischen Krankheitsbildern, zur speziellen Diagnostik und altersspezifischen Therapien. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele zeigen, worauf es ankommt und was mögliche Tücken in der Diagnostik und Therapie sein können. Geschrieben wurde das Werk von einem Praktiker mit einem Erfahrungsschatz von mehr als 30 Jahren Praxistätigkeit. Alle Inhalte sind so aufbereitet, dass Sie sie schnell und sicher in Ihren Praxisalltag integrieren können.

Interventional Pulmonology, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 39-1
• March 6, 2018
• Ali I. Musani
• English
• Hardback 978-0-323-58148-6

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• eBook 978-0-323-58149-3

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This issue of Chest Medicine Clinics focuses on Interventional Pulmonology, with topics including: Flexible bronchoscopy; Radiology for mediastinal lymph node station in lung cancer diagnosis and staging; Lung cancer screening; Early lung cancer detection; Palliative care and interventional pulmonology; Anesthesia for flexible and rigid bronchoscopy; Mediastinal and pulmonary pathology: Specimen collection and processing; Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma; Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction; Malignant pleural effusion: From diagnostics to therapeutics; Intrapleural therapeutics; Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; Tracheobronchial stenosis and Tracheobroncho malacia: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas; Pediatric interventional pulmonology; The Business of Bronchoscopy: How to set up an Interventional Pulmonology Program; Bronchoscopic therapies for peripheral lung malignancies; and Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma.

Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 38-4
• November 19, 2017
• Vivek Ahya + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-323-55270-7

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• eBook 978-0-323-55271-4

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Editors Vivek Ahya and Joshua Diamond have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Overview of HSCT Transplantation and future directions in treatment of hematologic malignancies; Early Pulmonary complications of HSCT and Prognosis of Respiratory FailureLate Pulmonary complications of HSCT; Overview of Lung Transplantation, Heart-lung transplantation, Lung-Liver transplantation and combined HSCT and lung transplantation; Primary graft dysfunction after Lung Transplantation; Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in lung transplantation; Evaluation and Management of the potential lung donor (including EVLP); Acute rejection & antibody mediated rejection in lung transplantation; Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD); Airway complications in lung transplantation; PTLD in solid organ and HSCT transplantation; Respiratory Bacterial and Mycobacterial Infections in solid organ transplantation and HSCT; Respiratory Viral infections in solid organ transplantation and HSCT; Respiratory Fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Non-infectious pulmonary complications of Liver, Heart and Kidney Transplantation; Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portal- pulmonary hypertension in liver failure; implications for liver transplantation.

Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

• 1st Edition
• November 16, 2017
• Judd Landsberg
• English
• Paperback 978-0-323-39952-4

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Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, by Judd W. Landsberg, MD, is a unique point-of-care manual that provides essential information on managing inpatients and outpatients with common, serious respiratory and internal medicine presentation and problems. Easy-to-follow diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are accompanied by case-based illustrations encountered on a daily basis by attendings, fellows, residents, and students. The bulleted format, concise approach, and familiar examples provide a framework for effective teaching, learning, and patient care.

Enfermedad pulmonar intersticial

• 1st Edition
• October 24, 2017
• Harold R Collard + 1 more
• Spanish
• eBook 978-84-9113-286-8

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Este breve título tiene un punto de vista puramente clínico, que los autores han ampliado con los más recientes avances en el área, lo que supone una referencia de primer orden para neumólogos, intensivistas, internistas e investigadores, así como una fuente fiable de información sobre las opciones de tratamiento más eficaces, Entre los contenidos de la obra destaca la evidencia más reciente sobre las opciones de tratamiento actuales para la neumonía instersticial, la fibrosis pulmonar idiopática y las enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales relacionadas con el tabaquismo. Aborda asimismo el diagnóstico de enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales como la sarcoidosis, la neumonitis por hipersensibilidad o el síndrome de Chung-Strauss. Se trata también sobre los marcadores genéticos para enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales hereditarias tales como disqueratosis congénita, esclerosis tuberosa o síndrome de hiper-IgE.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Chest Infections, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 38-3
• August 19, 2017
• Andrew H. Limper + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-323-54546-4

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• eBook 978-0-323-54547-1

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Current Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Chest Infections.Editors Andrew Limper and Eva Carmona have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: When to consider the possibility of a fungal infection: an overview of clinical diagnosis and laboratory approaches; Overview of treatment approaches for fungal infections; Clinical perspectives in the diagnosis and management of histoplasmosis; Presentation and management of coccidiodomycosis in immune competent and immunosuppressed patients; Clinical manifestations and treatment of blastomycosis; Update on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of cryptococcal infections; Approach to fungal infections in HIV-infected individuals: Pneumocystis and beyond; Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with malignancies: practical approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; Candidemia in the intensive care unit; Fungal infections following lung transplantation; Noninvasive aspergillus infections and syndromes; Contemporary laboratory modalities for the diagnosis of fungal infections; Emergence of the molds other than Aspergillus in immunocompromised patients.

Organsysteme verstehen - Atmungssystem

• 1st Edition
• June 22, 2017
• Andrew Davies + 1 more
• German
• eBook 978-3-437-17305-9

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Organsysteme verstehen – die einzigartige Buchreihe erklärt Medizinstudenten in der Vorklinik die Organsysteme umfassend mit klinischen Fällen Für alle, die nicht nur Fächer lernen, sondern lieber wissen wollen, wie der menschliche Organismus funktioniert, ist die neue und einzigartige Buch-Reihe „Organsysteme verstehen" die beste Wahl: Jedes Organsystem wird detailliert erklärt, von der funktionellen Anatomie über die Physiologie und Biochemie bis zur Pathophysiologie. Du erkennst Zusammenhänge innerhalb eines Organsystems, da die relevanten Teile aus den einzelnen Grundlagenfächern integriert dargestellt werden. Das mühsame Blättern in mehreren Lehrbüchern entfällt! Ausgewählte Krankheitsbilder und klinische Fälle zeigen die Verknüpfung der Grundlagenfächer mit der Klinik. Zusätzlich enthält das Buch auch Lernziele für jedes Kapitel - ganz in Anlehnung an die neusten Zielsetzungen zum Kompetenzerwerb des NKLM! Bestens geeignet für Medizinstudenten in Reformstudiengängen, aber auch für Studenten im klassischen Medizinstudiengang, daneben auch für interessierte Physiotherapeuten und weitere Gesundheitsfachberufe in Bachelor-Studiengängen. Diese Bände sind erhältlich: Atmungssystem, Herz-Kreislauf-System, Verdauungssystem, Niere

Pulmonary Complications of Non-Pulmonary Malignancy, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 38-2
• May 24, 2017
• Guang-Shing Cheng + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-323-53001-9

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• eBook 978-0-323-53002-6

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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Pulmonary Complications of Non-Pulmonary Malignancy. Editors Guang-Shing Cheng and Jennifer Possick have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Pulmonary manifestations of non-pulmonary solid malgnancies; Pulmonary manifestations of leukemia and lymphoma; Radiation pneumonitis; Toxicities from conventional chemotherapy; Toxicities from novel targeted therapies; Bacterial pneumonia; Fungal pneumonia; Viral pneumonia; IPS and other early onset non-infectious pulmonary syndromes; Pulmonary GVHD and other late-onset non-infectious pulmonary syndromes; Pulmonary function and pre-transplant risk assessment; Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Abnormalities in Hematologic Malignancy and HCT; Acute respiratory failure in patients with non-pulmonary malignancy; Critical care prognosis and outcomes in patients with non-pulmonary malignancy; and Palliative and end-of-life care.