Textbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Two Volume Set

SECTION 1 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

• History of Respiratory Medicine (Part 1 & 2)
• Anatomy and Architecture :: A Clinical Perspective
• Lung Development
• Genomics of Lung

SECTION 2 RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY

• Applied Respiratory Physics
• Respiratory Function and Mechanics
• Gas and Fluid Exchange in the Lung
• Tissue Oxygenation
• Respiratory Physiology in Specific Physiological States
• Mechanisms of Dyspnea in Respiratory Diseases
• Surfactant
• Respiratory Defences and Immunology

SECTION 3 RESPIRATORY PHARMACOLOGY

• Antimicrobial Agents
• Immunosuppressant Drugs

SECTION 4 SYMPTOM APPROACH TO RESPIRATORY DISEASE

• Cough in the Adult
• Hemoptysis
• Dyspnea
• Wheeze and Respiratory Disease

SECTION 5 RESPIRATORY DIAGNOSIS

• History and Physical Examination
• Microbial Approach to Respiratory Infections
• Systematic Approach to Interpretation of Plain Chest Radiographs
• Systematic Approach to interpretation of CT of the Chest
• Pulmonary Function Test
• Respiratory Muscle Function
• Respiratory Disability and Preoperative Evaluation
• Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases and Acid Base Abnormalities
• Nuclear Imaging in Pulmonary Medicine
• Role of Cytology in Lung lesions
• Bronchoscopy
• Interventional Bronchoscopy
• Thoracoscopy

SECTION 6 TUBERCULOSIS

• Epidemiology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Trends in Disease Burden
• Risk Factors for Tuberculosis
• Mycobacteria:: An Overview
• Immunology and Pathogenesis
• Pulmonary Tuberculosis:: Clinical Features and Diagnosis
• Molecular Basis of Diagnosis
• Management of Tuberculosis
• Antitubercular Drugs
• Historical and Non-Pharmacological Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Prevention of Tuberculosis
• Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis
• Treatment of Tuberculosis in Special Situations
• Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
• Non-Tuberculos Mycobacterial Diseases

SECTION 7 NON-TUBERCULOUS RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Fungal Infections
• Pulmonary Mycetoma
• Nosocomial Pneumonia
• Viral Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV infection
• Lung Abscess
• Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis
• Rare Respiratory Infections
• Parasitic Lung Diseases
• Anaerobic Bacterial Infections of the Lungs and the Pleura

SECTION 8 ASTHMA

• Bronchial Asthma - Epidemiology
• Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma and Comorbidities
• Asthma Diagnosis
• Airway Inflammation and Remodeling
• Control and Management of Stable Asthma
• Acute Asthma Exacerbations
• Immunotherapy and Immunomodulatorsfor Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma
• Allergen Desensitization
• Patient Education in Asthma
• Pharmacotherapy of Bronchial Asthma
• Childhood Asthma
• Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

SECTION 9 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

• Burden of COPD
• Risk Factors for COPD
• Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Pulmonary Function Testing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Systemic Manifestations and Comorbidities
• The Role of Infections in COPD
• Treatment of COPD
• Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• End-of-life Communication and Palliative Care in Advanced COPD
• Smoking/Tobacco Control
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Bullous Lung Diseases
• Upper and Central Airway Obstruction

SECTION 10 INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES

• Interstitial Lung Diseases
• Pathology of Interstitial Lung Disease
• Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
• Sarcoidosis
• Pulmonary Eosinophilic Disorders
• Infiltrative and Deposition Diseases
• Bronchiolitis

SECTION 11 DISORDERS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE FACTORS

• Outdoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
• Risk Factors for Respiratory Diseases:: Indoor Air Pollution
• Climate Change and Lung Disease-with special focus on developing countries
• High Altitude Problems
• Aviation and Space Travel
• Diving Medicine

SECTION 12 OCCUPATIONAL DISORDERS

• Lung Disease in Coal-Workers
• Silicosis
• Berylliosis
• Metal Induced Lung Disease
• The Health Risks of Asbestos Fiber Inhalation
• Occupational Asthma
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Toxic Inhalations and Thermal Lung Injuries
• Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease

SECTION 13 PULMONARY NEOPLASMS

• Epidemilogy and Etio-Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
• Pathology of Lung Tumors
• Lung Cancer-Clinical Manifestations
• Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
• Approach to Management of Lung Cancer in India
• Targeted Agents for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm of Lungs
• Solitary Politary Pulmonary Nodule
• Mediastinal Anatomy and Disorders
• Diseases of the Chest Wall
• Diseases of Diaphragm

SECTION 14 PULMONARY CIRCULATORY DISORDERS

• Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (Pulmonary Vasculitis and other causes)
• Pulmonary Hypertension:: A Third World Perspective
• Pulmonary Thromoembolism
• Pulmonary Vascular Malformations

SECTION 15 RESPIRATORY SLEEP DISORDERS

• Approach to Respiratory Sleep Disorders
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

SECTION 16 RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE

• Respiratory Failure
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Sepsis
• Non-pulmonary Critical Care
• Critical Care in Non-pulmonary Conditions:: Poisoning, Envenomation and Environmental Injuries
• Cardiac Emergencies in the ICU:: Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Emergencies in the ICU:: Cardiogenic Shock
• Pulmonary Hypertension In the Intensive Care Unit
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Noninvasive Ventilation

SECTION 17 RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE MONITORING

• Blood Gas Monitoring
• Cutaneous Capnography
• Role of Ultrasonography in Critical Care Medicine
• Interpretation of Chest X-Rays in the ICU
• Right Heart Catheterization

SECTION 18 GENERAL ISSUES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

• Nutritional Management and General Care in the Intensive Care Unit
• Management of Complex Airways Diseases
• Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU
• Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
• Extracorporeal Life Support for Severe Acute Respiratory Failure
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

SECTION 19 PLEURAL DISORDERS

• Pleura:: Anatomy and Physiology
• Approach to Pleural Effusion
• Tubercular Pleural Effusion
• Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema
• Malignant Pleural Effusions and Pleurodesis
• Pneumothorax
• Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

SECTION 20 PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES

• Pulmonary Involvement in Connective Tissue Diseases
• Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Diseases:: Cardiovascular and Neuromuscular
• Pulmonary Manifestations of Other System Diseases
• Pulmonary Involvement in Tropical Diseases
• Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy
• Rare Lung Diseases

SECTION 21 PERSPECTIVES OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE

• Ethics in Respiratory Care
• End-of-life Care
• Health Economics of Pulmonary Care

SECTION 22 SURGICAL ASPECTS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE

• Surgery for Tuberculosis and Infective Lung Conditions
• Thoracic Trauma
• Imaging for Chest Trauma
• Lung Transplantation