Handbook of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

1. Introduction
2. Applied Respiratory Physics
3. History and Physical Examination
4. Pulmonary Function Tests
5. Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases and Acid-Base Abnormalities
6. Tuberculosis:: Overview
7. Immunology and Pathogenesis
8. Pulmonary Tuberculosis:: Clinical Features and Diagnosis
9. Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
10. Management of Tuberculosis
11. Prevention of Tuberculosis
12. Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
13. Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
14. Treatment of Tuberculosis in Special Situations
15. Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
16. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases
17. Community-acquired Pneumonia
18. Pulmonary Fungal Infections
19. Nosocomial Pneumonia
20. Lung Abscess
21. Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis
22. Anaerobic Bacterial Infections of the Lungs and the Pleura
23. Bronchial Asthma Epidemiology
24. Airway Inflammation and Remodeling
25. Asthma Diagnosis
26. Control and Management of Stable Asthma
27. Acute Asthma Exacerbations
28. Allergen Desensitization
29. Patient Education in Asthma
30. Pharmacotherapy of Bronchial Asthma
31. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
32. Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
33. Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
34. Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
35. Systemic Manifestations and Comorbidities of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
36. Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
37. Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
38. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
39. Bullous Lung Diseases
40. Upper and Central Airways Obstruction
41. Interstitial Lung Diseases
42. Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
43. Sarcoidosis
44. Pulmonary Eosinophilic Disorders
45. Infiltrative and Deposition Diseases
46. Bronchiolitis
47. High-altitude Problems
48. Aviation and Space Travel
49. Lung Disease in Coal Workers
50. Silicosis
51. Berylliosis
52. Metal-induced Lung Disease
53. Health Risks of Asbestos Fiber Inhalation
54. Occupational Asthma
55. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
56. Toxic Inhalations and Thermal Lung Injuries
57. Drug-induced Respiratory Disease
58. Epidemiology and Etiopathogenesis of Lung Cancer
59. Pathology of Lung Tumors
60. Lung Cancer:: Clinical Manifestations
61. Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
62. Approach to Management of Lung Cancer in India
63. Targeted Agents for Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
64. Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm of Lungs
65. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
66. Mediastinal Disorders
67. Diseases of the Chest Wall
68. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage
69. Pulmonary Hypertension:: A Third World Perspective
70. Pulmonary Thromboembolism
71. Pulmonary Vascular Malformations
72. Approach to Respiratory Sleep Disorders
73. Respiratory Sleep Disorders
74. Respiratory Failure
75. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
76. Sepsis
77. Nonpulmonary Critical Care
78. Critical Care in Nonpulmonary Conditions:: Poisoning, Envenomation, and Environmental Injuries
79. Pulmonary Hypertension in the Intensive Care Unit
80. Mechanical Ventilation:: General Principles and Modes
81. Noninvasive Ventilation
82. Blood Gas Monitoring
83. Cutaneous Capnography
84. Nutritional Management and General Care in the Intensive Care Unit
85. Management of Complex Airways Diseases
86. Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU
87. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
88. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
89. Pleura:: Anatomy and Physiology
90. Tubercular Pleural Effusion
91. Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema
92. Malignant Pleural Effusions and Pleurodesis
93. Pneumothorax
94. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
95. Pulmonary Involvement in Connective Tissue Diseases
96. Pulmonary Manifestations of Other System Diseases
97. Pulmonary Involvement in Tropical Diseases
98. Pulmonary Diseases in Pregnancy
99. Rare Lung Diseases
100. Ethics in Respiratory Care
101. End-of-life Care
Index