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I. Bedside evaluation: Taking the Pulmonary History - Physical Examination -- II. Diagnostic imaging: Chest Radiographs - CT Scans and Ultrasound - Pulmonary Angiography and MRI of the Chest - Lung Scans -- III. Laboratory evaluation: Arterial Blood Gases - Pulse Oximetry - Pulmonary Function Testing - Exercise Testing -- IV. Procedures: Thoracentesis and Percutaneous Pleural Biopsy - Bronchoscopy - Chest Tubes - The Pulmonary Artery Catheter - Mediastinoscopy - Thoracoscopy -- V. Airway disease: Asthma - Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - Oxygen Therapy - Smoking Cessation - Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Cystic Fibrosis - Upper Airway Obstruction - Tracheostomy -- VI. Infectious disease: Community-Acquired Pneumonia - Nosocomial Pneumonia - Aspiration Syndromes - Fungal Pneumonia - Parasitic Infections - Viral Pneumonia - Prevention of Pneumonia - Empyema and Lung Abscess - Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients - Tuberculosis - Atypical Mycobacteria -- VII. Pulmonary complications of aids: Infectious Pulmonary Complications of AIDS - Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications of AIDS -- VIII. Pulmonary vascular diseases: Thromboembolic Disease - Special Forms of Embolic Disease - Pulmonary Hypertension -- IX. Interstitial lung diseases: General Approaches to Interstitial Lung Disease - Sarcoidosis - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis- Collagen Vascular Disease - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Eosinophilic Granuloma, and Neurofibromatosis -- X. Vasculitis and immunologic disorders: Wegener's Granulomatosis and Churg-Strauss Syndrome - Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes -- XI. Ventilatory disorders: Sleep Apnea Syndromes - Alveolar Hypoventilation -- XII. Occupational and environmental lung diseases: Silicosis, Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis, and Chronic Beryllium Disease - Asbestos-Related Lung Disease - Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Other Disorders Caused by Organic Agents - Occupational Airways Disease - Drug-Induced Lung Disease - Radiation Pneumonitis - Inhalational Injuries - Pulmonary Disability Evaluation -- XIII. Lung neoplasms: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - Lung Cancer - Malignant Pleural Effusions - Systemic Complications of Lung Cancer - Benign Neoplasms of the Lung - Pulmonary Metastatic Disease -- XIV. Respiratory failure: Acute Respiratory Failure - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Airway Management - Noninvasive Ventilation - Traditional Invasive Ventilation - New Invasive Ventilatory Strategies - Weaning - Chronic Ventilatory Support -- XV. Pleural disorders: Pleural Effusions - Pneumothorax - Mesothelioma -- XVI. Diseases of the mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm: Disorders of the Mediastinum - Chest Wall Disorders - Diaphragmatic Function and Associated Disorders -- XVII. Special considerations: Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy - Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease -- XVIII. Surgical considerations: Preoperative Assessment of the Pulmonary Patient - Postoperative Pulmonary Care.

The basic theme of this book is the management of lung disorders. The broad nature of pulmonary medicine requires a masterful understanding of various immunological, infectious, traumatic, neoplastic, and inflammatory conditions. Some respiratory conditions arise primarily in the lungs, while others present as "lung diseases," but in reality the manifestations represent lung disorders from underlying "hidden" systemic disorders. In addition, the effective application of respiratory therapy requires competence in various pharmacological and surgical interventions, in addition to a mechanic's (or sometimes an engineer's) understanding of ventilator tubing, the principles of gas and fluid flow, and the electronic circuits of the ventilation and monitoring devices. . Not surprisingly, this complex field presents clinicians with great challenges in identifying the right questions, let alone providing the right answers to patients' clinical problems.