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More About This Title Essential Respiratory Medicine 1e
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DR. SHANTHI PARAMOTHAYAN is a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine. She is an educationalist with a Masters in Medical Education.
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About the author ix
Acknowledgements xi
About the companion website xiii
1 Introduction to respiratory medicine 1
2 Embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the lung 5
3 Pharmacology of the lung 29
4 Common respiratory investigations 51
5 Common presentations of respiratory disease 83
6 Obstructive airways disease 105
7 Diffuse parenchymal lung disease 137
8 Respiratory infections 173
9 Lung cancer 205
10 Pleural disease 235
11 Pulmonary embolus, pulmonary hypertension, and vasculitides 267
12 Suppurative lung disease 293
13 Respiratory failure 317
14 Sleep‐related disorders 333
15 Occupational, environmental, and recreational lung disease 353
16 Disorders of the mediastinum 369
17 Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome 383
Index 395
