Foreword --;Definition, Terminology and Specific Pathological Changes --;Medical History and Physical Examination --;Bronchoalveolar and Serum Markers --;Pulmonary Function Tests --;Radiological Investigation --;Bronchoscopy and Surgical Procedures for Inspection and Biopsy --;Guidelines and the Use of Diagnostic Procedures --;Infections --;Environmental Lung Disorders --;Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases --;The Immunocompromised Host --;Pulmonary Edema --;Hematological Disorders --;Metabolic Disease --;Pulmonary Angiitis and Granulomato sis --;Collagen Vascular Disorders --;Pulmonary Hemorrhage Systems --;Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma --;Lymphatic Carcinomatosis --;Drug-Induced Pulmonary Reactions --;Diffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis --;The Intensive Care Chest --;Pediatric Diseases --;Index.
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Bringing together pathologists, clinicians and diagnostic radiologists to produce a simplified analysis and a unification of the existing concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse lung diseases, this volume highlights pathological changes and presents the latest diagnostic modalities.