Front Cover --;PREFACE --;CONTRIBUTORS --;FURTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION --;GLOSSARY --;ABBREVIATIONS --;SECTION A: MAKING A DIAGNOSIS --;Chapter 1: An overview of lung disease --;Chapter 2: The symptoms of lung disease: taking the respiratory history --;Chapter 3: The signs of lung disease: the respiratory examination --;Chapter 4: Respiratory investigations: Lung function tests --;Thoracic imaging --;SECTION B: DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM --;Chapter 5: Lung cancer (and other intrathoracic malignancy) --;Chapter 6: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease --;Chapter 7: Asthma --;Chapter 8: Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung disease --;Chapter 9: Pleural diseases --;Chapter 10: Infections of the respiratory tract --;Chapter 11: Suppurative lung conditions --;Chapter 12: Sleep-related breathing disorders --;Chapter 13: Respiratory failure --;Chapter 14: Pulmonary vascular problems --;SECTION C: RESPIRATORY PHARMACOLOGY --;Chapter 15: Airway pharmacology --;SECTION D: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS --;INDEX --;A --;B --;C --;D --;E --;F --;G --;H --;I --;J --;K --;L --;M --;N --;O --;P --;Q --;R --;S --;T --;U --;V --;W --;Y --;Z --;Back Cover.
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A practical book with a symptom, problem based, approach backed up by disease specific facts appropriate for undergraduates. Includes an appendix of multiple choice questions, case histories for discussion and scenarios suitable for problem based learning.