Contributors
Preface
SECTION Ⅰ
DIAGNOSIS OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
1 Approach to the Patient with Disease of the Respiratory System
2 Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema
3 Cough and Hemoptysis
4 Hypoxia and Cyanosis
5 Disturbances of Respiratory Function
6 Diagnostic Procedures in Respiratory Disease
7 Atlas of Chest Imaging
SECTION Ⅱ
DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
8 Asthma
9 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia
10 Environmental Lung Disease
11 Pneumonia
12 Tuberculosis
13 Influenza
14 CommonViral Respiratory Infections and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
15 Pneumocystis Infection
16 Bronchiectasis and Lung Abscess
17 Cystic Fibrosis
18 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
19 Interstitial Lung Diseases
20 Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Thromboembolism
21 Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum
22 Disorders of Ventilation.
23 Sleep Apnea
24 Lung Transplantation
25 Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients
SECTION Ⅲ
GENERAL APPROACH TO THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
26 Principles of Critical Care Medicine
27 Mechanical Ventilatory Support
28 Approach to the Patient with Shock
SECTION Ⅳ
COMMON CRITICAL ILLNESSES AND SYNDROMES
29 Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
30 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
31 Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema
32 Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Cardiac Death
33 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
34 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
35 Coma
36 Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
SECTION Ⅴ
DISORDERS COMPLICATING CRITICAL ILLNESSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
37 Acute Renal Failure
38 Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure
89 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
40 Acidosis and Alkalosis
41 Coagulation Disorders
42 Treatment and Prophylaxis of Bacterial Infections
43 Antiviral Chemotherapy, Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs
44 Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections
45 Oncologic Emergencies
Appendix LaboratorvValues of Clinical Importance
Review and Self-Assessment
Index
