Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

Revised and updated for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine is the must-have resource for junior doctors and students, and all clinicians caring for patients with respiratory problems. Concise, practical, and designed for rapid access to essential information, this handbook will ensure you have everything you need for the ward, clinic, or exams.

This handbook covers the latest clinical guidelines and developments in the field. It features unique sections on practical procedures and a symptoms section to aid in differential diagnosis and clinical management. Practical advice on management is integrated throughout and a dedicated section on respiratory emergencies ensures you can cope with any eventuality. New sections such as thoracic ultrasound, indwelling pleural catheters, safe sedation, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing have been added, and all major respiratory diseases and symptoms are covered in practical, succinct chapters. This third edition will ensure you have all the information you need at your fingertips.

Table of Contents

1:Breathlessness
2:Chest pain
3:Chronic cough
4:Critically ill patient with respiratory disease
5:Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage
6:Diffuse lung disease
7:Haemoptysis
8:Pleural effusion
9:Post-operative breathlessness
10:Pregnancy and breathlessness
11:Preoperative assessment
12:Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised-non-HIV
13:Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised-HIV
14:Sleep and breathing
15:Unexplained ventilatory failure
16:Acute respiratory distress syndrome
17:Asbestos and the lung
18:Asthma
19:Bronchiectasis
20:Bronchiolitis
21:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
22:Connective tissue disease and the lung
23:Cor pulmonale
24:Cystic fibrosis
25:Drug and toxin-induced lung disease
26:Dysfunctional breathing
27:Eosinophilic lung disease
28:Extreme environments-flying, altitude, diving
29:Gastrointestinal disease and the lung
30:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
31:Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
32:Lung cancer
33:Mediastinal abnormalities
34:Paediatric lung disorders
35:Pleural effusion
36:Pneumoconioses
37:Pneumothorax
38:Pulmonary hypertension
39:Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
40:Rare lung diseases
41:Respiratory infection-bacterial
42:Respiratory infection-fungal
43:Respiratory infection-mycobacterial
44:Respiratory infection-parasitic
45:Respiratory infection-viral
46:Sarcoidosis
47:Sickle cell disease and the lung
48:Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation
49:Upper airway and tracheal disease
50:Vasculitis and the lung
51:Ethical considerations
52:Financial entitlements
53:Immunosuppressive drugs
54:Inhalers and nebulizers
55:Intensive care unit referral
56:Lung transplantation
57:Non-invasive ventilation
58:Oxygen therapy
59:Palliative care
60:Pulmonary rehabilitation
61:Smoking cessation
62:Airway management
63:Bronchoscopy
64:Chest drains
65:Cricothyroidotomy
66:Miscellaneous diagnostic tests
67:Pleural biopsy
68:Pleurodesis
69:Pleurodesis
70:Pneumothorax aspiration
71:Safe sedation
72:Thoracic ultrasound
73:Thoracoscopy
74:Tracheostomy

Stephen J Chapman, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK, Grace V Robinson, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK, Rahul Shrimanker, Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Severn Rotation, UK, Chris D Turnbull, Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, and John M Wrightson, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK