Lecture Notes: Respiratory Medicine 8th Edition

Providing a detailed overview of respiratory medicine in one short volume, Respiratory Medicine Lecture Notes covers everything from the basics of anatomy and physiology through to information on a full range of respiratory diseases.

Whether approaching the topic for the first time, starting a rotation, or looking for a quick-reference summary, medical students, specialist nurses, technicians and doctors in training will find this book an invaluable source of theoretical and clinical information.

Contents 

Part 1 Structure and Function.

• 1 Anatomy and physiology of the lungs.

Part 2 History Taking, Examination and Investigations.

• 2 History taking and examination.
• 3 Pulmonary function tests.
• 4 Radiology of the chest.

Part 3 Respiratory Diseases.

• 5 Upper respiratory tract infections and influenza.
• 6 Pneumonia.
• 7 Tuberculosis.
• 8 Bronchiectasis and lung abscess.
• 9 Cystic fibrosis.
• 10 Asthma.
• 11 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• 12 Carcinoma of the lung.
• 13 Interstitial lung disease.
• 14 Occupational lung disease.
• 15 Pulmonary vascular disease.
• 16 Pneumothorax and pleural effusion.
• 17 Acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• 18. Sleep-related breathing disorders.
• 19 Lung transplantation.

Part 4 Self assessment.

• Multiple choice questions.
• Answers to multiple choice questions.

Index.

About the Author

• Dr Stephen J. Bourke MD FRCPI FCCP, Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Dr Graham P. Burns, Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Book Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 8 edition (June 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470654422
• ISBN-13: 978-0470654422
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.5 x 9.6 inches

List Price: $37.95 

White: Basic Clincial Lab Competencies for Respiratory Care: An Integrated Approach 5th Edition

A long time favorite, the fifth edition of Basic Clinical Lab Competencies For Respiratory Care: An Integrated Approach continues to bring classroom theory to life at the bedside. Known for its integration of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, this text emphasizes the importance of assessment of need, contraindications, hazards/complications, monitoring, and outcomes assessment in respiratory care. Concise, direct, and easy to understand, this fifth edition has been updated to reflect recent advances in the field in order to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills needed to practice the art and the science of respiratory care.

 

Contents

Section I: PATIENT ASSESSMENT.

• 1. Basics of Asepsis
• 2. Basic Patient Assessment: Vital Signs and Breath Sounds.
• 3. Advanced Patient Assessment: Inspection, Palpation, and Percussion.
• 4. Radiologic Assessment.
• 5. Pulmonary Function Testing.
• 6. Electrocardiography.
• 7. Phlebotomy.
• 8. Arterial Blood Gas Sampling.
• 9. Hemodynamic Monitoring.
• 10. Noninvasive Monitoring.

Section II: THERAPEUTICS.

• 11. Documentation and Goals Assessment.
• 12. Oxygen Supply Systems.
• 13. Oxygen Administration.
• 14. Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology.
• 15. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy.
• 16. Bronchial Hygiene Therapy.
• 17. Hyperinflation Therapy.
• 18. Bronchoscopy Assisting.
• 19. Equipment Processing and Surveillance.

Section III: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

• 20. Emergency Airway Management.
• 21. Artificial Airway Care.
• 22. Chest Tubes.
• 23. Insertion and Maintenance of Intravenous Lines.

Section IV: VENTILATION.

• 24. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation.
• 25. Continuous Mechanical Ventilation.
• 26. Advanced Modes of Mechanical Ventilation.
• 27. Wave Form Analysis.
• 28. Weaning and Discontinuance of Mechanical Ventilation.
• 29. Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation.

Appendix. Answers to Self Evaluation Post Tests.

Glossary.

Index.

Key Features

• The integration of theory and psychomotor knowledge gives students a better understanding of skill application to real life practice.
• The text is organized around the NBRC content matrix so that students can use the text as an NBRC study aid.
• The inclusion of AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines makes this text a one source reference for skills and CPGs.

New to this edition

• Existing chapters have been updated and revised to reflect changes in the scope of practice.
• The ventilation section has been extensively revised including updates in non-invasive ventilation, pressure and volume ventilation, advanced modes of ventilation, neonatal pediatric ventilation, and oscillatory ventilation.
• Material has been updated to reflect recent changes in the field. For example, this new edition contains updates to commonly used terminology, a list of the Joint Commission abbreviations that should not be used in documentation, revised information on contact transmission, updated AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines, and updated drug information.
• Instructor materials have been added to assist in preparing for classes. Instructors will now have a computerized testbank, instructor presentations in Power PointTM, an Instructor's manual, and an image library.

About the Author

• Gary C. White, M.Ed., RRT, CPFT is the program director of the Respiratory Care Program at Spokane Community College, where he has been teaching since 1992. He previously held the rank of Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care at Weber State University from 1982 to 1992. He holds a master's degree from Weber State University in Education, a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Puget Sound, and an associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy from Highline Community College. Gary's avocation is writing. He has authored three text books in respiratory care and is currently working on a manuscript for his fourth title.

Book Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 5 edition (January 15, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435453654
• ISBN-13: 978-1435453654

List Price: $130.95 

 

Chang: Respiratory Care Calculations 3rd Edition

Clear, logical, and easy to understand, Respiratory Care Calculations 3rd Edition is an essential text for any student preparing for a career in respiratory therapy. Covering all of the essential calculations in the practice of respiratory care, this text uses a step-by-step approach to calculations designed to help any student easily complete respiratory calculations and avoid common mistakes. Filled with updated examples, self-assessments, practice exercises, and pertinent clinical notes, the text ensures that student will be able to independently compute calculations and understand and interpret answers, charts, and graphs that are generated in clinical settings.

Contents

• 1. Review the Basic Math Functions.
• 2. Respiratory Care Calculations.
• 3. Ventilator Waveforms.
• 4. Basic Statistics and Educational Calculations.
• 5. Answer Key to Self-Assessment Questions.
• 6. Symbols and Abbreviations.
• 7. Units of Measurement.
• Appendices.
• Bibliography
• Index by Alphabetical Listing
• Index by Subject Area

Key Features

• The author's step-by-step approach to completing calculations helps readers avoid common mistakes.
• This text is organized alphabetically and by subject area for use as a quick reference.
• Practice exercises throughout the text reinforce learning and improve retention.

New to this edition

• NEW calculations have been added, including cerebral perfusion pressure, MDI/DPI dosage, and pressure support ventilation setting.
• A NEW section on ventilator waveforms with detailed illustrations has been added.
• Expanded appendix now includes up-to-date information on topics such as: anatomical values of children and adults, basal metabolic rate, normal laboratory reference values, croup score, sedation scales, and pitting edema scale, among many more.
• Increased calculation exercises to provide readers with numerous opportunities for practice.
• Self-assessment questions follow NBRC certification so that readers are better prepared for exams.

About the Author

• David W. Chang, EdD, RRT-NPS is Professor of Cardio respiratory Care at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.

Book Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 3 edition (September 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1111307342
• ISBN-13: 978-1111307349
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches

List Price: $98.95 

 

West: Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials 9th Edition

This book first appeared some 30 years ago, and it has been well received and translated into 13 languages. It is appropriate to briefly review the objectives. First, the book is intended as an introductory text for medical students and allied health students. As such, it will normally be used in conjunction with a course of lectures, and this is the case at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Indeed, the first edition was written because I believed that there was no appropriate textbook at that time to accompany the first-year physiology course. Second, the book is written as a review for residents and fellows in such areas as pulmonary medicine, anesthesiology, and internal medicine, particularly to help them prepare for licensing and other examinations. Here the requirements are somewhat different. The reader is familiar with the general area but needs to have his or her memory jogged on various points, and the many didactic diagrams are particularly important.

It might be useful to add a word or two about how the book meshes with the lectures to the first-year medical students at UCSD. We are limited to about twelve 50-minute lectures on respiratory physiology supplemented by two laboratories and three discussion groups. The lectures follow the individual chapters of the book closely, with most chapters corresponding to a single lecture. The exceptions are that Chapter 5 has two lectures (one on normal gas exchange, hypoventilation, and shunt; another on the difficult topic of ventilation-perfusion relationships); Chapter 6 has two lectures (one on blood-gas transport and another on acid-base balance); Chapter 7 has two lectures (on statics and dynamics), and if the schedule of the course allows, the section on polluted atmospheres in Chapter 9 is expanded to include an additional lecture on defense systems of the lung. There is no lecture on Chapter 10, "Tests of Pulmonary Function," because this is not part of the core course. It is included partly for interest and partly because of its importance to people who work in pulmonary function laboratories.

Several colleagues have suggested that Chapter 6 on gas transport should come earlier in the book because knowledge of the oxygen dissociation curve is needed to properly understand diffusion across the blood-gas barrier. In fact, we make this switch in our lecture course. However, the various chapters of the book can stand alone, and I prefer the present ordering of chapters because it leads to a nice flow of ideas as the cartoons at the beginning of each chapter indicate. The order of chapters also probably makes it easier for the reader who is reviewing material.

It is sometimes argued that Chapter 7, "Mechanics of Breathing," should come earlier, for example, with Chapter 2, "Ventilation." My experience of over 35 years of teaching is against this. The topic of mechanics is so complex and difficult for the present-day medical student that it is best dealt with separately, and later in the course when the students are more prepared for the concepts. Parenthetically, it seems that many modern medical students find concepts of pressure, flow, and resistance much more difficult than was the case 25 years ago, whereas, of course, they breeze through any discussion of molecular biology.

Some colleagues have recommended that more space should be devoted to sample calculations using the equations in the text and various clinical examples. My belief is that these topics are well suited to the lectures, which can then embellish the basic information. Indeed, if the calculations and clinical examples were included in the book, there would be precious little to talk about. Many of the questions at the end of each chapter require calculations.

The present edition has been updated in a number of areas. Some diagrams have been improved. Changes in the format have been made to help the reader. These include a list of key concepts at the end of each chapter. In addition the questions have now been recast in the strict USMLE format. A major change has been the addition of animations and other web-based material to help explain some of the most difficult concepts. The section of the text that the animations refer to is indicated by the symbol Heroic efforts have been made to keep the book lean, in spite of enormous temptations to fatten it.

Key Features

• NEW: Presents rationales for all questions, as well as explanations for each answer choice.
• Provides 82 essential-to-know, multiple-choice review questions which appear at the end of each chapter.
• Features an Appendix of important equations.
• Supports learning through chapter-opening learning objectives and introductory material, as well as Key Concepts summaries at the end of each chapter.
• Includes online resources such as question bank, animations, and full text for students.
• Includes animations online--8 in total--via thePoint to illustrate particularly challenging concepts.

Contents 

• Chapter 1 Structure and Function: How the Architecture of the Lung Subserves its Function
• Chapter 2 Ventilation: How Gas Gets to the Alveoli
• Chapter 3 Diffusion: How Gas Gets Across the Blood-Gas Barrier
• Chapter 4 Blood Flow and Metabolism: How the Pulmonary Circulation Removes Gas from the Lung and Alters Some Metabolites
• Chapter 5 Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships: How Matching of Gas and Blood Determines Gas Exchange
• Chapter 6 Gas Transport by the Blood: How Gases are Moved to the Peripheral Tissues
• Chapter 7 Mechanics of Breathing: How the Lung Is Supported and Moved
• Chapter 8 Control of Ventilation: How Gas Exchange Is Regulated
• Chapter 9 Respiratory System Under Stress: How Gas Exchange Is Accomplished During Exercise, at Low and High Pressures, and at Birth
• Chapter 10 Tests of Pulmonary Function: How Respiratory Physiology is Applied to Measure Lung Function
• Appendix A Symbols, Units, and Equations
• Appendix B Answers Figure Credits
• Index

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition (August 24, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1609136403
• ISBN-13: 978-1609136406

List Price: $46.95 
 

Corrin: Pathology of the Lungs 3rd Edition (Expert Consult Series)

This book is aimed primarily at the practising diagnostic histopathologist. However, the clinical, functional and radiological consequences of the structural changes described are not neglected and the resultant clinicopathological correlation should be of interest to thoracic clinicians, radiologists and surgeons as well as general histopathologists. The intention has been to cover lung disease in as comprehensive yet succinct a manner as possible.

We have collaborated closely on each chapter and believe that this has resulted in a uniform style and proper balance between chapters, minimized repetition and avoided the delays that often render obsolete parts of some multi-author works. Indeed the opportunity has been taken to update both text and references at the latest possible point in the production schedule.

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Key Features

• Approximately 1,000 high quality full color illustrations.Provides the user with a complete visual guide to each specimen and assists in the recognition and diagnosis of any slide looked at under the microscope.
• Comprehensive coverage of both common and rare lung diseases and disorders. One stop consultation resource for the reporting room or study, no need to go further to get questions answered.
• Clinical background and ancillary radiographs incorporated throughout.Provides the user with all of the necessary diagnostic tools to make a complete and accurate pathologic report.
• Practical advice and tips from two of the world's recognized experts. Provides the trainee and general surgical pathologist with time saving diagnostic clues when dealing with difficult specimens.
• Consistent and uniform approach incorporated for each disease and disorder (Etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, pathologic features, differential diagnosis) User-friendly format enables quick and easy navigation to the key information required.
• Extensive use of summary tables, charts and graphs throughout the text. Helps simplify and clarify complex concepts and facilitates "at a glance" comparisons between entities.
• Extensive reference list highlights landmark articles as well as including most up-to-date citations. Directs the trainee and practitioner to the most recent and authoritative sources for further reading and investigation.

Website Features

• Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
• Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
• Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
• Images: Browse a Library of all book images. Easily select, organize, and download your images into a presentation.

Contents

Chapter 1 - The structure of the normal lungs

• Anatomy of the lungs and airways
• Microscopy of the airways
• Microscopy of the alveolar tissue
• Blood supply of the lungs
• Lymphoid tissue of the lungs
• Innervation of the lungs
• References

Chapter 2 - Development of the lungs; perinatal and developmental lung disease

• Development of the lungs
• Perinatal disorders
• Further disorders of development and growth
• References

Chapter 3 - Diseases of the conductive airways

• Atelectasis and pulmonary collapse
• Obstruction of the upper airways
• Acute tracheobronchitis and bronchiolitis
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease57
• Plastic bronchitis
• Chronic idiopathic cough
• Bronchial asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Broncholithiasis
• Chronic bronchiolitis
• Diffuse panbronchiolitis
• References

Chapter 4 - Acute alveolar injury and repair

• Acute repiratory distress syndrome
• Diffuse alveolar damage
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• References
• Diffuse alveolar damage
• Pulmonary fibrosis

Chapter 5 - Infectious diseases

• Viral, mycoplasmal and rickettsial infections
• Acute bacterial pneumonia
• Chronic bacterial infections
• Fungal infections
• Parasitic infestations

Chapter 6 - Diffuse parenchymal disease of the lung

• Diffuse parenchymal lung disease in childhood
• Interstitial lung disease
• Alveolar filling defects

Chapter 7 - Occupational, environmental and iatrogenic lung disease

• Occupational disease
• Environmental lung disease
• Iatrogenic lung disease

Chapter 8 - Vascular disease

• Congestion and oedema; thrombosis, embolism and infarction; aneurysms
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Vasculitis and granulomatosis; haemorrhage and haemosiderosis

Chapter 9 - Pulmonary eosinophilia

• Aetiology
• Pathogenesis
• Simple pulmonary eosinophilia
• Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
• Acute eosinophilic pneumonia
• Bronchocentric granulomatosis
• Allergic angiitis and granulomatosis (churg–strauss syndrome)
• Hypereosinophilic syndrome
• References
• Simple pulmonary eosinophilia
• Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
• Acute eosinophilic pneumonia
• Bronchocentric granulomatosis
• Allergic angiitis and granulomatosis (Churg–Strauss syndrome)
• Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Chapter 10 - Pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease

• Connective tissue diseases
• Vascular disease
• Renal disease
• Blood disorders
• Alimentary tract disorders
• Neuromuscular disease
• Metabolic and endocrine disorders
• Skin disease
• Gynaecological and obstetric conditions
• References
• Vascular disease
• Renal disease
• Blood disorders
• Alimentary tract disorders
• Neuromuscular disease
• Metabolic and endocrine disorders
• Skin disease
• Gynaecological and obstetric conditions

Chapter 11 - Lung transplantation

• Types of lung transplant
• Recipient selection
• Donor matching
• Immunosuppression
• Recipient monitoring
• Role of the histopathologist
• Complications
• Future prospects
• References
• Types of lung transplant
• Recipient selection
• Donor matching
• Role of the histopathologist
• Complications
• Future prospects

Chapter 12 - Tumours

• Carcinoma of the lung
• Other epithelial tumours
• Soft-tissue tumours
• Lymphoproliferative disease
• Miscellaneous tumours
• Secondary tumours of the lungs
• Tumour-like conditions

Chapter 13 - Pleura and chest wall

• Normal structure and function of the pleura
• Pleural effusions
• Pneumothorax
• Inflammation and fibrosis of the pleura (pleuritis, pleurisy)
• Non-malignant asbestos-induced pleural disease
• Pleural tumours
• Chest wall disease
• References
• Pleural effusions
• Pneumothorax
• Inflammation of the pleura
• Non-malignant asbestos-induced pleural disease
• Pleural tumours
• Chest wall disease

Appendix: The processing of lung specimens

• Safe A handling of lung specimens
• Needle aspiration
• Bronchial and transbronchial biopsy
• Open and video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsies
• Pleural biopsy
• Frozen section
• Whole lungs and lung lobes
• Special microscopical procedures
• Gene mutational analysis
• Bronchoalveolar lavage
• References

About the Authors

• Bryan Corrin MD FRCPath, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, London University; Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London; Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
• Andrew G. Nicholson DM FRCPath, Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust; Professor of Respiratory Pathology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702033693
• ISBN-13: 978-0702033698
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9 x 1.6 inches

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Moini: Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology for Respiratory Care with Companion Web Site

Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology for Respiratory Care provides a reliable, complete resource and reference on cardiopulmonary pharmacology, including an overview of the structures and functions of the cardiopulmonary system as well as recent scientific advancements. Written in an easy-to-read, student-friendly style, this text covers areas crucial to respiratory care and relates these important concepts to the day-to-day duties of cardiac technicians and respiratory care therapists.

Helpful appendices focus on the most commonly-prescribed drugs for respiratory care, common sound-alike drug names, a drug identification guide, and respiratory therapy techniques. Review questions are included in each chapter for reinforcement and self-evaluation. Filled with over 100 full-color figures, tables, and photos, this text is a vital and comprehensive resource on cardiopulmonary pharmacology for respiratory therapy students.

Instructor Resources

• Instructor's Manual
• PowerPoint Slides
• Test Bank With 600 Questions and Answers
• Answer Key
• Image Bank

Companion Web Site Features

• Quizzes
• Animated Flashcards
• Crossword Puzzles
• Interactive Glossary
• Matching Exercises
• Web Site links

Table of Contents

Unit I Introduction to the Respiratory Care Profession

• Chapter 1 Cardiopulmonary and Central Nervous System Structures and Functions
• Chapter 2 Overview of Cardiopulmonary Disorders and Conditions

Unit II Principles of Pharmacology

• Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Pharmacology
• Chapter 4 Biopharmaceutics
• Chapter 5 Dosage Forms and Drug Sources
• Chapter 6 Routes of Drug Administration
• Chapter 7 Drug Dosage Calculations
• Chapter 8 Medication Errors

Unit III Treatment of Cardiopulmonary Disorders

• Chapter 9 Antianginal Medications
• Chapter 10 Antiarrhythmia Medications
• Chapter 11 Antihypertensive Medications
• Chapter 12 Heart Failure and Treatment
• Chapter 13 Diurectics
• Chapter 14 Medications for Coagulation Disorders

Unit IV Treatment of Respiratory Disorders

• Chapter 15 Antiasthma Medications
• Chapter 16 Drug Therapy for Smoking Cessation
• Chapter 17 Antitussives, Expectorants, Mucolytics, and Decongestants
• Chapter 18 Antimicrobial Medications
• Chapter 19 Drug Therapy for Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
• Chapter 20 Immunization

Unit V Treatment of Nervous System Disorders

• Chapter 21 Effects of Drugs on the Central Nervous System
• Chapter 22 Effects of Drugs on the Autonomic Nervous System

About the Authors

Jahangir Moini, MD, MPH-Professor of Allied Health, Everest University, Indialantic, Florida

Dr. Moini was assistant professor at Tehran University School of Medicine for nine years teaching medical and allied health students. The author is a professor and former director (for 15 years) of allied health programs at Everest University. As a physician and instructor for the past 35 years, Dr. Moini established several new programs for allied health.

Dr. Moini is actively involved in teaching and helping students to prepare for service in various health professions. He worked with the Brevard County Health Department as a health educator consultant for 18 years, offering continuing education courses to keep health professional up to date on the latest developments related to pharmacology, medication errors, immunizations, and other important topics. He has been an internationally-published author of various allied health books since 1999.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449615600
• ISBN-13: 978-1449615604
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches

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Wanger: Pulmonary Function Testing 3rd edition

Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach, Third Edition covers the most commonly performed pulmonary function tests in an engaging and easily accessible format. This comprehensive resource is ideal for respiratory care students and is also a valuable reference for practitioners. The most commonly performed exercise tests are separated into individual chapters to allow a full overview of each test.

Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach, Third Edition contains updated material including the latest guidelines and recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the European Respiratory Society. The Third Edition also includes new expanded chapters covering Maximal Inspiratory Testing, Expiratory Pressures Testing, Pediatrics, Blood Gases, and Reference Values. This text is an ideal guide for both classroom learning and application in the clinical setting.

Each chapter reviews a particular pulmonary function test or common group of tests and includes:

• Relevant Physiology
• Pertinent Background Information
• Technical Factors
• Relevant Instrumentation
• Respiratory Calculations
• Patient Cases
• Self-assessment Questions
• References

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Forced Spirometry and Related Tests
• Chapter 2 Lung Volumes
• Chapter 3 Single-Breath Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity
• Chapter 4 Airway Resistance by Body Plethysmography
• Chapter 5 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
• Chapter 6 Six-Minute Walk Test
• Chapter 7 Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction Test
• Chapter 8 Bronchial Challenge Testing with Pharmacological Agents
• Chapter 9 Maximal Inspiratory and Expiratory Pressures
• Chapter 10 Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
• Chapter 11 Blood Gases and Associated Technologies
• Chapter 12 Pulmonary Function Testing Reference (Predicted) Values

Appendices 

• Appendix A Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
• Appendix B Conversion of Volumes
• Appendix C Mathematics of Boyle’s Law
• Appendix D Pulmonary Terms, Symbols, and Definitions
• Appendix E Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation

About the Author

Jack Wanger, MSc, RRT, RPFT has been involved in respiratory therapeutics, pulmonary function testing and pulmonary physiology for over 40 years. Mr. Wanger was previously the Manager and Technical Director of the Pulmonary Physiology Unit at National Jewish Medical and Research Center (now National Jewish Health) in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Wanger joined PRA International, a contract research organization, in 1997 as a clinical research scientist. At PRA, Mr. Wanger has been involved in client consulting, protocol development, pulmonary function testing quality assurance, and preparation of clinical study reports and manuscripts. Mr. Wanger is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). He has been appointed to the ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories, and was a member of the ATS and European Respiratory Society (ERS) Task Force which developed the 2005 guidelines on pulmonary function testing. Mr. Wanger has published numerous peer review articles and is currently the Editor-in-Chief and project coordinator for the American Thoracic Society’s Pulmonary Function Laboratory Management and Procedure Manual.

Product Details

• Paperback: 387 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 3 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763781185
• ISBN-13: 978-0763781187
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.9 inches

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Hess: Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition

A new edition of the classic text, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is a truly authoritative text for respiratory care students who desire a complete and up to date exploration of the technical and professional aspects of respiratory care. With foundations in evidence-based practice, this essential resource reviews respiratory assessment, respiratory therapeutics, respiratory diseases, basic sciences and their application to respiratory care, the respiratory care profession, and much more.

Edited and authored by leading experts, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice incorporates the latest information on the practice of respiratory care into a well-organized, reader-friendly guide to help students learn to develop care plans, critical thinking skills, strong communication and patient education skills, and the clinical leadership skills needed to succeed. This text provides essential information in a practical and manageable format for optimal learning and retention. Features include Clinical Practice Guidelines, Key Points, and Respiratory Recaps to help students apply knowledge to practice and retain key information, as well as hundreds of glossary terms with clear definitions, and concise explanations of important concepts and equations. Including a wealth of full color photos and illustrations, and content cross-referencing the NBRC examination matrices, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is the definitive resource for today’s successful respiratory care practitioner.

This new edition of Respiratory Care is designed to be more student-friendly than existing texts, written at a more accessible level without compromising the quality or depth of the content. It is completely up to date and is mapped to the NBRC matrix, ensuring coverage of all major topics on the RRT exam. Respiratory Care covers many topics not covered in existing texts, including Critical Thinking, Research, Trauma, Chemistry for Respiratory Care, and much more.

To aid your curriculum planning after adopting this text, many complimentary tools are available:

• Testbank with 1,000 exam-style questions (available for Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, Angel, and additional formats).
• PowerPoint lecture outlines for each chapter.
• PowerPoint Image Bank for each chapter.
• Instructor’s Manual that includes: Over 120 Case Studies and Over 150 Discussion Questions
• Sample Syllabus to help you design your course.
• NBRC Matrix mapping each chapter of the textbook to content on the RRT exam.
• Chapter-by-Chapter comparison, to the First Edition of Respiratory Care and another text, to highlight differences and aid transition.

Table of Contents

Section One Respiratory Assessment

• Chapter 1 History and Physical Examination
• Chapter 2 Gas Exchange
• Chapter 3 Acid-Base Balance
• Chapter 4 Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Sampling
• Chapter 5 Respiratory Monitoring
• Chapter 6 Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Chapter 7 Cardiac Assessment
• Chapter 8 Blood Chemistries and Hematology
• Chapter 9 Imaging the Thorax
• Chapter 10 Pulmonary Function Testing
• Chapter 11 Interventional Pulmonary Procedures
• Chapter 12 Polysomnography
• Chapter 13 Nutrition Assessment and Support
• Chapter 14 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Assessment

Section Two Respiratory Therapeutics

• Chapter 15 Therapeutic Gases: Manufacture, Storage, and Delivery
• Chapter 16 Therapeutic Gases: Management and Administration
• Chapter 17 Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
• Chapter 18 Sputum Collection, Airway Clearance, and Lung Expansion Therapy
• Chapter 19 Airway Management
• Chapter 20 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Chapter 21 Mechanical Ventilators: Classification and Principles of Operation
• Chapter 22 Mechanical Ventilation
• Chapter 23 Noninvasive Ventilation and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Chapter 24 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
• Chapter 25 Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Chapter 26 Home Respiratory Care
• Chapter 27 Disaster Management
• Chapter 28 Respiratory Care of the Elderly
• Chapter 29 Medical Information Management and Patient Safety

Section Three Respiratory Diseases

• Chapter 30 Principles of Disease Management
• Chapter 31 Patient Education
• Chapter 32 Decision Making and the Role of Respiratory Therapists as Consultants
• Chapter 33 Infection Control Principles
• Chapter 34 Asthma
• Chapter 35 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Chapter 36 Interstitial Lung Disease
• Chapter 37 Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Chapter 38 Pneumonia
• Chapter 39 Cystic Fibrosis
• Chapter 40 Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Chapter 41 Postoperative Respiratory Care
• Chapter 42 Cardiac Failure
• Chapter 43 Trauma
• Chapter 44 Burn and Inhalation Injury
• Chapter 45 Neuromuscular Dysfunction
• Chapter 46 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Chapter 47 Lung Cancer
• Chapter 48 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

Section Four Applied Sciences for Respiratory Care

• Chapter 49 Respiratory Care Research
• Chapter 50 Physical Principles
• Chapter 51 Chemistry for Respiratory Care
• Chapter 52 Respiratory Microbiology
• Chapter 53 Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
• Chapter 54 Respiratory Pharmacology

Section Five The Respiratory Care Profession

• Chapter 55 History of the Respiratory Care Profession
• Chapter 56 Professional Organizations
• Chapter 57 Health Care Trends and Evolving Roles of Respiratory Therapists
• Chapter 58 Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care
• Chapter 59 Ethics of Health Care Delivery
• Chapter 60 Communication Skills
• Chapter 61 Healthcare Reimbursement
• Chapter 62 Evidence-Based Respiratory Care

About the Authors

Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC-Assistant Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Editor-in-Chief, RESPIRATORY CARE

Dean Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC is Assistant Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He has over 35 years of experience in respiratory care, including clinical, research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities. Since January, 2008, Dean Hess has been Editor-in-Chief of RESPIRATORY CARE, the official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine, International Anesthesiology Clinics, and Critical Care Alert. His research interests include aerosol delivery techniques, adult mechanical ventilation, and critical care monitoring. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has published over 200 papers and 7 books. His books have been translated to several from English to several foreign languages. He has had a high level of professional activity, including committee appointments with the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and 2 years as President of the National Board for Respiratory Care. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. He has received numerous awards including the Forrest M. Bird Award Lifetime Scientific Achievement; American Association for Respiratory Care Life Membership; American College of Chest Physicians Simon Rodbard Memorial Honor Lecture; Jimmy A. Young Medal, presented by the American Association for Respiratory Care, for meritorious service to the AARC and advancement of the respiratory care profession; Robert H. Miller, RRT, Award, presented annually by the National Board for Respiratory Care to a respiratory care practitioner who has unselfishly served the profession and been instrumental in its growth over a significant period of time; Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teaching Award presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has received teaching awards from the medical residents at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program.

Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FAARC-Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services, Duke University Medical Center

Neil MacIntyre, MD is a native of Southern California but received his medical degree and internal medicine training at Cornell University in New York City. After three years of service as a US Navy flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Lab in Pensacola FL, he returned to California for a pulmonary disease fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He was then recruited to the faculty at Duke University where he has spent the remainder of his career. At the present time, he is a Professor of Medicine (with tenure), Clinical Chief of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division, and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services. His research interests range from clinical pulmonary physiology to large scale randomized trials in COPD and acute respiratory failure. Currently he is on the Steering Committee of two large NIH multicenter trials: the Long Term Oxygen Trial (LOTT), and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet). To date he has over 200 peer reviewed articles and reviews, is the editor/co-editor of eight books, and is on the editorial board of five important journals. He is the past president of the American Lung Association of North Carolina, the National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care, and the current Vice-Chair of the American Respiratory Care Foundation. Important honors include Alpha Omega Alpha, The Surgeon Generals Award for Aviation Medicine, the Forrest Bird Award for lifetime scientific achievement, and the Jimmy Young Medal from the American Association for Respiratory Care. He is listed both in “Best Doctors in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”.

Shelley C. Mishoe, PhD, RRT, FAARC-Associate Provost and Professor of Respiratory Therapy and Graduate Studies, Georgia Health Science University

Shelley C. Mishoe, PhD, RRT, FAARC, received a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Georgia, Athens, MEd in Education from Augusta State University, and BS in Respiratory Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical University. At the present time, she is Associate Provost for Academic Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Respiratory Therapy, and Interim Director of the Center for Patient and Family Centered Care at Medical College of Georgia, Georgia’s Health Sciences University. She has held faculty positions at Chang Gung University in Taiwan, Capella University, Medical College of Georgia, and SUNY Upstate Medical University. Mishoe is Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for reaffirmation by SACSCOC since 2009; CoA Rep, Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Professions (CAAHEP) since 2007; a Member of the Georgia Hospital Association; a member of the Editorial Board for RESPIRATORY CARE since 1994, and is a 2009-2010 Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program. Mishoe has a high level of professional activity, including past leadership appointments with Commission for Accreditation in Respiratory Care (CoARC), Committee for Accreditation in Respiratory Care (CoARC), Southern Association of Allied Health Deans at Academic Health Centers, Healthcare Education Accreditation Services Corporation, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Lambda Beta National Honor Society, Southern Association of Allied Health Deans at AHC, House of Delegates - American Association for Respiratory Care, Committee for AARC House of Delegates Strategic Planning, Georgia Delegate to the AARC House of Delegates, and Georgia Society for Respiratory Care. She has authored/edited 18 books and chapters; over 60 original research studies, peer-reviewed research articles, case reports, editorials, book reviews, and abstracts; and has published more than 30 papers on shared governance, critical thinking, group process, decision making and problem based learning. She is a frequent presenter at international, national, regional and state meetings.

William F. Galvin, MSEd, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, FAARC-Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Professions, Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Professions, Director of Respiratory Care Program, Administrative and Teaching Faculty, TIPS Program, Gwynedd-Mercy College

William F. Galvin is an Assistant Professor for the School of Allied Health Professions, Program Director for the Respiratory Care Program and a member of the teaching and administrative faculty for the TIPS (Teacher Improvement Project System) Program at Gwynedd-MercyCollege. He has been a respiratory therapist for over 35 years and been on faculty at GMC since December of 1981 where he first served as Director of Clinical Education for two years before becoming the Director of the Respiratory Care Program in 1983. He holds an administrative and teaching faculty position for the TIPS Program (Teacher Improvement Project System), a national program designed to prepare practicing health care professionals to assume roles as clinical and classroom teachers. Additionally, he teaches in the Center for Life Long Learning and in the Bachelors of Health Science Degree Program. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in political science from La SalleCollege and his Master’s degree in Education (with a concentration in Health) from St. Joseph’s University. He is a registered and certified respiratory therapist, certified pulmonary function technologist and certified asthma educator. He has significant publishing experience. He has provided numerous article reviews, abstracts, and contributing chapters for such publishing companies as; Springhouse Corporation, Delmar/ Cengage Learning, FA Davis, CV Mosby, Williams and Wilkins, W B Saunders/ Elsevier, and Jones and Bartlett Learning. He has presented at the local, state and national level on topics such as communication skills, wellness, health promotion, disease prevention, patient education, interviewing and assessment skills, programmatic and regional accreditation, outcome assessment, recruitment and retention, and a variety of student survival topics and concepts related to the art of teaching and learning. He has served as a guest presenter for the AARC’s EducatorAcademy, the AARC Asthma Educator Certification Course and most recently the AARC COPD Educator Course. He has served on countless professional and college-level boards and committees and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 1996 the AARC distinguished him with the honor of life membership and in 2005 he was inducted into the AARC Fellowship Program and was the recipient of the Education Section Practitioner of the Year Award.

Alexander B. Adams, MPH, RRT, FAARC-Research Associate in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Regions Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Alex Adams, RRT, CRTT, CPFT, RCP, FAARC received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Public Health – Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. At the present time, he is a Research Associate for the Pulmonary/Critical Care Research Laboratory at Regions Hospital/Healthpartners Research Foundation. Previously, Adams has held positions as a Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Care Program at St. Paul Technical College, Supervisor of Respiratory Care and Monitoring Service at St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, and Director of CardioPulmonary Services and Technical Director - Prolonged Respiratory Care Unit at HealthEast.

Currently, Adams is a member of the Respiratory Care Advisory Council for the Board of Medical Examiners and has held this post for 12 consecutive years. He is also a member of the Minnesota Society for Respiratory Care and has held various positions including President, Vice President, Delegate, State Health Service Occupational Advisory Council, and Judicial Committee. Over a time span of 30 years, Adams has held numerous long term appointments with the American Association for Respiratory Care - House of Delegates, Public Health Policy Committee, Publications Committee, House Publications, Special Membership, and Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and was an AARC Board member, as well as Chairman of AARC’s Acute Care Section. Adams has been on the Editorial Board for Respiratory Care Journal and a reviewer for the following journals: Respiratory Care, Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Chest. To date he has authored/edited over 60 publications, numerous invited articles in respiratory care journals, and contributed several chapters in a variety of respiratory care publications.

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• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2 edition (2011)
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• ISBN-10: 076376003X
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Wyka: Foundations of Respiratory Care 2nd Edition

The field of respiratory care continues to change and grow. New research, therapies, and theories are continually emerging. Foundations of Respiratory Care 2nd Edition is written by leading authorities who have hands on, practical knowledge of the latest innovations and applications for care. Chapters cover timely topics such as the increasing population of elderly patients and the need for managing mass casualty incidents and disasters. Difficult topic areas such as interpretation of ventilator graphics, pharmacology, and hemodynamics are presented in a manner that allows for ease of comprehension and application of the concepts. The education of respiratory therapists is moving toward a problem-based learning model.

Foundations of Respiratory Care 2nd Edition captures that model through the integration of case studies throughout the reading to reinforce and fine tune problem solving and decision-making skills. The most current AARC clinical practice guidelines are referenced throughout to once again help bridge that gap between classroom and real world application of concepts.

Key Features

• BEST PRACTICES: Best Practices point out the best method or technique for performing a particular procedure.
• SPOTLIGHTS: Spotlights identify new equipment or procedures relevant to the subject.
• AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: Age Specific Competencies discuss the variations in care delivery based upon the age of the patient.
• CASE STUDIES: Case studies illustrate concepts or applications of respiratory care.

New to this edition

• NEW MATERIAL: New material on mechanical ventilation and ventilatory modes, including importance of ventilatory waveforms.
• EQUIPMENT UPDATE: Thorough update on new equipment and procedures relating to oxygen and aerosol delivery both in the acute care setting and home environment.
• EXPANDED CHAPTERS: Expanded chapter on sleep related breathing disorders focusing on diagnostic testing, modes of treatment, and patient compliance involving positive airway pressure therapy.

Contents

Part I: ITS SCOPE OF PRACTICE.

• 1. The History and Scope of Respiratory Care.
• 2. The Legal and Ethical Practice of Respiratory Care.

Part II: THE APPLIED SCIENCES.

• 3. Applied Physics.
• 4. Applied Chemistry.
• 5. Applied Microbiology.
• 6. Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology.
• 7. Pharmacology.
• 8. Obstructive Lung Diseases.
• 9. Restrictive Lung Diseases.
• 10. Diffuse Lung Diseases.
• 11. Cardiovascular Diseases.

Part III: ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS.

• 12. Hx, Assessment & Documentation.
• 13. Radiologic Examination of the Chest.
• 14. Fundamental Clinical Laboratory Studies.
• 15. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Non-Invasive Measurements of O2 and CO2.
• 16. Pulmonary Function Testing.
• 17. Sleep Medicine: Dx and Tests.
• 18. Cardiovascular Testing and Hemodynamic Measurements.

Part IV: ESSENTIAL THERAPEUTICS.

• 19. Oxygen and Medical Gas Therapy.
• 20. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy.
• 21. Hyperinflation Therapy.
• 22. Pulmonary Hygiene and CPT.
• 23. Airway Management.
• 24. Physiology of Mechanical Ventilation.
• 25. Mechanics & Modes of Mechanical Ventilation.
• 26. Initiating, Monitoring & D/C Mech. Ventilation.
• 27. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation.

Part V: LEVELS OF DELIVERY.

• 28. Neonatal and Pediatric Applications.
• 29. Geriatric Applications.
• 30. Emergency Medicine & Rapid Response.
• 31. Emergency Preparedness.
• 32. Adult Critical Care.
• 33. Subacute Care.
• 34. Long-Term Care.
• 35. Home Care.
• 36. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation.
• 37. Patient Transport in Respiratory Care.

Part VI: RESPIRATORY CARE: ASSORTED APPLICATIONS.

• 38. Protecting the Patient and Health Care Provider.
• 39. Health Promotion.
• 40. Education: Patient, Professional & Community Management and Computer
• 41. Applications in Respiratory Care.
• 42. Management of Respiratory Care Services.
• 43. Non-Traditional Roles of the RT. 

APPENDICES

• Appendix A: Abbreviations.
• Appendix B: Routes for Entry-Level and Registry-Level Practice.
• Appendix C: Selected Diagnostic Studies.
• Appendix D: ABGs: Normal Values.
• Appendix E: Characteristics of Adventitious Breath Sounds.

Glossary.

Index.

About the Authors

• Kenneth A. Wyka, MS, RRT has been in the field of respiratory care since 1970. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey and formal training in respiratory care from the Lenox Hill Hospital School for Respiratory Therapy in New York City. In 1972, he founded the respiratory therapy program at Pasaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. Since then, he managed the respiratory care department at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, was the director of resiratory clinical education at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, started several pulmonary rehabilitation programs, worked in home care, and began a respiratory care consulting practice. He is the author of Respiratory Care in Alternative Sites and has been actively involved in several voluntary health and professional organizations. Currently, he is the Director of Marketing for Allied Health Care Services in Orange, New Jersey, and is an adjunct professor at Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
• Paul J. Mathews PhD, RRT, FCCM, FCCP, FAARC is Associate Professor of Respiratory Care, School of Allied Health; Associate Professor in Physical Therapy; and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center on Aging, University of Kansas. He received his respiratory therapy training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in New Haven, Connecticut. He holds his undergraduate degree from Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Connecticut; a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Hartford in Connecticut; and EdS and PhD degrees from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. He has published more than 160 articles in various national journals, has authored several books, serves on six editorial boards, and has lectured at many national and international meetings. In 1989, Dr. Mathews was president of the AARC, and, in 1990, he was selected for AARC Life Membership. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and of the American College of Chest Physicians. Currently, he is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
• A. Rutkowski is an Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–School of Health Related Professions in Newark, New Jersey. In addition to clinical experience providing Respiratory Care he has held management positions at a number of health care facilities in New Jersey and has served as a faculty member at several colleges and universities in New Jersey. He joined the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry-School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey as an Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education for the Respiratory Care Program in 2003. He continues to be active in a number of professional associations including the American Association for Respiratory Care and its New Jersey affiliate. He has authored professional articles and book chapters, and has been invited to present on many topics of interest to respiratory therapy and other allied health professionals. Mr. Rutkowski holds an Associate of Science Degree, a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Master's Degree in Public Health, a Master's Degree in Business Administration, is a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), and an active member and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

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• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435469844
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Atlas of Neoplastic Pulmonary Disease: Pathology, Cytology, Endoscopy and Radiology

The diagnosis of lung cancer and benign pulmonary tumors can be challenging. This diagnosis can be facilitated by the study of images that allow recognition of patterns of disease, both at the clinical and pathologic levels. Conceptually defined, atlases are specialized books that rely heavily upon images to illustrate any subject matter.

Fitting with such a concept, this atlas was developed to fill a void in the approach to diagnosis. In contrast to previous conventional atlases, this atlas is unique in that images from four major disciplines (endoscopy, radiology, histopathology, and cytopathology) involved in the study and diagnosis of lung tumors are brought together in a single volume.

This book had two objectives:

• (1) to illustrate the common while not ignoring the esoteric by recognizing the need to cover some entities that may only infrequently cross the paths of the practitioner; and 
• (2) to provide a quick, reliable tool that may facilitate diagnosis through recognition of images using an interdisciplinary approach. To achieve these aims, the authors have selected and put forward images that in our opinion best represent the tumor entities.

The atlas is organized into 11 parts containing 41 chapters, closely following the 2004 Classification of Lung Tumors by theWorld Health Organization (WHO).

Accordingly, the chapters represent a wide range of neoplastic lung entities. It begins with tumors of children followed by sections on benign epithelial tumors, salivary gland tumors, mesenchymal neoplasms, lymphoproliferative disorders, cardcinoid tumors, and a section of miscellaneous tumors. The atlas further includes a chapter on WHO-recognized variants of pre-invasive lung disease, major epithelial malignancies, and concludes with a chapter on metastatic lung tumors.

This book is a useful, state-of-theart work that will educate trainees and guide and support the best efforts of practitioners managing lung tumors.

Contents
PART I Tumors of Childhood

• Chapter 1 Lymphangiomatosis
• Chapter 2 Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
• Chapter 3 Congenital Pulmonary Myofibroblastic Tumor

PART II Benign Epithelial Tumors

• Chapter 4 Alveolar Adenoma
• Chapter 5 Uncommon Endobronchial Surface Tumors

PART III Salivary Gland Tumors (Benign andMalignant)

• Chapter 6 Mucous Gland Adenoma
• Chapter 7 Pleomorphic Adenoma
• Chapter 8 Mucoepidermoid Tumor
• Chapter 9 Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma 4

PART IV Mesenchymal Tumors (Benign and Malignant)

• Chapter 10 Inflammatory Polyps
• Chapter 11 Inflammatory Pseudotumor
• Chapter 12 Pulmonary Chondroma
• Chapter 13 Pulmonary Hamartoma
• Chapter 14 Localized Fibrous Tumor
• Chapter 15 Lipomas and Liposarcomas
• Chapter 16 Cystic Lymphangioma
• Chapter 17 Lymphangio-leiomyomatosis
• Chapter 18 Epithelioid Hemangio-endothelioma
• Chapter 19 Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma
• Chapter 20 Synovial Sarcoma

PART V Lymphoid Neoplasms

• Chapter 21 Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma (Maltoma)
• Chapter 22 Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
• Chapter 23 Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
• Chapter 24 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

PART VI Carcinoid Tumors

• Chapter 25 Typical and Atypical Carcinoids

PART VII Miscellaneous Tumors

• Chapter 26 Teratoma
• Chapter 27 Melanoma
• Chapter 28 Thymoma
• Chapter 29 Glomus Tumor of the Lung
• Chapter 30 Sclerosing Hemangioma

PART VIII Preinvasive Disease

• Chapter 31 Preinvasive Disease

PART IX Common Major Malignant Epithelial Tumors

• Chapter 32 Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Chapter 33 Adenocarcinoma
• Chapter 34 Large Cell Carcinoma
• Chapter 35 Small Cell Carcinoma

PART X Less Common Malignant Epithelial Tumors

• Chapter 36 Adenosquamous Carcinoma
• Chapter 37 Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma
• Chapter 38 Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
• Chapter 39 Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
• Chapter 40 Pulmonary Blastoma

PART XI Metastatic Tumors

• Chapter 41 Metastatic Tumors

Subject Index 

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• ISBN-10: 0387898387
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Leslie: Practical Pulmonary Pathology 2nd edition: A Diagnostic Approach: A Volume in the Pattern Recognition Series, Expert Consult: Online and Print

It has been 5 years since Practical Pulmonary Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach (PPPDA) was first published. We are happy to report that the original version of this book was warmly received, with a distribution of approximately 8000 copies. Readers seemed to find our pattern-based approach to be a useful one in the daily practice of anatomic pathology, judging by the direct feedback we received. We also were honored when PPPDA won the 2005 Textbook of the Year Award from the Royal Society of Medicine and Royal Society of Authors.
In light of these successes, and in view of the fact that hospital pathology continues to grow rapidly in scope and complexity, we decided to prepare a second edition of our book. Several features are new to this edition. These include inevitable additions to, and revisions of, the prior text because of advances in our understanding of the pertinent disease processes. Corresponding references have been added, and they are current through mid-2010. Moreover, many illustrative photomicrographs have been changed. In an effort to improve the visual presentation of the topics discussed. Finally, self-assessment questions tied to all the chapters in the current book have been compiled and are available online. It is hoped that these questions will be useful to pathologists in their maintenance of certification and as a reflection of their mastery of the information in the book.
As before, we begin with the general patterns of disease and then add key morphologic findings that assist the reader in focusing on appropriate sections of the book where similar findings are discussed. This approach is facilitated by a structural overlay that limits the patterns. We have found that six general patterns occur, and these are best appreciated at scanning magnification with the microscope. We could begin at an even lower “magnification” using the high-resolution computed tomogram (CT), and this is what our radiology colleagues commonly do as they assemble a differential diagnosis based on observed findings in this medium (see Chapter 3). In practice, the CT images may not be readily available to the pathologist at the time the biopsy is interpreted; so for our six pathology patterns, we begin with a tissue section mounted on a glass slide.
An overview of the six patterns is presented, and each pattern is then illustrated in the pages that follow. Most of the patterns were devised to navigate the “diffuse lung diseases” commonly referred to as interstitial lung diseases or ILD. Given the tumefactive nature of neoplasms, these are heavily represented in Pattern 5 (Nodules), but some non-neoplastic diseases, such as sarcoidosis, nodular infections, Wegener's granulomatosis, and certain neumoconioses, may also manifest as a nodular pattern. Rarely, neoplasms can present as diffuse “interstitial” lung disease clinically and radiologically.
A basic knowledge of the two-dimensional structure of the lung is essential for accurately assessing patterns of disease. We assume that the reader is familiar with basic lung anatomy by the time a diagnostic problem is being evaluated in the patient care setting, but a brief review is always helpful (see Chapter 1).
Once the overriding or dominant pattern is recognized, the diagnostician assesses the cellular composition and any other distinctive findings that accompany the pattern. In the case of a tumor forming a nodular mass, the presence of prominent spindled cells, or large granular cells, or clear cells provides a direction for creating a differential diagnosis. Within each pattern, we have attempted to use such qualifying elements to direct the reader to the appropriate chapter for further study, reasonably confident that the answer will lie within. For the unusual finding not identified in the list for a given pattern, the reader is directed to the appendix, where we have assembled a “visual encyclopedia” of distinctive findings and artifacts.
Naturally, overlap occurs between patterns, and this too can be a useful guide to the correct diagnosis. For example, some infections are both nodular and have airspace filling (e.g., botyromycosis, aspiration pneumonia), whereas others are characterized by acute lung injury and diffuse airspace filling (e.g., pneumoccocal pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia.) In fact, some diffuse inflammatory conditions in the lung may manifest five of the six patterns, in different areas of the same biopsy (e.g., rheumatoid lung). Nevertheless, as more and more information is accrued from the biopsy, the differential diagnosis becomes more limited. In some cases, it may be necessary to include several possibilities in the final diagnosis, especially for the non-neoplastic diseases, where the effect of ancillary data not available at the time of diagnosis may be very large.
Once again, we are grateful to all of the authors who generously and diligently updated their chapters in the second edition of PPPDA. In addition, many thanks are due to our colleagues at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Virginia for their strong support of this project. Finally, this work could not have reached fruition without the valuable help of our editor, William Schmitt of Elsevier, and the editorial and production expertise of Peggy Gordon and Clay Cansler.

Kevin O. Leslie and Mark R. Wick

Key Features

• Accurately identify all major neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lungs with this comprehensive, "one-stop" resource whose last edition was named "Medical Textbook of the Year" by the Royal Society of Medicine/Society of Authors in 2005.
• Easily grasp important concepts thanks to a consistent presentation of key information on each disease and disorder: etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, pathologic features, and differential diagnosis.
• Apply practical advice and tips from world-recognized experts, including many time-saving diagnostic clues for interpreting difficult specimens.
• Improve the accuracy and completeness of your pathology reports with relevant clinical background information and ancillary radiographs, summary tables, charts, and graphs to simplify reference and to facilitate "at-a-glance" comparison between entities.

Website Features

• Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
• Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
• Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
• Images: Browse a Library of all book images. Easily select, organize, and download your images into a presentation.
• Self-Assessment Questions: Quiz yourself, in Study or Assessment mode, with these review questions.

New to this edition 

• Use pattern recognition to interpret complex diagnostic puzzles with assistance from key morphologic patterns for a full range of common and rare conditions.
• Get answers fast! A unique "visual index" directs you to the exact chapters and specific pages you need for in-depth diagnostic guidance.
• Stay current with a new chapter on pulmonary CT patterns written by two world-renowned thoracic radiologists; the latest lung cancer staging scheme in reference to therapy with biological agents; new concepts in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma diagnosis; an expanded discussion of neoplasms of the lung and pleura, with inclusion of recently-described entities; and many other timely updates.
• Access the fully searchable text anywhere, anytime at expertconsult.com, along with references, downloadable images, and self-assessment modules at the end of each chapter. 

Contents 

• Pattern-Based Approach to Diagnosis
• Chapter 1 - Lung Anatomy
• Chapter 2 - Optimal Processing of Diagnostic Lung Specimens
• Chapter 3 - Computed Tomography of Diffuse Lung Diseases and Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
• Chapter 4 - Developmental and Pediatric Lung Disease
• Chapter 5 - Acute Lung Injury
• Chapter 6 - Lung Infections
• Chapter 7 - Chronic Diffuse Lung Diseases
• Chapter 8 - Non-Neoplastic Pathology of the Large and Small Airways
• Chapter 9 - Pneumoconioses
• Chapter 10 - Pulmonary Vasculitis and Pulmonary Hemorrhage
• Chapter 11 - Pulmonary Hypertension
• Chapter 12 - Pathology of Lung Transplantation
• Chapter 13 - Neuroendocrine Lesions of the Lung
• Chapter 14 - Sarcomas and Sarcomatoid Neoplasms of the Lungs and Pleural Surfaces
• Chapter 15 - Hematolymphoid Disorders
• Chapter 16 - Non-Neuroendocrine Carcinomas (Excluding “Sarcomatoid” Carcinoma) and Salivary Gland Analog Carcinomas in the Lung
• Chapter 17 - Metastatic Tumors in the Lung: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis
• Chapter 18 - Pseudoneoplastic Lesions of the Lungs and Pleural Surfaces
• Chapter 19 - Benign and Borderline Tumors of the Lungs and Pleura
• Chapter 20 - Malignant and Borderline Mesothelial Tumors of the Pleura
• Miscellaneous Distinctive Histopathologic Findings  

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• Publisher: Saunders; 2 edition (May 18, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416057706
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Schaaf: Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Reference

On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium causing tuberculosis (TB). Koch’s achievement was the first step towards developing tools to control TB. Despite initial success with the discovery of anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy 60 years ago, the tubercle bacillus has been a tenacious human enemy, hard to conquer, and today TB disease still kills 5,000 people daily; that is one person every 20 seconds. More than 80 percent of TB cases arise in only 22 countries, most of which are under-resourced. One-third of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis, and 5 to 10 percent of infected people are likely to develop active TB; for those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and very young children, the likelihood of developing and dying from TB is much higher. In 2005, an estimated 1.8 million people died of TB; 195,000 were HIV co-infected. Today, fuelled by the HIV epidemic, TB disproportionately affects young adults in their most productive years. It is pushing medical research to its limits with synergic efforts, interdisciplinary approaches, and translational research using the latest technology.

M. tuberculosis and HIV co-infection produces a deadly partnership making both infections more destructive together than alone. This is most apparent in Africa where, according to World Health Organization (WHO), TB cases increase 10 percent annually in the wake of increasing levels of HIV infection and, directly and indirectly, involve increasing numbers of children. TB control programmes worldwide are increasingly faced with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) unresponsive to treatment that may return control programmes to the pre-antibiotic era, unless care is taken of currently existing drugs and new classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs are developed.

The huge mortality caused by the TB epidemic underscores the importance of continuing clinical, basic science and operational research to better understand how M. tuberculosis interacts with the host. Research findings translated into health care interventions could improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB. This textbook was developed from the understanding that advances in infectious disease research should be translated into applied clinical and management practice using newer guidelines. Over the past decade there has been an explosion of research into all aspects of TB (conventional and molecular epidemiology, organism and host interactions, clinical management schedules for TB and HIV co-infected individuals, new diagnostics, newer therapeutic regimens, newer vaccines, operational and implementation research). The revolution has generated new data that is influencing clinical practice in HIV-infected and uninfected adults and children. Research and funding agendas are better coordinated and serious moves to link funding of TB research and development work are emerging between a conglomerate of official and non governmental agencies. The WHO STOP TB Partnership has established a ‘research movement’ to assist in operational and implementation research. With so much activity in the TB field and growing knowledge being translated into clinical terms, a need to update the literature exists.

Currently there are several TB textbooks available, but they are focused either exclusively on research developments or clinical management guidelines. Furthermore most textbooks focus on adult TB and ignore the growing problem of childhood TB as this was not considered important to public health a decade ago. An enormous amount of new data has now accumulated changing our understanding of transmission dynamics, epidemiology, clinical presentation in HIV-infected adults and children, diagnostics, management and infection control. These data need condensation in a practical clinical textbook incorporating management of the HIV infected patient with active TB. It is apparent on reading several existing TB textbooks that these have been written by authors with limited experience of clinical practice in developing countries, where the majority of TB cases occur. Existing textbooks lack representation of authors from developing countries, particularly Africa. Currently new information on TB generated from clinical and basic science research is published in scientific and medical journals, not readily accessible health workers in poor countries where the brunt of the TB epidemic is borne. The practical management of TB in these countries is based on guidelines formulated several years ago. Most of the practitioners are too busy to catch up with, or do not have access to, the latest developments in the field.

Three years ago an urgent need was recognized for an up-todate, affordable, comprehensive textbook on the clinical management of TB in adults and children, preferably by experts from all over the world, but particularly from TB and HIV/AIDS endemic areas. The challenge was taken up by Professor Alimuddin Zumla (editor of Manson’s Tropical Diseases 21st and 22nd editions; himself a survivor of near fatal TB meningitis as a junior doctor); extensive international work on TB and TB advocacy activities led him to pursue this task with Elsevier Publishing convincing them of the need for a new clinical TB textbook. A strong editorial team was assembled to assist with the challenging task. To balance the book between adult and childhood TB, Professor Zumla (an adult physician) chose Professor Simon Schaaf, a distinguished and very experienced paediatrician from the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, as co-editor. For the book to be truly globally representative, Professors Zumla and Schaaf enlisted six international leading TB authorities as associate editors: Professor John M Grange (UK and Europe), Dr. Mario C Raviglione (WHO, Geneva), Dr. Wing Wai Yew (Asia), Professor JeffreyRStarke (USA), Professor Madhukar Pai (Canada), and Professor Peter Donald (Africa). This editorial team invited 158 eminent authors from several continents (53 authors from Africa, 32 from USA and Canada, 56 from Europe and 17 from Asia and Australia) to write 107 chapters and 4 appendices to create ‘Tuberculosis: AComprehensive Clinical Reference’ – an up-to-date, globally relevant TB treatise. The chapters present state-of-the-art on nearly every aspect of clinical TB relevant to clinical practice bringing readers up to date with scientific developments. Most chapters are amply illustrated with figures, graphs, tables and a diversity of clinical, pathological and radiological pictures. The chapters are clearly written with a healthy overlap between some chapters. A wide range of approaches is presented, reviewing current knowledge and indicating gaps and challenges; focused on practical information, a thorough overview of the latest topics places a strong emphasis on clinical practice.

This textbook arises from the world-wide need for a comprehensive clinical text with the latest developments in TB research incorporated into advice on day to day clinical practice. Current TB clinical dogma and changing clinical practice due to the ominous consequences of co-infection with HIV and TB are highlighted and the collective experience of 158 authors ensures a unique and practical approach with global appeal. There is information and knowledge for clinical practitioners from major city hospitals to the rural health worker in the TB clinic. Knowledge is provided in clear practical terms to aid a variety of audiences, from general physicians, pulmonologists, TB and HIV clinic staff, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, TB programme staff, medical students, postgraduates, technical staff, clinician scientists (as a clinical guide for scientists), policy makers, politicians and donor agencies.

The bulk of the book is on clinical presentation, diagnosis and management and principles are demonstrated by system based case histories of adults and children. Tuberculosis-a comprehensive reference contains eleven sections. As an introduction to clinical TB, the first three sections provide a brief history, background updates on new knowledge of epidemiology and transmission dynamics, basic science (immunology, pathogenesis of TB and HIV, development of new TB vaccines and pathology and pathogenesis of TB) and natural history of TB. The main clinical thrust is manifested in sections 4 to 8. In these sections clinical presentation and diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in adults and children are discussed. Complicated tuberculosis such as HIV/TB co-infection, MDR and XDR-TB and TB in pregnancy is also covered. Well illustrated chapters on diagnostics and imaging are included. Clinical management (treatment and drug doses) of TB follow on the clinical presentation. Illustrative case histories emphasize day to day problems of clinical practice. Section 9 presents clinical cases of TB in nearly all organ systems and convey the considerable experience of the authors. Section 10 covers Social Science and structural issues in TB and TB/HIV which are always important in the overall study of TB.

The epilogue introduces perspective and emphasises that current advances allow room for optimism to achieve control, but not total eradication.

Key Features

• Discusses screening tests for tuberculosis so you can interpret their results and identify not only common manifestations of the disease, but also those that are comparatively rare-such as tuberculosis in pregnant women.
• Covers all clinical aspects of tuberculosis in children, including current practices on managing those infected with HIV.
• Provides details on how best to interact with the public health system in both industrialized and developing countries.
• Addresses the social aspects of tuberculosis and presents the latest advances on new and potential vaccines against tuberculosis.
• Offers the expertise of internationally recognized tuberculosis clinicians to provide you with well-rounded, global coverage.
• Features numerous illustrations to provide clear and detailed depictions of rare manifestations of tuberculosis. 

Contents

SECTION 1 HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Chapter 1 The history of tuberculosis: Past, present, and challenges for the future
• Chapter 2 Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Chapter 3 The global epidemiology of tuberculosis
• Chapter 4 Molecular methods and their application in tuberculosis epidemiology
• Chapter 5 Epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis

SECTION 2 BASIC SCIENCE

• Chapter 6 The genus Mycobacterium and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
• Chapter 7 Other mycobacteria causing human disease
• Chapter 8 The basic immunology of tuberculosis
• Chapter 9 Host susceptibility and resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Genetic, neuroendocrine, and acquired factors
• Chapter 10 Co-pathogenesis of tuberculosis and HIV
• Chapter 11 Tuberculosis vaccines
• Chapter 12 Pathology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis

SECTION 3 NATURAL HISTORY OF INFECTION AND DISEASE

• Chapter 13 The natural history of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in adults
• Chapter 14 The natural history of tuberculosis infection and disease in children
• Chapter 15 Human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis and related animal pathogens

SECTION 4 GENERAL CLINICAL FEATURES AND DIAGNOSIS

• Chapter 16 Clinical features and index of suspicion of tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 17 Clinical features and index of suspicion in adults (HIV-negative and HIV-positive)
• Chapter 18 Microbiological testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Chapter 19 Immune-based tests for tuberculosis
• Chapter 20 Nucleic acid amplification for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Chapter 21 Histopathology and cytopathology
• Chapter 22 Practical approaches to ordering diagnostic tests
• Chapter 23 New diagnostics for tuberculosis
• Chapter 24 Imaging of tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 25 Imaging for tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 26 Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and PET imaging in tuberculosis
• Chapter 27 Management algorithms for tuberculosis where there are few or no diagnostic facilities
• Chapter 28 Management algorithms for paediatric tuberculosis

SECTION 5 CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Chapter 29 Pulmonary tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 30 Pleural effusion and empyema in adult tuberculosis
• Chapter 31 Tuberculous pericarditis and myocarditis in adults and children
• Chapter 32 Intrathoracic tuberculosis in children: The most common clinical presentations Chapter
• Chapter 33 Management of complicated intrathoracic and upper airway tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 34 Overview of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adults and children
• Chapter 35 Tuberculosis lymphadenitis and involvement of the reticuloendothelial system in children
• Chapter 36 Tuberculosis of lymph nodes and the reticuloendothelial system in adults
• Chapter 37 Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults
• Chapter 38 Central nervous system tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 39 Abdominal (gastrointestinal tract) tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 40 Abdominal tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 41 Tuberculosis of the kidney and urinary tract
• Chapter 42 Male genital tuberculosis
• Chapter 43 Female genital tuberculosis
• Chapter 44 Ear, nose, and throat tuberculosis in adults and children
• Chapter 45 Tuberculosis of the breast
• Chapter 46 Ocular tuberculosis in adults and children
• Chapter 47 Dermatological manifestations of tuberculosis in adults and children
• Chapter 48 Musculoskeletal and spinal tuberculosis in adults and children
• Chapter 49 Tuberculosis of endocrine glands in adults and children
• Chapter 50 Surgery in the management of tuberculosis

SECTION 6 CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS

• Chapter 51 Clinical aspects of tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults
• Chapter 52 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 53 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 54 Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)
• Chapter 55 Tuberculosis in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients
• Chapter 56 Tuberculosis in pregnancy and in the neonate
• Chapter 57 Tuberculosis outbreaks in confined situations

SECTION 7 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Chapter 58 General management of tuberculosis in different clinical settings
• Chapter 59 Antituberculosis drugs
• Chapter 60 Drug interactions in the treatment of HIV-related tuberculosis
• Chapter 61 Tuberculosis drug therapy in children
• Chapter 62 Tuberculosis drug therapy in adults
• Chapter 63 International standards for tuberculosis care
• Chapter 64 Role of communities in tuberculosis care and prevention
• Chapter 65 Operational issues, compliance, and DOTS programmes
• Chapter 66 Management of side effects of antituberculosis drugs
• Chapter 67 Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
• Chapter 68 Strategic risk management for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthcare settings
• Chapter 69 Nursing care of patients with tuberculosis
• Chapter 70 Immunotherapy of tuberculosis
• Chapter 71 Current controversies and unresolved issues in adult tuberculosis
• Chapter 72 Laboratory systems and strategies for tuberculosis
• Chapter 73 Priorities in tuberculosis research

SECTION 8 PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS

• Chapter 74 BCG: History, evolution, efficacy, and implications in the HIV era
• Chapter 75 Contact tracing and follow-up
• Chapter 76 Prophylaxis with antituberculous drugs in special situations
• Chapter 77 Issues in global tuberculosis control
• Chapter 78 National tuberculosis programmes and tuberculosis control in developing countries
• Chapter 79 Implementation of collaborative tuberculosis/HIV activities: Policy and programme issues

SECTION 9 ILLUSTRATIVE CASE HISTORIES

• Chapter 80 Pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 81 Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adults
• Chapter 82 Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 83 Tuberculous meningitis
• Chapter 84 Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults
• Chapter 85 Abdominal tuberculosis: Case study
• Chapter 86 Ear, nasal, and ocular tuberculosis
• Chapter 87 Dermatology case report: Papulonecrotic tuberculosis
• Chapter 88 Tuberculosis of the hip
• Chapter 89 Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland associated with thyrotoxicosis
• Chapter 90 Renal tuberculosis
• Chapter 91 Tuberculosis of epididymis
• Chapter 92 Congenital tuberculosis
• Chapter 93 Deteriorating tuberculosis in a HIV-infected man despite treatment: Immune reconstitution, resistance, or drug malabsorption?
• Chapter 94 Unusual cases
• Chapter 95 Unusual images of tuberculosis in children
• Chapter 96 Spinal tuberculosis in children: A report of a complicated case
• Chapter 97 Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis: A study in mimicry
• Chapter 98 Management of an HIV-positive patient with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

SECTION 10 SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN TUBERCULOSIS

• Chapter 99 Gender issues in tuberculosis
• Chapter 100 Tuberculosis and migration
• Chapter 101 Tuberculosis control in the workplace
• Chapter 102 Tuberculosis and poverty
• Chapter 103 Clinical trials in tuberculosis
• Chapter 104 Tuberculosis and social justice: A historical perspective
• Chapter 105 The history of the DOTS strategy: Achievements and perspectives
• Chapter 106 The WHO Stop TB Strategy for the coming decade
• Chapter 107 The Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006–2015

APPENDICES

• Appendix 1 Conversion of units for laboratory results
• Appendix 2 Tuberculosis drug information
• Appendix 3 Web sources of information on tuberculosis and global organizations supporting tuberculosis control
• Appendix 4 Tuberculosis research funding

Epilogue

Index

Foreword from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

I am honoured to be asked to write the Foreword for this comprehensive textbook. It is a compilation of the writings of more than 100 distinguished TB experts from all over the world. They cover almost every aspect of the disease. I am impressed at the concerted effort being made by scientists and health staff working at different levels, through programmes and in hospitals and clinics, to save lives and prevent morbidity. I applaud and commend them for their efforts to find solutions to curtail the devastating effects of a relentless pandemic.

Tuberculosis is a very old disease which we are still unable to contain. Since early biblical times the two main mycobacterial diseases, tuberculosis (consumption) and leprosy have caused great suffering and death. Although leprosy is now largely controlled, TB continues its rampant course throughout the world. Despite the fact that the cause of TB was discovered nearly 120 years ago it continues to kill 1.8 million people every year and is responsible for 1 in 4 preventable deaths. Tuberculosis has escalated to the point where millions of people a year develop the disease and die. This pandemic is further complicated by the additional burden of drug-resistant TB, HIV and poor health services in many countries that experience the highest number of TB infections. Tuberculosis is primarily a disease of poverty—patients are often victims of their circumstances rather than being responsible for the problem themselves. The resurgence of TB reflects the failure of global, political and economic institutions to improve the lives of poor people.

This textbook with excellent illustrations and photographs will assist the professional and lay reader to understand TB from a variety of perspectives. It provides the latest updates on progress in tackling the disease such as finding solutions for rapidly diagnosing TB, newer drugs and shorter treatment regimens, and more effective vaccines. The chapters ominously illustrate the enormity of the problem: nearly two million deaths each year, the emerging problems of drug-resistant TB and the serious hindrances in diagnosing and managing the disease caused by coinfection with HIV.

While the overall picture for achieving TB control is still gloomy and advance in TB scientific research is slow, there remains room for optimism. Current data from WHO shows that the number of cases of TB reported last year is levelling out in several countries. This surely can be repeated elsewhere. In the short term, TB is likely to continue killing millions each year in poorly resourced countries; sadly the international donor community’s response has been disappointing. This is a disease that can be overcome and I challenge donors to support the work of thousands of dedicated healthcare workers, volunteers, scientists and doctors who are doing their best at the coalface.

I am encouraged that this book contains substantial contributions from authors from Africa, particularly South Africa, where TB is taking its toll. By uniting African authors with their colleagues in Europe, Asia and the USA the editors have demonstrated that the way forward in the fight against TB is to move forward together.

A vast amount of knowledge has been generated on the subject of TB in the past decade. This book gives a very helpful overview of this material in a readable form. Its publication is timely. I remind the donor community of the urgent need to work towards controlling TB worldwide. We can do it together.

Book Details 
 

• Hardcover: 1046 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (May 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416039880
• ISBN-13: 978-1416039884

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