Handbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine focuses on pulmonary and critical care medicine. The specialty of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has quickly grown in size and expanded in scope in a short span of time. Pulmonary critical care and invasive interventions have also become essential in pulmonary practice.

Handbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine book consists of 101 chapters, which include applied respiratory physics, pulmonary function tests, tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, multidrug resistant tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases, community-acquired pneumonia, pulmonary fungal infections, nosocomial pneumonia, lung abscess, bronchial asthma epidemiology, airway inflammation and remodeling, acute asthma exacerbations, pharmacotherapy of bronchial asthma, risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary rehabilitation, bullous lung diseases, sarcoidosis, pulmonary eosinophilic disorders, lung disease in coal workers, solitary pulmonary nodule, pulmonary vascular malformations, acute respiratory distress syndrome etc. The students and medical practitioners including the pulmonary physicians will find it easy to carry as a ‘vade mecum’—it should serve as a pocket-reference in their day-to-day practice.

Contents

۱ Introduction
۲ Applied Respiratory Physics
۳ History and Physical Examination
۴ Pulmonary Function Tests
۵ Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases and Acid–Base Abnormalities
۶ Tuberculosis: Overview
۷ Immunology and Pathogenesis
۸ Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Clinical Features and Diagnosis
۹ Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
۱۰ Management of Tuberculosis
۱۱ Prevention of Tuberculosis
۱۲ Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
۱۳ Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
۱۴ Treatment of Tuberculosis in Special Situations
۱۵ Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
۱۶ Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases
۱۷ Community-acquired Pneumonia
۱۸ Pulmonary Fungal Infections
۱۹ Nosocomial Pneumonia
۲۰ Lung Abscess

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۸۵ Management of Complex Airways Diseases
۸۶ Analgesia and Sedation in the ICU
۸۷ Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
۸۸ Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
۸۹ Pleura: Anatomy and Physiology
۹۰ Tubercular Pleural Effusion
۹۱ Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema
۹۲ Malignant Pleural Effusions and Pleurodesis
۹۳ Pneumothorax
۹۴ Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
۹۵ Pulmonary Involvement in Connective Tissue Diseases
۹۶ Pulmonary Manifestations of Other System Diseases
۹۷ Pulmonary Involvement in Tropical Diseases
۹۸ Pulmonary Diseases in Pregnancy
۹۹ Rare Lung Diseases
۱۰۰ Ethics in Respiratory Care
۱۰۱ End-of-Life Care