Clinical Respiratory Medicine

Part 1: Structure & Function Radiology

1 Imaging
2 MRI scanning
3 Radio-nucleide scanning
4 Physiology
5 Host Defense

Part 2: Techniques & Indications
6 Bronchoscopy
7 Pleural Biopsy
8 Other Biopsy Procedures
9 Intercostal Drainage
10 Diagnostic Surgical Intervention

Part 3: Principles of Respiratory Care
11 Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
12 Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
13 Monitoring in the ICU
14 Airway Management

Part 4: An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms
15 Cough
16 Dyspnea
17 Hemoptysis
18 Chest Pain

Part 5: Infectious Disease
19 An Approach to Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection Community Acquired Pneumonia
20 Bacterial Pneumonia
21 Viral Pneumonia
22 Aspiration
23 Fungal and Parasitic Pneumonia; Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host
24 Bacterial Pneumonia
25 Viral Pneumonia
26 Fungal Pneumonia Nosocomial Infections
27 Bacterial Pneumonia
28 Fungal Pneumonia
29 Tuberculosis & Atypical Mycobacteria
30 Complications of Pneumonia
31 Rhinitis & Sinusitis

Part 6: AIDS & the Lung
32 Pulmonary Infections
33 Non- infectious Conditions

Part 7: Airway Diseases Pharmacology of the Airway
34 Beta Agonists, Anti-cholinergics & Others
35 Corticosteroids
36 Delivery of Medication to the Lung
37 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
38 Management of Acute Exacerbations
39 Other Causes of Emphysema Asthma
40 Epidemiology & Risk Factors
41 Clinical Features, Diagnosis & Treatment
42 Cystic Fibrosis

Part 8: 43 Lung Tumors

Part 9: Diffuse Lung Diseases
44 Approach to Diagnosis
45 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
46 Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
47 Sarcoidosis
48 Eosinophilic Lung Diseases & BOOP
49 Other Diffuse Diseases

Part 10: Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Vasculitides & Hemorrhage
50 Pulmonary Embolism
51 Pulmonary Hypertension
52 Pulmonary Vasculitides & Hemorrhage

Part 11: Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Conditions
53 Connective Tissue Disorders
54 Pregnancy
55 Bone Marrow

Richard K. Albert, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado, Chief, Medical Service, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA

Stephen G. Spiro, BSc, MD, FRCP, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Consultant Physician Genral and Thoracic Medicine, Univesity College London Hospitals NHS Trust, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

James R. Jett, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine and Medical, Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN