Respiratory Medicine

Contents.
 
Preface, 00.
 
Acknowledgements, 00.
 
How to use this book, 00.
 
Part 1 Basics, 00.
 
Basic science, 00.
 
Approach to the patient, 00.
 
Part 2 Cases, 00.
 
Case 1 A 64-year-old man with respiratory arrest, 00.
 
Case 2 A 19-year-old man with chest tightness, 00.
 
Case 3 A 31-year-old woman with poorly controlled asthma, 00.
 
Case 4 A 22-year-old man with life-threatening asthma, 00.
 
Case 5 A 65-year-old man with worsening shortness of breath, 00.
 
Case 6 A worried 56-year-old man, 00.
 
Case 7 An 81-year-old man with acute shortness of breath, 00.
 
Case 8 A 73-year-old woman with confusion, 00.
 
Case 9 A 78-year-old man with ankle swelling, 00.
 
Case 10 A 72-year-old man with a hoarse voice, 00.
 
Case 11 A 56-year-old woman with an abnormal chest X-ray, 00.
 
Case 12 A 68-year-old man with shortness of breath and chest pain, 00.
 
Case 13 A 16-year-old boy with right-sided chest pain, 00.
 
Case 14 A 62-year-old woman with breathlessness, 00.
 
Case 15 A 24-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain, 000.
 
Case 16 An elderly woman who collapsed suddenly, 000.
 
Case 17 A 45-year-old man with chest pain and breathlessness, 000.
 
Case 18 A 72-year-old man who became breathless during inpatient stay on a.
 
medical ward, 000.
 
Case 19 A 58-year-old woman with breathlessness following surgery, 000.
 
Case 20 A 16-year-old boy with a sore throat, 000.
 
Case 21 A 45-year-old woman with a chronic cough, 000.
 
Case 22 A 17-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis, 000.
 
Case 23 A 25-year-old woman with cough and weight loss, 000.
 
Case 24 A 44-year-old man commencing treatment for tuberculosis, 000.
 
Case 25 A 32-year-old man who absconds from directly observed therapy for tuberculosis, 000.
 
Case 26 A 32-year-old

Emma Baker, Honorary Consultant Physician and Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, St George's Hospital and Medical School, London, UK.

Dilys Lai, Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.

'Excellent...the cases are very accurate and comprehensive.' - Consultant and Lecturer, Newcastle University 'This is good - the cases cover everything I have seen as a medical student in a typical medical take and all the emergency scenarios I should be aware of, deals with diagnosis and management, with good discussion of the rationale...the cases unfold in the way they would in the hospital, and questions are asked at pertinent times.' - Medical Student, Oxford University 'Easy to read and understand...This book includes everything we needed to cover whilst on placement, covering a wide range of realistic situations...a bonus about this book is that it contains practical information that you can't find in a lot of respiratory books...The examination section is brilliant...the cases are clear and easy to follow.' - Medical Student, University of East Anglia

Excellent...the cases are very accurate and comprehensive. - Consultant and Lecturer, Newcastle University

This is good - the cases cover everything I have seen as amedical student in a typical medical take and all the emergencyscenarios I should be aware of, deals with diagnosis andmanagement, with good discussion of the rationale...the casesunfold in the way they would in the hospital, and questions areasked at pertinent times. - Medical Student, OxfordUniversity

Easy to read and understand...This book includes everything weneeded to cover whilst on placement, covering a wide range ofrealistic situations...a bonus about this book is that it containspractical information that you can t find in a lot of respiratorybooks...The examination section is brilliant...the cases are clearand easy to follow. - Medical Student, University of EastAnglia