A RATIONAL EXPOSITION OF THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF THE DISEASES OF THE LUNGS AND PLEURA
CONTENTS PART I CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS—APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS 1 DYSPNEA 2 CHRONIC COUGH AND NORMAL CHEST X-RAY 3 CHEST PAIN 4 HEMOPTYSIS 5 UNEXPLAINED RESPIRATORY FAILURE 6 PLEURAL EFFUSION 7 DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE 8 DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE 9 PULMONARY INFILTRATES IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (NON-HIV) 10 PULMONARY INFILTRATES IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (HIV) 11 THE RESPIRATORY SLEEP PATIENT 12 THE BREATHLESS, PREGNANT PATIENT 13 PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PULMONARY PATIENT 14 POSTOPERATIVE BREATHLESSNESS 1CONTENTS PART II CLINICAL CONDITIONS 15 ASTHMA 16 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) 17 LUNG CANCER 18 MEDIASTINAL ABNORMALITIES 19 BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION 20 VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION 21 MYCOBACTERIAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION 22 FUNGAL RESPIRATORY DISEASES 23 PARASITIC LUNG DISEASE 24 PNEUMOTHORAX 25 PLEURAL EFFUSIONS 26 ASBESTOS AND THE LUNG 27 SLEEP-RELATED RESPIRATORY DISORDERS 28 BRONCHIECTASIS 29 ADULT CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) 30 LUNG TRANSPLANTATION 31 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 32 PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE 33 SARCOIDOSIS 34 IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS 35 HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS 36 BRONCHIOLITIS AND RELATED DISORDERS 37 EOSINOPHILIC LUNG DISEASE 38 PNEUMOCONIOSES 39 CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE AND THE LUNG 40 VASCULITIS AND THE LUNG 41 GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE AND THE LUNG 42 ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) 43 UPPER AIRWAY DISEASES 44 HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME 45 UNUSUAL CONDITIONS 46 FLYING, DIVING, AND ALTITUDE 47 TOXIC AGENTS 48 PEDIATRIC LUNG DISORDERS PERTINENT TO ADULT PRACTICE PART III SUPPORTIVE CARE 49 NONINVASIVE VENTILATION 50 INDICATIONS FOR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION 51 ETHICAL ISSUES 52 TRACHEOSTOMY 53 INHALERS AND NEBULIZERS 54 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY 55 LONG-TERM OXYGEN THERAPY 1CONTENTS 56 PULMONARY REHABILITATION 57 SMOKING CESSATION 58 PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE CHEST PATIENT PART IV PRACTICAL PROCEDURES 59 AIRWAY MANAGEMENT 60 CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY 61 BRONCHOSCOPY 62 THORACENTESIS 63 ASPIRATION OF PNEUMOTHORAX 64 ABRAMS PLEURAL BIOPSY 65 CHEST DRAINS 66 CHEMICAL PLEURODESIS 67 MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY 68 SOME DIAGNOSTIC TESTS CHAPTER XA PART I CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS: APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS 1 DYSPNEA 2 CHRONIC COUGH AND NORMAL CHEST X-RAY 3 CHEST PAIN 4 HEMOPTYSIS 5 UNEXPLAINED RESPIRATORY FAILURE 6 PLEURAL EFFUSION 7 DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE 8 DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE 9 PULMONARY INFILTRATES IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (NON-HIV) 10 PULMONARY INFILTRATES IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (HIV) 11 THE RESPIRATORY SLEEP PATIENT 12 THE BREATHLESS, PREGNANT PATIENT 13 PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PULMONARY PATIENT 14 POSTOPERATIVE BREATHLESSNESS