Main description:

Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Second Edition, Six Volume Set explores the key processes of lung diseases and their diagnosis and management. The book dissects the molecular and cellular biology, physiology and immunology that underpin normal lung function, along with the aberrations that occur in respiratory diseases, from common disorders such as asthma and COPD to rarer lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension. Written in at a time when the globe is in the grip of respiratory pandemic, lung disease has never been so prominent in the public and political conscious.

This new edition will provide new researchers in respiratory medicine with a solid foundation in unfamiliar topics and will update more experienced researchers seeking to step outside their core areas of research to put their work into a broader context.

Contents:

1. Scientific Basis of the Respiratory System 2. Clinical assessment, Lung anatomy, Lung physiology 3. Airways Disease 4. Interstitial Lung Disease 5. Pleural Disease 6. Pulmonary Vascular Disease 7. Lung Cancer 8. Respiratory Infections 9. Sleep 10. Respiratory Critical Care 11. Lung Transplant 12. Pediatrics 13. Public Health, Environment, and Occupational Medicine