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A synopsis of respiratory diseases

A Synopsis of Respiratory Diseases discusses the concept of pulmonary physiology and its diseases. This book is composed of 10 chapters that address the development and treatment of tuberculosis. Some of the topics covered in the book are the essential function of the lungs; transfer of gases; blood...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smart, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, J. Wright, 1964.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; A Synopsis of Respiratory Diseases; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents ; CHAPTER 1. PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY; Essential Function of the Lungs; Transfer of Gases; Blood Gas Analysis; Control of Respiration; Examples of Evaluation of Dyspnoea by Physiological Means; Differential Lung Function; Physiological Events leading to CO2 Narcosis; Physiological Events leading to Cor Pulmonale; Acute Respiratory Failure; CHAPTER 2. DISEASES OF THE NOSE; I. HAY FEVER; II. EPISTAXIS; CHAPTER 3. DISEASES OF THE LARYNX; I. ACUTE CATARRHAL LARYNGITIS; II. CHRONIC LARYNGITIS
  • III. OEDEMATOUS LARYNGITISIV. TUBERCULOUS LARYNGITIS; V. SYPHILITIC LARYNGITIS; VI. CONDITIONS OF SPASM OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNX; VII. NEW GROWTHS OF T H E LARYNX; CHAPTER 4. DISEASES OF THE TRACHEA; I. TRACHEITIS; II. TRACHEAL OBSTRUCTION; CHAPTER 5. DISEASES OF THE BRONCHI; I. ACUTE BRONCHITIS; II. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; III. EMPHYSEMA; IV. BRONCHIECTASIS; V. BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; VI. BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION; VII. TUMOURS OF THE BRONCHUS; CHAPTER 6. TUBERCULOSIS; I. GENERAL FEATURES, AETIOLOGY, AND HISTOLOGY; II. PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; III. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE PLEURA; IV. MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS
  • v. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LYMPH-GLANDSVI. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE PERITONEUM; VII. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE INTESTINES; VIII. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL; IX. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LIVER; X. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BRAIN; CHAPTER 7. DISEASES OF THE PLEURA; I. PLEURAL FLUID: EXAMINATION AND CAUSES; II. ACUTE PLEURISY; III. SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; IV. HYDROPNEUMOTHORAX; V. PYOPNEUMOTHORAX; CHAPTER 8. DISEASES O F THE LUNGS; HAEMOPTYSIS; EMBOLISM AND INFARCTION OF THE LUNG; COLLAPSE OF T H E LUNGS; INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS; INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS AND HONEYCOMB LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
  • PNEUMOCONIOSISSILICOSIS; ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; BA6ASSOSIS; FARMER'S LUNG; TIN-MINER'S LUNG; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ASPIRATION OR DEGLUTITION PNEUMONIA; FUNGAL INFECTIONS OF LUNG; COLLAGEN DISEASES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; SARCOIDOSIS; CHAPTER 9. DISEASES OF THE MEDIASTINUM; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE OESOPHAGUS; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE TRACHEA AND BRONCHI; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE GREAT VESSELS; DERMOID CYSTS; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE NERVES; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE THYROID GLAND; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE THYMUS GLAND; CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LYMPH-GLANDS
  • CHAPTER 10. DISEASES OF THE DIAPHRAGMI. HIATUS HERNIA; II. HERNIA OF DIAPHRAGM; III. EVENTRATION OF THE DIAPHRAGM; IV. DIAPHRAGMATIC PLEURISY; INDEX