Geriatric chest disease /

Geriatric Chest Disease presents a guide to the management of chest disease in the elderly. It discusses the treatment and multiple pathology of the said disease. It addresses the normal changes in the aging lung. Some of the topics covered in the book are the symptoms of dyspnoea; cough; haemoptysi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, Luke, M.B
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : J. Wright, 1974.
Temas:
Older people > Diseases.
Chest > Diseases.
Older people.
Geriatrics.
Thoracic Diseases
Aged
Geriatrics
Thorax > Maladies.
G�eriatrie.
Personnes �ag�ees > Maladies.
Personnes �ag�ees.
elderly.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Older people
Chest > Diseases
Older people > Diseases
Maladies du thorax > Sujet �ag�e.
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  • Front Cover; Geriatric Chest Disease; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Section I: Principles of Diagnosis; Chapter One. Normal Changes in the Ageing Lung; 1. ANATOMICAL CHANGES; 2. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES; Chapter Two. Symptoms; DYSPNOEA; COUGH; HAEMOPTYSIS; CHEST PAIN; SPUTUM; Chapter Three. Physical Signs; MAIN PHYSICAL SIGNS-CLINICAL CAUSES; 1. IMPAIRED PERCUSSION; 2. BRONCHIAL BREATHING; 3. CRACKLES (crepitations); 4. WHEEZING; 5. DIFFUSE AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION; Chapter Four. Laboratory Evaluation; 1. CHEST X-RAY; 2. BRONCHOGRAPHY; 3. TOMOGRAPHY; 4. SPUTUM; 5. SKIN TESTS.
  • 6. LARYNGOSCOPY7. BRONCHOSCOPY; 8. BIOPSY; 9. SEROLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY; 10. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; 11. ANGIOGRAPHY; 12. LUNG SCANNING; 13. RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; Section 2: Specific Diseases; Chapter Five. Chronic Airways Obstruction; 1. SMOKING; 2. AIR POLLUTION; 3� INFECTION; 4. BRONCHOSPASM; 5. MUCOSAL OEDEMA; 6. SECRETIONS; 7. UNDERVENTILATION; 8� RIGHT-SIDED HEART FAILURE (COR PULMONALE); Chapter Six. Bronchial Carcinoma; PRESENTATION; COMMON PHYSICAL FINDINGS; IMPORTANT X-RAY FINDINGS; COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; Chapter Seven. The Pneumonias.
  • PREDISPOSING FACTORSCLINICAL FEATURES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTION; TREATMENT; COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEQUELAE; Chapter Eight. Pulmonary Tuberculosis; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; POST-PRIMARY PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; Chapter Nine. Pulmonary Thrombo-embolic Disease; AETIOLOGY; PREDISPOSING FACTORS; PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL EFFECTS; SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT; Chapter Ten. Pleural Effusion; PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL FINDINGS; CHEST X-RAY; INVESTIGATION; TREATMENT; Chapter Eleven. Fungal Infection; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS (MONILIASIS).
  • Chapter Twelve. Some Less Common Diseases1. BRONCHIECTASIS; 2. SARCOIDOSIS; 3. SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; 4. DIFFUSE FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; 5. RHEUMATOID DISEASE; 6. SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; 7. SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; Section 3: Special Problems; Chapter Thirteen. Symptomatic Management; 1. HAEMOPTYSIS; 2. DYSPNOEA; 3. COUGH; 4. EXPECTORATION; 5. CHEST PAIN; Chapter Fourteen. Respiratory Disease associated with other Systemic Diseases; 1. RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC DISEASE; 2. RESPIRATORY AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; 3. RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND MENTAL STATE; 4. RESPIRATORY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE.
  • 5. RESPIRATORY AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE6. RESPIRATORY AND SKELETAL DISEASE; 7� RESPIRATORY AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE; 8. RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND ANAEMIA; Chapter Fifteen. Adverse Effects of Drugs; 1. GENERAL; 2. ANTIMICROBIALS; 3. BRONCHODILATORS; 4. CORTICOSTEROIDS; 5. PHENOTHIAZINES; 6� BENZODIAZEPINES; 7. TRICYCLIC ANTI-DEPRESSANTS; 8. DIURETICS; 9. OPIATES, BARBITURATES AND OTHER HYPNOTICS; 10. �-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS; 11. DIGOXIN; 12. �a-METHYL DOPA; 13. CARBENOXOLONE AND PHENYL-BUTAZONE; 14. DRUG INTERACTIONS; Appendix A .Diagnosis of 500 consecutive Hospital Cases.

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