Respiratory Medicine. Stephen J. Bourke

Recognition of critically ill patients Treatment Prognosis FURTHER READING Multiple choice questions Multiple choice answers 18 Ventilatory failure and sleep‐related breathing disorders Introduction Sleep physiology Ventilatory failure Ventilatory failure and sleep Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (Fig. 18.3) Central sleep apnoea FURTHER READING Multiple choice questions Multiple choice answers 19 Lung transplantation Introduction Types of operation Indications for transplantation Post‐transplantation complications and treatment Prognosis Future prospects FURTHER READING Multiple choice questions Multiple choice answers

      9  Index

      10  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Main respiratory symptoms Table 2.2 Major causes of haemoptysis Table 2.3 Causes of clubbing

      2 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Normal values for arterial blood gases whilst breathing normal ro...

      3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Causes of pulmonary masses

      4 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Principal respiratory viruses

      5 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in immunocompromi...Table 6.2 Pulmonary complications of HIV infection

      6 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Treatment of tuberculosis

      7 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Aetiology of bronchiectasis

      8 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Diagnosing asthma. 'All that wheezes is not asthma and not all a...

      9 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Aetiology of carcinoma of the lung Table 12.2 Outline of examples of TNM staging of non‐small cell lung cancer...Table 12.3 World Health Organization performance status scale. Patients wit...

      10 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Clinical features of airway disease and interstitial lung diseas...

      11 Chapter 14Table 14.1 Common causes of occupational asthma

      12 Chapter 17Table 17.1 Initiating injuries and illnesses in ARDS Table 17.2 Features indicating a critically ill patient. Early warning scor...

      13 Chapter 18Table 18.1 The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is useful in screening patients for...

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Diagram of bronchopulmonary segments. LING, lingula; LL, lower lo...Figure 1.2 Surface anatomy. (a) Anterior view of the lungs. (b) Lateral view...Figure 1.3 Structure of the alveolar wall as revealed by electron microscopy...Figure 1.4 Effect of diaphragmatic contraction. Diagram of the ribcage, abdo...Figure 1.5 Graph of (static) lung volume against oesophageal pressure (a sur...Figure 1.6 Diagrammatic representation of the increase in total cross‐sectio...Figure 1.7 Model of the lung, demonstrating the flow‐limiting mechanism (see...Figure 1.8 Oxygen–carbon dioxide diagram. The continuous and interrupted lin...Figure 1.9 Blood oxygen and carbon dioxide dissociation curves drawn to the ...Figure 1.10 Distribution of V/Q relationships within the lungs. Although the...Figure 1.11 Effect of V/Q imbalance. (a) Appropriate V/Q. The V/Q ratio is s...

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Which man has airway obstruction?Figure 2.2 Clubbing. (a) Normal: the ‘angle’ is shown. (b) Early: the angle ...Figure 2.3 Movement of the costal margin. The arrows indicate the direction ...Figure 2.4 Summary of sound transmission in the lung. Sound is generated eit...Figure 2.5 Signs of localised lung disease.

      3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Total lung capacity and its subdivisions.Figure 3.2 Forced expiratory spirogram tracing obtained with a spirometer. (...Figure 3.3 Measurement of PEF. The subject takes a full inspiration, applies...Figure 3.4 Flow/volume loop. Airflow is represented on the vertical axis and...Figure 3.5 Large (central) airway obstruction. Typical tracing obtained with...Figure