Respiratory Chronic COPD/asthma Sepsis Bronchiectasis Cystic fibrosis Cancer Lung cancer Mesothelioma Intrathoracic metastases Fibrosis Respiratory muscle weakness due to cachexia Neuromuscular Motor neurone disease Muscular dystrophies Skeletal Chest wall abnormalities…
Fig. 1.1 Trajectories of dying from lung disease. The rate at which lung diseases progress is highly variable. Sudden death is a feature of catastrophic illnesses such as severe pneumonia….
Fig. 3.1 Bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial arteriography showing an abnormal dilated bronchial artery (a) which was the source of massive hemoptysis. The bleeding was stopped by bronchial artery embolization which…
Airway clearance techniques Forced expiratory technique (“huffing”) Autogenic drainage Active cycle of breathing Postural drainage Positive expiratory pressure devices Chest wall oscillation devices Cough assistance techniques Glossopharyngeal (“frog”)…
Fig. 5.1 Underdiagnosis of COPD in the absence of routine spirometry. Reproduced with permission from Insights for Improvement: Advancing COPD Care Through Quality Measurement. Copyright © 2009 by the National…
