CHAPTER 11Pulmonary embolus, pulmonary hypertension, and vasculitides Learning objectives To understand the risk factors for thromboembolic disease and how to calculate the probability score To understand the clinical presentation of…
CHAPTER 3Pharmacology of the lung Learning objectives To understand how medications used to treat pulmonary disease are given To gain some understanding of the principles of drug deposition in the…
CHAPTER 16Disorders of the mediastinum Learning objectives To understand the basic anatomy of the mediastinum To understand the diagnostic pathway for patients presenting with a mediastinal mass To understand the…
CHAPTER 15Occupational, environmental, and recreational lung disease Learning objectives To understand occupational, environmental, and recreational causes of lung disease To recognise the diagnosis and management of occupational asthma To understand…
CHAPTER 13Respiratory failure Learning objectives To understand the definition of respiratory failure To understand the physiology of respiratory failure To be able to interpret arterial blood gas results To be…
CHAPTER 5Common presentations of respiratory disease Learning objectives To understand how to take a comprehensive respiratory history To know how to carry out a respiratory examination To understand the differential…
CHAPTER 17Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome Learning objectives To understand some of the common causes of acute lung injury To understand the aetiology and pathogenesis of ARDS…
CHAPTER 11Medical ThoracoscopySection A: Rigid Thoracoscopy Matthew Evison1, Ambika Talwar2, Ahmed Yousuf3 and and Mohammed Munavvar4 1 Wythenshaw Hospital, Manchester, UK 2 Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK 3 Glenfield Hospital, Leicester,…
