Chapter 9 Minimally invasive endosonographic techniques: combined EBUS and EUS Pravachan V.C. Hegde1 and Moishe Liberman2 1Advanced Interventional Thoracic Endoscopy/Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, University of California…
Fig. 16.1 Histologic sections of normal lung from a nonsmoking (a) 22-year-old homicide victim, and (b) a 75-year-old individual (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 2×) The destruction of alveolar walls results…
Fentanyl Alfentanil Sufentanil Remifentanil Morphine Methadone Meperidine Hydromorpho Volumes (L) V1 12.7 2.2 17.8 4.9 17.8 7.7 18.1 11.5 V2 50 7 47 9 87 12 61 115 V3…
Fig. 11.1 Prevalence of hypertension , coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and stroke with aging (Based on data from Mozaffarian et al. [1]) Not only does the aging process…
Term Abbreviation Cardiovascular implantable electronic device CIED Internal cardioverter defibrillator ICD Cardiac resynchronization therapy CRT Beats per minute bpm Electrocardiogram EKG Milliseconds msec Sinoatrial (node) SA Atrioventricular (node) AV Atrium…
Fig. 15.1 A cartoon illustrating roughly how humans regulate temperature. Temperature is sensed at the skin surface, deep tissues, the spinal cord, the brain, and the hypothalamus. Integration of thermal…
Fig. 12.1 Static elastic recoil decreases throughout life starting around the age of 20. TLC total lung capacity. Shaded area represents mean ± 1 SD(This material has not been reviewed by the…
Fig. 21.1 Kaplan-Meier curves for (a) all-cause mortality, (b) vascular death, (c) sudden death and (d) admission of hospital in patients on baseline digoxin versus no baseline digoxin. *Applies to…
Physiology of aging Geriatric syndromes End-of-life care Preventive gerontology Ability to provide patient-centered care to older adults with complex health issues such as multimorbidity, frailty, and disability Ability to care…
Fig. 9.1 Comparison of US population shifts from 1965 to 2030 highlighting the impact of the baby boomer generation Scale represent millions.United States Census Bureau.https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1141.pdf Given the existing methods of…
