Chapter 20 Bronchial thermoplasty Michel Aubier1,2,3,4, Marie-Christine Dombret1, Marie-Pierre Debray5 and Marina Pretolani2,3,4 1Dept of Pneumology A, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France. 2Faculty of Medicine, Paris Diderot University, Paris,…
Chapter 17 Foreign bodies Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy1 and Gonzalo Labarca2,3 1Interventional Pulmonology Unit, Clinica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile. 2School of Medicine, Universidad San Sebastian, Concepcion, Chile. 3Division of Internal Medicine,…
Chapter 8 Biopsy techniques Samuel V. Kemp Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. Correspondence: Samuel V. Kemp, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Road, London,…
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…
