CHAPTER 115 Treatment of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Radiation Therapy Tithi BiswasMitchell Machtay Lung cancer is the second most common malignancy in the United States, after prostate cancer among men and…
CHAPTER 147 Hemodynamic and Respiratory Monitoring in Acute Respiratory Failure Patrick J. NeliganBarry D. Fuchs GENERAL PRINCIPLES Critical illness associated with acute respiratory failure (ARF) results from direct and indirect…
CHAPTER 150 Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit Nathan E. BrummelTimothy D. Girard INTRODUCTION The large majority of patients in intensive care units…
CHAPTER 53 Bronchiectasis Alan F. BarkerSteven L. Brody Bronchiectasis (broncos, airways; ectasia, dilatation) is a morphologic term used to describe abnormal, irreversibly dilated and thick-walled bronchi. This is an anatomic…
CHAPTER 32 Physiologic and Metabolic Study of Pulmonary Disorders Using Conventional Imaging Techniques and Positron Emission Tomography Ghassan El-HaddadSøren HessDaniel WorsleyAbass Alavi INTRODUCTION Since the mid-1950s, the use of radiopharmaceuticals…
CHAPTER 93 Diving Injuries and Air Embolism Christopher Logue During the winter of 1942–1943, Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan collaborated to develop and patent the first commercially successful open-circuit self-contained…
CHAPTER 17 Acid–Base Balance Stanley GoldfarbKumar Sharma Regulation of [H+] is of crucial importance for maintenance of normal cellular functions. The normal [H+] is maintained at about 40 nEq/L. When…
