CHAPTER 34 Principles and Applications of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Karl T. WeberKevin P. Newman INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing draws on the recognition that the thorax represents a metabolic gas…
CHAPTER 33 Pulmonary Function Testing Michael A. GrippiGregory Tino INTRODUCTION The assessment of human pulmonary function dates back to the seventeenth century, when the earliest measurements of tidal volume were…
CHAPTER 14 Ventilation, Pulmonary Blood Flow, and Ventilation–Perfusion Relationships Peter D. Wagner This chapter and the two succeeding it together share responsibility for presenting the physiological basis of normal pulmonary…
SECTION 6 Clinical Approach to the Patient CHAPTER 29 Approach to the Patient with Respiratory Symptoms Michael A. GrippiRobert M. SeniorJeffrey P. Callen The most common respiratory complaints prompting medical…
CHAPTER 123 Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts Jay A. Fishman OVERVIEW A growing group of individuals who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), who are receiving immunosuppression for solid-organ transplantation, bone…
SECTION 7 Diagnostic Procedures CHAPTER 30 Modern Approach to Thoracic Imaging Diagnosis Eduardo J. Mortani Barbosa Jr.Warren B. Gefter INTRODUCTION This chapter is not intended to provide a comprehensive review…
CHAPTER 131 Tuberculosis Karen DoucetteRyan Cooper INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is a severe and contagious disease caused by infection with members of the Mycobacteria tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Most often involving the…
CHAPTER 73 Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease Peter F. FedulloGordon L. Yung INTRODUCTION Pulmonary thromboembolic disease refers to the condition in which blood clot(s) (thrombus or multiple thrombi) migrate from the systemic…
CHAPTER 72 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Darren B. TaichmanJess MandelKimberly A. SmithJason X.-J. Yuan Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease of the pulmonary vasculature in which an ever increasing…
