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This easy yet comprehensive reference guide covers the mechanisms of respiratory diseases, explaining the main respiratory conditions for clinicians and postgraduate trainees. It discusses their aetiology as well as the basic concepts required to effectively evaluate and treat them. Applied Respiratory Pathophysiology is the first book to bring together detailed, clinically-relevant explanation of respiratory physiological processes and pathophysiological processes in one text. It is essential reading for anyone diagnosing and treating specific clinical conditions of the lungs.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1. EMBRYOLOGY, ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE LUNG
CHAPTER 2. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 3. LABORATORY TECHNIQUES TO STUDY THE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PROCESSES OF DISORDERS
CHAPTER 4. ACUTE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY
CHAPTER 5. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ASTHMA
CHAPTER 6. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CHAPTER 7. PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES
CHAPTER 8. RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 9. SLEEPING RESPIRATORY DISEASES
CHAPTER 10. INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES
CHAPTER 11. LUNG CANCER
CHAPTER 12. OCCUPATIONAL RESPIRATORY DISEASES
CHAPTER 13. DISEASES OF THE PLEURA
CHAPTER 14. CYSTIC FIBROSIS
CHAPTER 15. BRONCHIECTASIS
About the author
Dr Louis-Philippe Boulet MD, FRCPC, FCCP is Chairholder of the Knowledge Transfer, Training and Prevention and Chair on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health (Lung and Heart Health). The objective of this chair is to reduce the human and socio-economic burdens that constitute these diseases by assessing new knowledge transfer methods in this field for the benefit of health professionals, patients as well as other stakeholders. With the support of Dr Paul Poirier and Dr Sébastien Bergeron in terms of cardiovascular disease, along with numerous local, national and international partnerships, Dr Boulet established a research program based on the development of educational materials, medical practice and pedagogical intervention facilitative tools as well as a research and communication program on the risk factors of cardiopulmonary diseases.
Summary
Applied Respiratory Pathophysiology is the first book to bring together detailed, clinically-relevant explanation of respiratory physiological processes and pathophysiological processes in one text. It is essential reading for anyone diagnosing and treating specific clinical conditions of the lungs.
