Abstract

This book is a comprehensive assessment of the patients with COPD and asthma with appropriate diagnosis and management. Review on the diagnosis and management of the patients with bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosing along with the current management of acute exacerbation. A discussion of the diagnosis and management of the patients with idiopthic pulmonary fibrosis and an acute exacerbation and the management options those are currently available. Extensive reviews of the treatment of acute pulmonary exacerbation of sarcoidosis and the three phases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (acute, subacute, and chronic) relating to the diagnosis and management of acute exacerbatoin. The current concept of acute exacerbation in a patient following lung transplantation and its management as well as an extensive review of the diagnosis and management of acute drug-induced lung disease. The primary target audiences for this book include pulmonologists, allergists, internal medicine physicians, internal medicine residents, pulmonary and critical care medicine fellow, and thoracic surgeons who evaluate and treat patients with respiratory diseases.