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Abstract
Eureka – an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.
Eureka – content that reflects today’s medical degree courses with their emphasis on:
- relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
- skills required to examine and communicate with patients
- integrated care across primary and acute care settings
Eureka – 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:
- Clinical titles – disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
- Science titles – bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases
Series features across titles:
- Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
- Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
- Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun
- Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points
Respiratory Medicine
- First principles chapter clearly explains the key concepts, processes and structures of the respiratory system
- Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of respiratory disease, relevant history and examination techniques, investigations and management options
- Disease-based chapters give concise descriptions of all major disorders, e.g. asthma, COPD and lung cancer, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
- Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as massive pulmonary embolism
- Integrated care chapter discusses strategies for the management of chronic conditions across primary and other care settings
- Self-Assessment – 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format
Laura-Jane Smith
Jerry Brown
Jennifer Quint
University College London, UK
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | viii | ||
| Series Editor’s Foreword | v | ||
| About the Series Editors | vi | ||
| About the Authors | vi | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Glossary | x | ||
| Acknowledgements | xii | ||
| Chapter 1 First principles | 1 | ||
| Overview of the respiratory system | 1 | ||
| Development of the respiratory system | 3 | ||
| Anatomy of the respiratory tract | 5 | ||
| Ventilation and respiration | 23 | ||
| Control of ventilation | 36 | ||
| Acid–base balance | 38 | ||
| Pulmonary circulation | 40 | ||
| Lung immunity and inflammation | 42 | ||
| Chapter 2 Clinical essentials | 61 | ||
| Introduction | 61 | ||
| Epidemiology and patient demographics | 61 | ||
| Common symptoms and how to take a history | 62 | ||
| Common signs and how to examine the patient | 77 | ||
| Investigations | 95 | ||
| Management options | 123 | ||
| Chapter 3 Airway disease | 143 | ||
| Introduction | 143 | ||
| Case 1 Recurrent cough and wheeze | 144 | ||
| Case 2 Worsening breathlessness in a 70-year-old smoker | 145 | ||
| Large airways obstruction | 148 | ||
| Asthma | 150 | ||
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 157 | ||
| Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis | 165 | ||
| Other causes of irreversible airways obstruction | 165 | ||
| Chapter 4 Interstitial lung disease | 167 | ||
| Introduction | 167 | ||
| Case 3 Progressive shortness of breath | 168 | ||
| Case 4 Cough and painful shin rash | 171 | ||
| Pulmonary fibrosis | 172 | ||
| Hypersensitivity pneumonitis | 176 | ||
| Sarcoidosis | 178 | ||
| Pneumoconiosis | 181 | ||
| Rare types of interstitial lung disease and lung infiltrations | 182 | ||
| Chapter 5 Sleep and ventilatory disorders | 185 | ||
| Introduction | 185 | ||
| Case 5 Falling asleep at work | 186 | ||
| Obstructive sleep apnoea | 188 | ||
| Obesity hypoventilation syndrome | 192 | ||
| Chest wall and neuromuscular disorders | 192 | ||
| Other causes of sleep-disordered breathing | 193 | ||
| Chapter 6 Pleural disease | 195 | ||
| Introduction | 195 | ||
| Case 6 Progressive breathlessness over 3 months | 195 | ||
| Case 7 Sudden onset of breathlessness | 197 | ||
| Pleural effusions | 199 | ||
| Pneumothorax | 203 | ||
| Benign pleural thickening | 206 | ||
| Chapter 7 Malignancy | 209 | ||
| Introduction | 209 | ||
| Case 8 Breathlessness and weight loss | 210 | ||
| Case 9 Chest pain and breathlessness | 212 | ||
| Primary lung cancer | 214 | ||
| Mesothelioma | 225 | ||
| Lung metastasis | 228 | ||
| Carcinoid and other lung tumours | 230 | ||
| Chapter 8 Lung infections | 233 | ||
| Introduction | 233 | ||
| Case 10 Three days of cough and fever | 235 | ||
| Case 11 Three months of cough and fever | 237 | ||
| Microbiology of the respiratory tract | 239 | ||
| Upper respiratory tract infection, tracheitis and bronchitis | 247 | ||
| Bronchiolitis | 248 | ||
| Community-acquired pneumonia | 249 | ||
| Hospital-and ventilator-acquired pneumonia | 256 | ||
| Pneumonia in the immunocompromised patient | 257 | ||
| HIV infection | 260 | ||
| Parapneumonic effusions and empyema | 261 | ||
| Subacute lung infections and lung abscess | 263 | ||
| Tuberculosis | 264 | ||
| Non-tuberculous mycobacteria | 270 | ||
| Chapter 9 Chronic suppurative lung disease | 273 | ||
| Introduction | 273 | ||
| Case 12 Chronic cough with sputum production | 273 | ||
| Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis | 275 | ||
| Cystic fibrosis | 280 | ||
| Chapter 10 Circulatory disorders | 285 | ||
| Introduction | 285 | ||
| Case 13 Four days of chest pain on breathing | 286 | ||
| Case 14 Leg swelling in a patient with COPD | 288 | ||
| Pulmonary embolism | 290 | ||
| Pulmonary hypertension | 293 | ||
| Pulmonary vasculitis | 296 | ||
| Arteriovenous malformation | 298 | ||
| Chapter 11 Respiratory emergencies | 301 | ||
| Introduction | 301 | ||
| Case 15 Massive pulmonary embolism | 301 | ||
| Case 16 Type 2 respiratory failure | 303 | ||
| Case 17 Acute severe asthma | 305 | ||
| Case 18 Acute respiratory distress syndrome | 306 | ||
| Case 19 Stridor | 308 | ||
| Case 20 Major haemoptysis | 309 | ||
| Case 21 Tension pneumothorax | 311 | ||
| Chapter 12 Integrated care | 313 | ||
| Introduction | 313 | ||
| Case 22 Poorly controlled asthma | 314 | ||
| Case 23 Repeated admissions for COPD | 316 | ||
| End-stage respiratory disease | 317 | ||
| Disease prevention | 319 | ||
| Pregnancy and respiratory disease | 320 | ||
| Chapter 13 Self-assessment | 323 | ||
| SBA questions | 323 | ||
| SBA answers | 334 | ||
| Index | 343 | ||
| A | 343 | ||
| B | 344 | ||
| C | 345 | ||
| D | 346 | ||
| E | 346 | ||
| F | 346 | ||
| G | 346 | ||
| H | 346 | ||
| I | 347 | ||
| J | 348 | ||
| K | 348 | ||
| L | 348 | ||
| M | 348 | ||
| N | 349 | ||
| O | 349 | ||
| P | 349 | ||
| R | 351 | ||
| S | 351 | ||
| T | 352 | ||
| U | 352 | ||
| V | 353 | ||
| W | 353 | ||
| X | 353 | ||
| Y | 353 |