Section I. DIAGNOSTIC METHODS 1. Imaging of Lung Disease - David A. Lynch and Priya Menon 2. Pulmonary Function Testing - Robert O. Crapo 3. Clinical Exercise Testing - Bruce D. Johnson and Idelle M. Weisman 4. Bronchoscopy - Tanya Wiese and Paul A. Kvale 5. Invasive Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures: Pleural Diagnostic Procedures - Robert Loddenkemper and Wolfgang Frank 6. Preoperative Evaluation and Relation to Postoperative Complications - Janine R. E. Vintch and James E. Hansen Section II. OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE 7. Pulmonary Aerosols - Lewis J. Smith and Semil Mehta 8. The Epidemiology of Asthma - Scott T. Weiss and Rosalind J. Wright 9. Pathophysiology of Asthma - Peter J. Barnes 10. Asthma: Clinical Manifestations/Diagnosis and Treatment - E. Rand Sutherland, Monica Kraft and James D. Crapo 11. Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Nicholas R. Anthonisen and Jure Manfreda 12. COPD: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis and Treatment - Tushar J. Desai and Joel B. Karlinsky 13. Cystic Fibrosis - James R. Yankaskas 14. Bronchiectasis - Anthony O'Regan and Jeffrey S. Berman 15. Smoking Cessation - Douglas E. Jorenby and Michael C. Fiore 16. Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Barry J. Make Section III. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 17. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections - Richard Blinkhorn, Jr. 18. Pulmonary Infections in the Immunocompromised Host - Jean T. Santamauro, Nicholas J. Vander Els, Suzette Garofano, and Diane E. Stover 19. Pulmonary Fungal Infections - George A. Sarosi and Scott F. Davies 20. Pulmonary Infections Caused by Mycobacterial Species - Jeffrey L. Glassroth and Christopher J. Crnich 21. Anaerobic and Other Infection Syndromes - Ronald F. Grossman 22. Pneumonia Including Community Acquired and Nosocomial Pneumonia - Michael S. Niederman Section IV. INFLAMMATORY AND INTERSTITIAL DISEASES 23. Approach to the Patient with Interstitial Lung Disease - Talmadge E. King, Jr. 24. Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias - Sonoko Nagai 25. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis - Mark Schuyler 26. Connective Tissue Diseases - Thomas J. Gross and Gary W. Hunninghake 27. Eosinophilic Pulmonary Syndromes (includes ABPA) - James N. Allen 28. Systemic Sarcoidosis - Lynn T. Tanoue and Jack A. Elias 29. Bronchiolar Disease and BOOP - Venerino Poletti 30. Pulmonary Vasculitis - Joseph P. Lynch, III and Ulrich Specks 31. Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes - Andrew P. Fontenot and Marvin I. Schwarz 32. Major Pulmonary Disease Syndromes of Unknown Etiology - Joseph P. Lynch, III and Ganesh Raghu 33. Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease - Raed Dweik, Stephen Demeter and Muzaffar Ahmad 34. Radiation-Induced Lung Disease - T homas A. Raffin and John Faul Section V. PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES 35. Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Clinical Disorders - Sharon I. Rounds and James R. Klinger 36. Presentation and Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolic Disease - Victor F. Tapson 37. Management of Pulmonary Thromboembolic Diseases - Timothy A. Morris 38. Pulmonary Heart Disea