Textbook of Pleural Diseases
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2003
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-340-80794-1 (ISBN)
Description
This international and authoritative treatise covers all aspects of pleural disease. Beginning with a comprehensive introductory section to provide guidance to, and aid understanding of, the basic mechanisms that underlie pleural diseases, the book follows with a series of clinical chapters, discussing all the common and less common pleural diseases. These chapters in this section will be written to a uniform structure covering definition, incidence and epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, clinical presentation, investigations, treatments, possible complications and directions for future development. Guidelines for management are included where appropriate and each chapter concludes with a summary highlighting practical patient management 'tips'. The book will be an invaluable reference for, and consulted frequently by, specialist pulmonologists with an interest in pleural diseases, and will also be a useful library reference for trainee and other pulmonary physicians.
Reviews / Votes
This is a truely comprehensive effort written by knowledgeable authorities and should interest any chest physician with more than a passing interest in pleural disease. It deserves to be stocked in every hospital medical library and as it will almost certainly be on loan whenever you want to look something up it may be expedient to invest in your own copy.Chronic Respiratory Disease
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
160 b&w illus
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 202 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-80794-1 (9780340807941)
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Richard W. Light | Y. C. Gary Lee
Textbook of Pleural Diseases Second Edition
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04/2008
2nd Edition
Hodder Arnold
€274.84
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Persons
Richard W. Light is Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University; and Director of the Pulmonary Disease Program, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Y. C. Gary Lee is Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford; Honorary Respiratory Physician, Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, U.K; and Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Perth, Australia
Y. C. Gary Lee is Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford; Honorary Respiratory Physician, Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, U.K; and Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Perth, Australia
Content
1 Part One - Basic Science
Embryology and gross structure
Cells in the pleural cavity
Liquid and protein exchange
Physiological effects of pleural air or fluid
Pleural inflammation
Cytokines in pleural diseases
Pleural infection
Pleural fibrosis
Pleural reaction to mineral dusts
Genetics of malignant mesothelioma
Pharmacokinetics
Experimental models in pleural disease
Experimental models of mesothelioma
2 Part Two - Clinical Science
Approach to patients with pleural diseases
Pleural fluid analysis
Diagnostic radiology
Interventional radiology
Pleural histology
Pleural cytology, tumor markers and immunohistochemistry
Effusions from cardiac diseases
Effusions from vascular causes
Effusions from malignancy
Effusions from Parapneumonic infection and empyema
Effusions from tuberculosis
Effusions from atypical infections
Effusions in immunocompromised hosts
Effusions in lymphatic disruptions
Effusions from collagen vascular disease
Effusions due to drugs
Effusions after surgery
Hepatic hydrothorax
Effusions due to gastrointestinal disease
Effusions due to obstetrical and gynaecological conditions
Benign Asbestos pleural diseases
Malignant mesothelioma
Spontaneous pneumothorax
Pediatric pleural diseases
Drainage and biopsy techniques
Medical thoracoscopy
Surgery of the pleural cavity
Gene therapy
Future directions
Embryology and gross structure
Cells in the pleural cavity
Liquid and protein exchange
Physiological effects of pleural air or fluid
Pleural inflammation
Cytokines in pleural diseases
Pleural infection
Pleural fibrosis
Pleural reaction to mineral dusts
Genetics of malignant mesothelioma
Pharmacokinetics
Experimental models in pleural disease
Experimental models of mesothelioma
2 Part Two - Clinical Science
Approach to patients with pleural diseases
Pleural fluid analysis
Diagnostic radiology
Interventional radiology
Pleural histology
Pleural cytology, tumor markers and immunohistochemistry
Effusions from cardiac diseases
Effusions from vascular causes
Effusions from malignancy
Effusions from Parapneumonic infection and empyema
Effusions from tuberculosis
Effusions from atypical infections
Effusions in immunocompromised hosts
Effusions in lymphatic disruptions
Effusions from collagen vascular disease
Effusions due to drugs
Effusions after surgery
Hepatic hydrothorax
Effusions due to gastrointestinal disease
Effusions due to obstetrical and gynaecological conditions
Benign Asbestos pleural diseases
Malignant mesothelioma
Spontaneous pneumothorax
Pediatric pleural diseases
Drainage and biopsy techniques
Medical thoracoscopy
Surgery of the pleural cavity
Gene therapy
Future directions