Sarcoidosis
Published on 24. February 2012
520 pages
978-1-4441-4982-1 (ISBN)
Description
Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Sarcoidosis represents a major challenge for physicians-not just in respiratory medicine, but across a range of specialties. This book, with a multidisciplinary authorship of the highest standard, presents the most up-to-date thinking on all aspects of the condition, from epidemiology to clinical manife
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
11,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-4982-1 (9781444149821)
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Persons
Donald N Mitchell
MD FRCP
Hon Consultant Physician
Royal Brompton and University College Hospitals
London, UK
David R Moller
MD
Professor of Medicine and Director
Sarcoidosis Clinic and Research Program
Department of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Stephen G Spiro
BSc MD FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician
University College London and The Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
Athol Wells
MBChB MD FRACP FRCP FRCR
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Interstitial Lung Disease Unit
The Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
MD FRCP
Hon Consultant Physician
Royal Brompton and University College Hospitals
London, UK
David R Moller
MD
Professor of Medicine and Director
Sarcoidosis Clinic and Research Program
Department of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Stephen G Spiro
BSc MD FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician
University College London and The Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
Athol Wells
MBChB MD FRACP FRCP FRCR
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Interstitial Lung Disease Unit
The Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
Content
Historical survey. Definition. Epidemiology Aetiology. Pathology. Immunology. Genetics. The radiology of the lungs and the pleura. Intervention and radiological procedures. Lung function. Endoscopy. DEXA scanning. Nuclear medicine imaging. ECG; Holter monitoring; exercise tests. The heart, pericardium, large and small vessels. The upper respiratory tract. Asthma/irritable airways. Pulmonary fibrosis. The liver and gastrointestinal tract. The spleen, blood and bone marrow. The nervous system. The kidneys and calcium metabolism. Psychiatric aspects. Sarcoidosis of the skin. Ocular changes. Bones, joints and skeletal muscles. Superficial lymphadenopathy. The endocrine glands. Sarcoid/HIV and AIDS. Sarcoid/relationship to neoplasm/chemotherapy [including isolated breast lesions]. Sarcoid/antibody deficiency syndromes. Concomitant or associated disorders. Pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement by sarcoidosis in childhood. Diagnosis of sarcoidosis: history, physical examination, presumptive diagnosis without biopsy, sources of biopsy material, utilisation of investigations and imaging. Treatment of sarcoidosis:. Surgical investigation and management. Pulmonary/cardiac transplantation. Physiotherapy in sarcoidosis. Rehabilitation. Immunisation/vaccination. Future progress in investigations and management.
