Clinical Respiratory Medicine

Section I: Normal Structure and Function 1. Macro and Micro Structure of the Lung 2. Basic Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Biology 3. Respiratory Mechanics 4. Pulmonary Circulation 5. Gas Exchange 6. Control of Ventilation and Respiratory Muscles Section 2 Diagnostic Techniques 7. Imaging Techniques 8. PET Imaging 9. Pulmonary Function Testing 10. Exercise Testing 11. Bronchoscopy 12. Endobronchial and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS and EBUS) 13. Techniques and Indications: Percutaneous Biopsy Procedures 14. Echocardiography in Respiratory Medicine Section 3 Respiratory Pharmacology 15. Bronchodilators 16. Antiinflammatory Drugs 17. Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Respiratory Diseases Section 4 An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms 18. An Approach to Respiratory Symptoms: Cough 19. Dyspnea 20. Hemoptysis 21. Chest Pain Section 5 Infectious Diseases 22. Host Defenses 23. Approach to the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection 24. Community Acquired Pneumonia 25. Viral Pneumonia 26. Nonbacterial Infectious Pneumonia 27. Nosocomial Infections 28. Pneumonia in the Non-HIV Immunocompromised Host 29. Pulmonary Infections 30. Noninfectious Conditions in HIV 31. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Section 6 Critical Care Respiratory Medicine 32. Invasive Mechanical Ventilation 33. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation 34. Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit 35. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critical Illness 36. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Section 7 Airway Diseases 37. Upper Airway Disease-Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis 38. Asthma: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Risk Factors 39. Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults 40. Occupational Asthma 41. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Evaluation 42. Treatment of the Stable Patient with COPD 43. Management of Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 44. Cystic Fibrosis 45. Bronchiectasis Section 8 Parenchymal Lung Diseases 46. Approach to Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease 47. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Diseases Pneumonias 48. Sarcoidosis 49. Eosinophilic Lung Disease 50. Organizing Pneumonia 51. Sicolisis and Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis 52. Asbestosis 53. Connective Tissue Disorders 54. Rare Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases 55. Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis 56. Toxic Inhalational Lung Injury Section 9 Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Vasculitides, and Hemorrhage 57. Pulmonary Embolism 58. Pulmonary Hypertension 59. Pulmonary Vasculitis and Hemorrhage Section 10 Sleep-Disordered Breathing 60. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology, 61. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment 62. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Section 11 Chest Wall Disorders 63. Scoliosis and Kyphoscoliosis 64. Diseases of the Thoracic Cage and Respiratory Muscles Section 12 Lung Tumors 65. Epidemiology, Surgical Pathology, and Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer 66. Lung Cancer: Clinical Evaluation and Staging 67. Lung Cancer: Treatment 68. Benign Lung Tumors Section 13 Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum 69. Pleural Effusion, Empyema, and Pneumothorax 70. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma 71. Disorders of the Mediastinum Section 14 Thoracic Surgery 72. Chest Tube Insertion and Management 73. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation 74. Diagnostic Thoracic Surgical Procedures 75. Lung Transplantation Section 15 Special and Clinical Conditions 76. Pregnancy 77. Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 78. Hepatic and Biliary Disease (Pulmonary Issues) 79. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 80. Air Pollution