Manual for pulmonary and critical care medicine / Judd W. Landsberg.

Includes index.

I.Pulmonary -- ch. 1 Approach to Oxygenation, Hypoxemia, and Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure -- ch. 2 Ventilation and Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure -- ch. 3 Pulmonary Function Testing -- ch. 4 The Chest Radiograph -- ch. 5 Dyspnea and Exercise Limitation -- ch. 6 Heart Failure for the Pulmonary Critical Care Physician -- ch. 7 Evaluation and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension -- ch. 8 Exacerbation of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome -- ch. 9 Lung Cancer -- ch. 10 Aspergillus Lung Disease -- ch. 11 Oral Anaerobic Lung Infection, Aspiration Pneumonia, Lung Abscess, and Empyema -- ch. 12 Cough -- ch. 13 Cough Syncope -- ch. 14 Sarcoidosis -- ch. 15 Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease -- ch. 16 Pneumothorax and Bronchopleural Fistulas: Air In the Pleural Space -- ch. 17 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease and Its Mimics -- II.Critical Care -- ch. 18 Shock -- ch. 19 Invasive Mechanical Ventilation --

Note continued: ch. 20 Noninvasive Ventilatory Support With Bilevel Positive Pressure Ventilation -- ch. 21 Hemoptysis -- ch. 22 Salt and Water: The Physiology and Regulation of Volume and Tonicity -- ch. 23 Diabetic Emergencies -- ch. 24 The Obtunded Inpatient With Normal Vital Signs -- ch. 25 Bedside Presentations In the Icu -- ch. 26 Code Status -- ch. 27 Advanced Care Planning and the Family Meeting -- ch. 28 Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls -- Respiratory mechanics and sounds -- Smoking cessation -- Bronchiectasis -- Atypical and typical pneumonia (definitions and things to consider) -- Troubleshooting poorly controlled obstructive lung disease (asthma and copd) -- Tracheostomy -- Evaluation of the presumed exudative effusion -- Rounded atelectasis -- Compassionate Terminal Extubation.

Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, by Judd W. Landsberg, MD, is a unique point-of-care manual that provides essential information on managing inpatients and outpatients with common, serious respiratory and internal medicine presentation and problems. Easy-to-follow diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are accompanied by case-based illustrations encountered on a daily basis by attendings, fellows, residents, and students. The bulleted format, concise approach, and familiar examples provide a framework for effective teaching, learning, and patient care.