Section I. Evaluation of the patient with pulmonary disease -- Section II. Diseases of the airways -- Section III. Interstitial lung disease -- Section IV. Diseases of the alveolar space -- Section V. Diseases of the pulmonary vasculature -- Section VI. Diseases of the pleura -- Section VII. Diseases of the mediastinum -- Section VIII. Disorders of ventilatory control -- Section IX. Occupational & environmental lung diseases -- Section X. Infectious lung disease -- Section XI. Neoplastic lung diseases.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on August 30, 2007.

Print version c2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Pulmonary anatomy & physiology ; The history & physical examination in pulmonary medicine ; Diagnostic imaging ; Laboratory evaluation ; Procedures in pulmonary medicine ; Asthma ; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; Chronic bronchiectasis & cystic fibrosis ; Obstruction of large airways ; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia ; Pulmonary manifestations of collagen vascular diseases ; Sarcoidosis ; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis ; Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, & bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia ; Acute respiratory distress syndrome ; Eosinophilic pneumonias ; Lung transplantation ; Pulmonary arterial hypertension ; Pulmonary thromboembolism ; Vasculitis & the diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndromes ; Pneumothorax/hemothorax ; Pleural effusions, excluding hemothorax ; Empyema ; Diseases of the mediastinum ; Acute ventilatory failure ; Chronic ventilatory failure ; Mechanical ventilation: invasive and noninvasive ; Sleep apnea & the upper airway resistance syndrome ; Evaluation of sleepiness & sleep disorders other than sleep apnea: narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, & periodic limb movements ; Medical conditions that often cause daytime sleepiness ; Pneumoconiosis ; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ; Drug-induced lung disease ; Occupational asthma ; Acute inhalational injury ; Bacterial pneumonia ; Viral & atypical pneumonia ; Fungal pneumonias ; Mycobacterial diseases of the lungs ; Pulmonary complications of hiv disease ; Bronchogenic carcinoma & solitary pulmonary nodules ; Pleural malignancies & benign neoplasms of the lung.

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