Overview

A case-based guide with expert commentary Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine, deals with contemporary clinical scenarios in respiratory medicine. Each chapter is based around a real-life case, and interspersed with the most up-to-date evidence, management strategies, guidelines and controversies in management. As the reader works through each case there are a number of 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' to enhance the learning process along with an 'Expert Commentary' written by a nationally or internationally-renowned expert in that particular field. This will provide a unique inside track on how the experts approach these types of challenging cases. The approach taken in this series is highly attractive to those in training preparing for their specialist exams.

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Author:   Nicholas Hart ,  Elizabeth Sage ,  Nicholas Hart
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.678kg
ISBN:  

9780199657742

ISBN 10:   0199657742
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Saima Alam and C Corrigan: Allergy 2: Anand Shah and A Menzies-Gow: Severe asthma 3: Simon Brill and J Brown: Bacterial lung infection 4: James Brown and N Navani: Non-surgical management of early stage lung cancer 5: Marcus Pittman and A Williams: Central sleep apnoea 6: Anant Patel, Amina Jaffer and John Hurst: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 7: Georgia Tunnicliffe and M Wise: Pulmonary fungal infections 8: Dami Collier and R Miller: HIV-related lung disease 9: Justin Garner and D Treacher: Intensive care unit and ventilation 10: Clare Ross and Athol Wells: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 11: David Walder and P Reading: Narcolepsy 12: Michelle Ramsay and M Polkey: Non-invasive ventilation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 13: Jo Feary, P Cullinan and J Szram: Occupational lung disease 14: Janet Stowell and R Breen: Pulmonary disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria 15: Rory McDermott and Craig Davidson: Oxygen 16: Lucy Schomberg and N Maskell: Pleural effusion 17: Sophie Vergnaud and J Wort: Pulmonary vasculature 18: Swapna Mandal and J Steier: Sleep-disordered breathing in the obese 19: Chloe Bloom and S Donnelly: Pulmonary sarcoidosis 20: Mark Haylock Almond and M Griffiths: Swine 'flu in pregnancy 21: Jessica Barrett and M Carby: Transplant 22: Georgina Russell and O Min Kon: Tuberculosis

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Lucy Schomberg studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medicine School in South West London. She completed her registrar training in South East London and recently became a Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in Frimley Park Hospital. Her special interests include pleural disease and interstitial lung disease. Elizabeth Sage read Physiological Sciences at Oxford University prior to studying medicine at both Oxford and St George's Hospital Medical School. She is currently a research registrar at University College London and completed her PhD in Cellular Therapies at University College London. Her specialist interests include thoracic malignancies and lung cancer and the development of novel cellular therapies. Nicholas Hart is Clinical and Academic Director of the Fox Lane Respiratory Unit at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He is also a Reader in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science, King's College London.

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