Revised and updated for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine is the must-have resource for junior doctors and students, and all clinicians caring for patients with respiratory problems. Concise, practical, and designed for rapid access to essential information, this handbook will ensure you have everything you need for the ward, clinic, or exams. This handbook covers the latest clinical guidelines and developments in the field. It features unique sections on practical procedures and a symptoms section to aid in differential diagnosis and clinical management. Practical advice on management is integrated throughout and a dedicated section on respiratory emergencies ensures you can cope with any eventuality. New sections such as thoracic ultrasound, indwelling pleural catheters, safe sedation, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing have been added, and all major respiratory diseases and symptoms are covered in practical, succinct chapters. This third edition will ensure you have all the information you need at your fingertips.About the Author: Stephen Chapman, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals, UK, Grace Robinson, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK, John Stradling, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, UK, Sophie West, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK, John Wrightson, Specialist registrar, Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Rotation, UK Table of Contents: Clinical presentations-approaches to problems 1: Breathlessness 2: Chest pain 3: Chronic cough and a normal CXR 4: Critically ill patient with respiratory disease 5: Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage 6: Diffuse lung disease 7: Haemoptysis 8: Pleural effusion 9: Post-operative breathlessness 10: Pregnancy and breathlessness 11: Pre-operative assessment 12: Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised (non-HIV) 13: Pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised (HIV) 14: Sleep and ventilation 15: Unexplained ventilatory failure Clinical conditions 16: Acute respiratory distress syndrome 17: Asbestos and the lung 18: Asthma 19: Bronchiectasis 20: Bronchiolitis 21: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 22: Connective tissue disease and the lung 23: Cor pulmonale 24: Cystic fibrosis 25: Eosinophilic lung disease 26: Extreme environments-flying, altitude, diving 27: Gastrointestinal disease and the lung 28: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 29: Hyperventilation syndrome 30: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias 31: Lung cancer 32: Lung transplantation 33: Mediastinal abnormalities 34: Paediatric lung disorders pertinent to adult patients 35: Pleural effusion 36: Pneumoconioses 37: Pneumothorax 38: Pulmonary hypertension 39: Pulmonary thromboembolic disease 40: Respiratory infection-bacterial 41: Respiratory infection-fungal 42: Respiratory infection-mycobacterial 43: Respiratory infection-parasitic 44: Respiratory infection-viral 45: Sarcoidosis 46: Sickle cell disease: pulmonary complications 47: Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation 48: Toxic agents 49: Unusual lung diseases 50: Upper airway diseases 51: Vasculitis and the lung Supportive care 52: Ethical issues 53: Financial entitlements 54: Immunosuppressive drugs 55: Inhalers and nebulizers 56: Intensive care unit (ICU): when to involve 57: Non-invasive ventilation 58: Oxygen therapy 59: Palliative care 60: Pulmonary rehabilitation 61: Smoking cessation Practical procedures 62: Airway management 63: Bronchoscopy 64: Chest drains 65: Cricothyroidotomy 66: Miscellaneous diagnostic tests 67: Pleural biopsy 68: Pleurodesis 69: Pneumothorax aspiration 70: Safe sedation: general principles 71: Thoracentesis 72: Thoracic ultrasound 73: Thoracoscopy (medical) 74: Tracheostomy Appendices 1: Blood gases and acid-base balance 2: BMI calculator; height and weight converter 3: CT anatomy of the thorax 4: CT patterns of lung disease 5: Drugs used for bronchoscopy and sedation 6: Lung function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing 7: Plain radiograph and lobar collapses 8: Radiological investigations and radiation exposure 9: Useful websites