Pulmonary/Respiratory Therapy Secrets

I. BEDSIDE EVALUATION 1. Taking the Pulmonary History 2. Physical Examination II. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING 3. Chest Radiographs 4. CT Scans and Ultrasound 5. Pulmonary Angiography and MRI of the Chest 6. Lung Scans III. LABORATORY EVALUATION 7. Arterial Blood Gases 8. Pulse Oximetry 9. Pulmonary Function Testing 10. Exercise Testing IV. PROCEDURES 11. Thoracentesis and Percutaneous Pleural Biopsy 12. Bronchoscopy 13. Chest Tubes 14. The Pulmonary Artery Catheter 15. Mediastinoscopy 16. Thoracoscopy V. AIRWAY DISEASE 17. Asthma 18. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 19. Oxygen Therapy 20. Smoking Cessation 21. Pulmonary Rehabilitation 22. Cystic Fibrosis 23. Upper Airway Obstruction 24. Tracheostomy VI. INFECTIOUS DISEASE 25. Community-Acquired Pneumonia 26. Nosocomial Pneumonia 27. Aspiration Syndromes 28. Fungal Pneumonia 29. Parasitic Infections 30. Viral Pneumonia 31. Prevention of Pneumonia 32. Empyema and Lung Abscess 33. Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients 34. Tuberculosis 35. Atypical Mycobacteria VII. PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF AIDS 36. Infectious Pulmonary Complications of AIDS 37. Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications of AIDS VIII. PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASES 38. Thromboembolic Disease 39. Special Forms of Embolic Disease 40. Pulmonary Hypertension IX. INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES 41. General Approaches to Interstitial Lung Disease 42. Sarcoidosis 43. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 44. Collagen Vascular Disease 45. Bronchiolitis and Small Airway Disease 46. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Eosinophilic Granuloma, and Neurofibromatosis X. VASCULITIS AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS 47. Wegeners Granulomatosis and Churg-Strauss Syndrome 48. Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes XI. VENTILATORY DISORDERS 49. Sleep Apnea Syndromes 50. Alveolar Hypoventilation XII. OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASES 51. Silicosis, Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis, and Chronic Beryllium Disease 52. Asbestos-Related Lung Disease 53. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Other Disorders Caused by Organic Agents 54. Occupational Airways Disease 55. Drug-Induced Lung Disease 56. Radiation Pneumonitis 57. Inhalational Injuries 58. Pulmonary Disability Evaluation XIII. LUNG NEOPLASMS 59. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule 60. Lung Cancer 61. Malignant Pleural Effusions 62. Systemic Complications of Lung Cancer 63. Benign Neoplasms of the Lung 64. Pulmonary Metastatic Disease XIV. RESPIRATORY FAILURE 65. Acute Respiratory Failure 66. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 67. Airway Management 68. Noninvasive Ventilation 69. Traditional Invasive Ventilation 70. New Invasive Ventilatory Strategies 71. Weaning 72. Chronic Ventilatory Support XV. PLEURAL DISORDERS 73. Pleural Effusions 74. Pneumothorax 75. Mesothelioma XVI. DISEASES OF THE MEDIASTINUM, CHEST WALL, AND DIAPHRAGM 76. Disorders of the Mediastinum 77. Chest Wall Disorders 78. Diaphragmatic Function and Associated Disorders XVII. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS 79. Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy 80. Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease XVIII. SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 81. Preoperative Assessment of the Pulmonary Patient 82. Postoperative Pulmonary Care 83. Lung Transplantation