ERS Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

Paolo Palange is Full Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and a former ERS School Chair and ERS HERMES Director. Gernot Rohde is Full Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology at Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and is a former ERS Education Council Chair.

1 Structure and function of the respiratory system; 2 Physiology and pulmonary function testing; 3 Diagnostic approach; 4 Diagnostic procedures; 5 General principles of treatment modalities and prevention measures; 6 Respiratory emergencies; 7 Airway diseases; 8 Respiratory infections; 9 Mycobacterial diseases; 10 Thoracic tumours; 11 Sleep and control of breathing disorders; 12 Respiratory failure; 13 Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases; 14 Pulmonary vascular diseases; 15 Diseases of the chest wall and respiratory muscles; 16 Pleural and mediastinal diseases; 17 Respiratory consequences of systemic/extrapulmonary conditions; 18 Genetic disorders; 19 Occupational diseases; 20 Epidemiology, environment and lifestyle