Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease

PART I - SUPPORTIVE CARE; 1. The nature of palliation and its contribution to supportive care; 2. Anatomy and physiology; 3. Quality of life - models and measures of quality of life; 4. Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases; 5. Economics applied to respiratory supportive care; PART II - MECHANISMS AND ASSESSMENT OF DYSPNOEA; 6. Mechanisms of dyspnoea; 7. Assessment of dyspnoea in research; 8. Assessment of dyspnoea in clinical practice and audit; PART III - MANAGEMENT OF DYSPNOEA; 9. Drug therapies; 10. Oxygen and airflow; 11. Rehabilitation and exercise; 12. Dyspnoea and respiratory muscle training; 13. Psychosocial therapies; 14. Nutrition and cachexia; 15. Occupational therapy and environmental modifications; PART IV - DYSPNOEA IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS; 16. Upper airflow obstruction; 17. Diffuse airflow obstruction and 'restrictive' lung disease; 18. Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases; 19. Dyspnoea in motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); 20. Hyperventilation and disproportionate breathlessness; PART V - COUGH AND HAEMOPTYSIS; 21. Physiology and pathophysiology of cough; 22. Special situations: chronic cough with a 'normal' chest radiograph; 23. Massive haemoptysis: causes, assessment, and management; 24. The therapy of expectoration; 25. The management of cystic fibrosis; PART VI - PAIN; 26. Mechanisms of pain associated with respiratory disease; 27. Pain in association with respiratory conditions: assessment in research and clinical practice; 28. Treating severe pain in advanced lung disease; 29. Pain in association with respiratory disease management: neurolytic procedures; PART VII - SPECIFIC DISEASES; 30. Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease; 31. Comprehensive supportive care in HIV pulmonary disease; 32. Chronic infections: pulmonary tuberculosis