Respiratory Medicine and Allergy

Abbreviations Introduction Part I Infection 1 Tuberculosis; Role of steroids 2 Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease 3 Hospital acquired pneumonia 4 Necrobacilliosis (Lemierre's Syndrome) 5 Haemoptysis due to localised bronchiectasis Part II Obstructive Lung Disease / Small airways disease 6 Stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 7 Acute ventilatory failure in COPD 8 Difficult asthma 9 Asthma and pregnancy 10 Allergic broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis 11 Chronic cough Part III Interstitial Lung Disease / Sarcoid 12 Classification of IIP with DIP/RBILD 13 Treatment of IIP/UIP 14 Acute eosinophilic pneumonia 15 COP/BOOP 16 Sarcoidosis: Radiographic Stage 1 17 Sarcoidosis Radiographic stage II and III 18 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 19 Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity Part IV Lung Cancer 20 Small cell lung cancer 21 Non-small cell lung cancer 22 Solitary pulmonary nodule 23 Mediastinal mass: Bronchogenic cyst 24 Smoking cessation Part V Pulmonary vascular; including PE + AVM 25 Pulmonary hypertension 26 Massive pulmonary embolism 27 Sickle lung disease 28 Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation Part VI Vasculitis /Rare Diseases 29 Wegener's; diagnosis, management, treatment 30 Pulmonary haemorrhage Part VII Ventilatory failure / sleep 31 Obstructive hypoventilation syndrome 32 Neuromuscular; Gillain-Barre syndrome Part VIII Immunocompromised / HIV 33 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) 34 Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) Part IX Pleural Disease 35 Parapneumonic Effusion 36 Pneumothorax/LCH 37 Mesothelioma and asbestos related pleural disease Part X Miscellaneous 38 Aspiration syndrome General index