Pulmonary emergencies
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Pulmonary emergencies
Butterworth-Heineman, c1994
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text is designed to deal with emergency pulmonary disease and the problems most commonly encountered in the emergency department, diseases that present acutely or result from acute trauma, inhalations or ingestions. The approach is multidisciplinary, bringing experts from the fields of pulmonary disease and emergency medicine together to provide a physiologically-oriented approach to airway disease, infection problems and parenchymal lung disease. The book begins with a physiologic approach to respiratory symptoms and respiratory failure. Problems of the upper and lower airway, including asthma, COPD, and upper airway infections are also discussed. Hemoptysis, which is often a difficult problem in the emergency department setting, is presented so that the practitioner can develop a differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Pulmonary edema, probably the most common cause for respiratory failure leading to intensive care is dealt with, including pulmonary embolism and drug-induced lung-disease. The study concludes with a discussion of the uses of respiratory therapy, oxygen and aerosol delivery devices.
Table of Contents
- Physiologic approach to respiratory symptoms and failure
- emergency department treatment of asthma and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- upper airway infections
- the management of hemotypsis
- drug-induced lung disease
- pulmonary edema - cardiac and non-cardiac
- near drowning
- toxic inhalations
- surgical pulmonary emergencies
- acute respiratory tract infections
- pulmonary thromboembolism
- respiratory and oxygen therapy in the emergency department.
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