Chapter 2 Development of the lungs; perinatal and developmental lung disease Chapter Contents Development of the lungs 39 Airway development 39 Vascular and neural development 41 Factors controlling lung development…
Chapter 10 Pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease Chapter Contents Connective tissue diseases 472 Rheumatoid disease 473 Rheumatic fever 475 Systemic sclerosis 476 Systemic lupus erythematosus 477 Polymyositis and dermatomyositis 477…
Chapter 4 Acute alveolar injury and repair Chapter Contents Acute respiratory distress syndrome 135 Diffuse alveolar damage 136 Shock 142 Infection 145 Aspiration of gastric contents 145 Irradiation 146 Idiopathic…
Chapter 6 Diffuse parenchymal disease of the lung Diffuse parenchymal lung disease in childhood Some diseases that affect the periphery of the lung largely involve the alveolar interstitium whereas others…
Chapter 9 Pulmonary eosinophilia Chapter Contents Simple pulmonary eosinophilia 460 Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia 461 Acute eosinophilic pneumonia 462 Bronchocentric granulomatosis 464 Allergic angiitis and granulomatosis (Churg–Strauss syndrome) 465 Hypereosinophilic syndrome…
Chapter 1 The structure of the normal lungs Chapter Contents Anatomy of the lungs and airways 1 Microscopy of the airways 6 Ciliated cells 10 Basal cells 10 Mucous cells…
Chapter 11 Lung transplantation Revised by Margaret Burke, Alexandra Rice Chapter Contents Types of lung transplant 509 Recipient selection 510 Donor matching 510 Immunosuppression 511 Recipient monitoring 511 Role of…
Chapter 3 Diseases of the conductive airways Chapter Contents Atelectasis and pulmonary collapse 91 Collateral ventilation 92 Middle-lobe syndrome 92 Obstruction of the upper airways 93 Obstructive sleep apnoea 93…
