Chest medicine
Lesley K. Bowker, Alexandra Montagu, Kunal S. Shah, Sarah Smith
Abstract
Abstract This chapter provides information on the ageing lung, respiratory infections, influenza, pneumonia, pneumonia treatment, vaccinating against pneumonia and influenza, pulmonary fibrosis, rib fractures, pleural effusions, pulmonary embolism, aspiration pneumonia/pneumonitis, lung cancers, chronic cough, presentation of tuberculosis (TB), TB investigation, treatment of TB, assessment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), drug treatment of asthma and COPD, non-drug treatment of asthma and COPD, oxygen therapy, and asbestos-related disease.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory disease
- Respiratory Medicine
- Pulmonary disease
- Intensive care medicine
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Lung
- Respiratory system
- Lung disease
- Presentation (obstetrics)
- Tuberculosis
- COPD
- Pleural disease
- Disease
- Aspiration pneumonia