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FRASER AND PARE'S DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST
Fraser and Pare's Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest
4-Volume Set
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Fourth Edition

By
Richard Fraser, MD, Professor of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nestor Muller, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia; Head and Medical Director, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Neil Colman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
P. Pare, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Description
Presenting the 4th Edition of this renowned text covering all aspects of pulmonary diagnosis. Provides precise and detailed descriptions of epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathology, pathological-radiological correlations and clinical manifestations of pulmonary disease. This edition is extensively revised and updated to include new chapters on transplantation and pulmonary manifestations of HIV. Generously illustrated with nearly 4,000 superb illustrations, this comprehensive text provides hundreds of state-of-the art radiological images to aid in diagnosis. Also features valuable tables of differential diagnosis based on radiographic and CT findings.

Contents


I: The Normal Chest
. The Airways and Pulmonary. Ventilation. The Pulmonary and Bronchial Vascular Systems. Pulmonary Defense and Other Non-Respiratory Functions. Innervation of the Lung. The Pleura. The Lymphatic System of the Lungs, Pleura andMediastinum. The Mediastinum. The Control of Breathing. The Respiratory Muscles. And Chest Wall. The Normal Lung: Radiograhy. The Normal Lung: Computed Tomography.

Ii: Investigative Methods in Chest Disease.
Methods of Radiologic Investigation. Methods of Pathologic Investigation. Endoscopy and Diagnostic Biopsy Procedures. The Clinical History and Physical Examination. Methods of Functional Investigation.

Iii: Radiologic Signs of Chest Disease.
Increased Lung Density. Decreased Lung Density. Atelectasis. Pleural Abnormalities .

Iv: Developmental . Lung Disease.
Developmental Anomalies Affecting the Airways and Lung Parenchyma. Developmental Anomalies Affecting the Pulmonary Vessels. Hereditary Abnormalities of Pulmonary Connective Tissue.

V: Pulmonary Infection
. General Features of Pulmonary Infection . Bacteria Other Than Mycobacteria. Mycobacteria. Fungi and Actinomycetes. Viruses, Mycoplasmas, Chlamydiae and Rickettsiae. Protozoa, Helminths, Arthropods and Leeches.

Vi: Pulmonary Neoplasms.
Pulmonary Carcinoma . Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Neoplasms of Tracheobronchial Glands. Miscellaneous Epithelial Tumors. Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Leukemia. Mesenchymal Neoplasms

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Neoplasms of Uncertain Histogenesis and Nonneoplastic Tumors. Secondary Neoplasms .

Vii: Immunologic Lung Disease.
Connective Tissue Diseases. Vasculitis. Sarcoidosis. Interstitial Pneumonitis and Fibrosis. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. Pulmonary Manifestations of Hiv Infection. Transplantation. Eosinophilic Lung Disease. Good Postures Syndrome and Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage .

Viii: Embolic Lung Disease.
Thrombosis and Thromboembolism. Emboli of Extravascular Tissue and Foreign Material .

Ix: Pulmonary


Hypertension and Edema
. Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Edema.

X: Disease of the Airways
. Uppr Airway Obstruction. Obstructive Sleep Apnea . Asthma. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Bronchiectasis and Other Bronchial Abnormalities. Cystic Fibrosis. Bronchiolitis

. Xi: Pulmonary Disease Caused By Inhalation or Aspiration of Particulates, Solid or Liquids.
Inhalation of Organic Dust. Inhalation of Inorganic Dust (Pneumoconiosis). Aspiration of Solid Foreign Material and Liquids.

Xii: Pulmonary Disease Caused By Toxins and Irradiation.
Inhaled Toxic Gases , Fumes, and Aerosols. Drugs. Poisons. Irradiation.

Xiii: Traumatic Chest Disease Traumatic Chest Disease
. Penetrating and Non-Penetrating Chest Trauma. Complications of Therapeutic, Biopsy and Monitoring Procedures.

Xiv: Metabolic Pulmonary Disease.
Metabolic Pulmonary Disease.

Xv: Pleural Disease.
Pleural Effusion. Pneumothorax. Pleural Fibrosis. Pleural Neoplasms.

Xvi: Mediastinal Disease.
Mediastinitis, Pneumomediastinum and Mediastinal Hemorrhage. Masses Situated Predominantly in the Mediastinal Compartment. Masses Situated in the Middle-Posterior Mediastinal Compartment. Masses Situated Predominantly in the Paravertebral Region.

Xvii: Disease of the Diaphragm and Chest Wall
. The Diaphragm. The Chest Wall.

Xviii: Pulmonary Disease Associated with a Normal Chest Radiograph.
Respiratory Disease Associated with a Normal Chest Radiograph. Alveolar Hypoventilation and Hyperventilation

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Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 3504 pages, publication date: JUL-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-6194-0
ISBN-10: 0-7216-6194-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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