Geriatric Chest Disease

PrefaceSection I Principles of Diagnosis Chapter I Normal Changes in the Aging Lung Anatomical Physiological Chapter 2 Symptoms Dyspnoea Cough Haemoptysis Chest Pain Sputum Chapter 3 Physical Signs Impaired Percussion Bronchial Breathing Crackles Wheezing Diffuse Airways Obstruction Chapter 4 Laboratory Evaluation Chest X-ray Bronchography Tomography Sputum Skin Tests Laryngoscopy Bronchoscopy Biopsy Serology and Biochemistry Electrocardiography Angiography Lung Scanning Respiratory Function TestsSection 2 Specific Diseases Chapter 5 Chronic Airways Obstruction Chapter 6 Bronchial Carcinoma Chapter 7 The Pneumonias Chapter 8 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Chapter 9 Pulmonary Thrombo-Embolic Disease Chapter 10 Pleural Effusion CHAPTER 11 Fungal Infection Chapter 12 Some Less Common Diseases Bronchiectasis Sarcoidosis Spontaneous Pneumothorax Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis Rheumatoid Disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Sclerosis Section 5 Special Problems Chapter 13 Symptomatic Management Haemoptysis Dyspnoea Cough Expectoration Chest Pain Carcinoma Fractured Ribs Root Pain Hiatus Hernia Chapter 14 Respiratory Disease Associated with Other Systematic Disease Respiratory and Cardiac Disease Respiratory and Cerebrovascular Disease Respiratory Disease and Mental State Respiratory and Neurological Disease Respiratory and Gastro-intestinal Disease Respiratory and Skeletal Disease Respiratory and Endocrine Disease Respiratory Disease and Anemia Chapter 15 Adverse Effects of DrugsAppendix A Diagnosis of 500 Consecutive Hospital CasesAppendix B Selected BibliographyIndex