Textbook of pleural diseases /
Saved in:
| Imprint: | London : Arnold ; New York, c2003. |
|---|---|
| Description: | xix, 553 p. : ill. ; 28cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4912004 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Reference annotations
- Part 1. Basic Science
- 1. Embryology and gross structure
- 2. Cells in the pleural cavity
- 3. Liquid and protein exchange
- 4. Physiological effects of pleural air or fluid
- 5. Pleural inflammation
- 6. Cytokines in pleural diseases
- 7. Pleural infections
- 8. Pleural fibrosis
- 9. Pleural reaction to mineral dust
- 10. Genetics of malignant mesothelioma
- 11. Pharmacokinetics
- 12. Experimental models in pleural disease
- 13. Experimental models of mesothelioma
- Part 2. Clinical Science
- 14. Approach to the patient with a pleural effusion
- 15. Pleural fluid analysis
- 16. Diagnostic radiology
- 17. Interventional radiology
- 18. Pleural histology
- 19. Pleural cytology, tumor markers and immunohistochemistry
- 20. Effusions from cardiac diseases
- 21. Effusions from vascular causes
- 22. Effusions from malignancy
- 23. Effusions from parapneumonic infection and empyema
- 24. Effusions from tuberculosis
- 25. Effusions from atypical infections
- 26. Effusions in immunocompromised hosts
- 27. Effusions from lymphatic disruptions
- 28. Effusions from collagen vascular disease
- 29. Effusions due to drugs
- 30. Effusions after surgery
- 31. Hepatic hydrothorax
- 32. Pleural effusions due to gastrointestinal disease
- 33. Pleural effusions due to obstetric and gynecological conditions
- 34. Benign asbestos pleural diseases
- 35. Malignant mesothelioma
- 36. Spontaneous pneumothorax
- 37. Non-spontaneous pneumothorax
- 38. Pediatric pleural diseases
- 39. Drainage and biopsy techniques
- 40. Medical thoracoscopy
- 41. Surgery of the pleural cavity
- 42. Gene therapy in pleural diseases
- 43. Future directions
- Index
