Pulmonary medicine is the subspecialty of internal medicine that is involved with management and treatment of diseases affecting the respiratory system, which includes the thoracic cavity, lungs, chest wall and upper airways. It is aimed at treating a wide range of conditions and diseases, including asthma, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, lung transplant and pulmonary tuberculosis. Medicines taken orally or by inhalation is the most efficient and practical method of treating respiratory conditions. This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of pulmonary medicine and the recent researches in this field. It covers in detail some existent theories and innovative concepts revolving around this domain. This book will prove to be immensely beneficial to students and researchers in this field.

Pulmonary Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Pulmonary Disease in a concise format. The editors have built Pulmonary Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional / 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Pulmonary Disease in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Pulmonary Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional / 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a diverse group of diseases that elevates pulmonary artery pressure. Globally, PH prevalence is approximately 1%. Pulmonary arterial hypertension incidence is 6 per million patients with a prevalence of 49–55 per million. This book dives into historical facts related to PH, clinical features, treatment, and specialized issues associated with PH. This book is a resource for health professionals such as nurses, medical students, allied health professionals, primary care physicians, pulmonary clinicians, and clinicians caring for patients with pulmonary hypertension.

This book offers a state-of-the-art description of the complexity of the healthy and pathological respiratory system, with particular reference to the mechanics of the airways, lung and chest wall. Detailed information is provided on new insights into the mechanics of breathing that have been obtained through technological innovations in measurement systems, cutting-edge modeling techniques and novel approaches to functional imaging of the respiratory system. It is explained how these advances permit the assessment of emerging treatment approaches, including new drugs, innovative surgical techniques and modes of mechanical ventilation and new forms of rehabilitation. In order to ensure comprehensive coverage of the subject, the editor has assembled a multidisciplinary team of authors comprising basic scientists in respiratory medicine, chest and intensive care physicians and bioengineers involved in both modeling and instrumentation. The book is intended for intensive care physicians, respirologists, physiologists, rehabilitation specialists, basic scientists in respiration, research and clinical fellows, biomedical engineers involved with respiratory mechanics and respiratory therapists. They will update their knowledge and improve their clinical expertise.