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<p>Preface to fourth edition vii</p> <p>Units and symbols ix</p> <p>List of abbreviations xi</p> <p>About the companion website xiii</p> <p><b>Part 1 Structure and function 1</b></p> <p>1 Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space 2</p> <p>2 The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles 4</p> <p>3 Pressures and volumes during normal breathing 6</p> <p>4 Gas laws 8</p> <p>5 Diffusion 10</p> <p>6 Lung mechanics: elastic forces 12</p> <p>7 Lung mechanics: airway resistance 14</p> <p>8 Carriage of oxygen 16</p> <p>9 Carriage of carbon dioxide 18</p> <p>10 Acid–base balance 20</p> <p>11 Acid–base disorders 22</p> <p>12 Control of breathing I: chemical mechanisms 24</p> <p>13 Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms 26</p> <p>14 Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts 28</p> <p>15 Ventilation–perfusion mismatching 30</p> <p>16 Exercise, altitude and diving 32</p> <p>17 Development of the respiratory system and birth 34</p> <p>18 Complications of development and congenital disease 36</p> <p>19 Lung defence mechanisms 38</p> <p>20 Immunology of the lung 40</p> <p><b>Part 2 History, examination and investigation 43</b></p> <p>21 History and examination 44</p> <p>22 Pulmonary function tests 46</p> <p>23 Chest imaging and bronchoscopy 48</p> <p><b>Part 3 Diseases and treatment 51</b></p> <p>24 Public health and smoking 52</p> <p>25 Respiratory failure 54</p> <p>26 Asthma: pathophysiology 56</p> <p>27 Asthma: treatment 58</p> <p>28 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 60</p> <p>29 Pulmonary hypertension 62</p> <p>30 Venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism 64</p> <p>31 Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis 66</p> <p>32 Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung diseases 68</p> <p>33 Sarcoidosis 70</p> <p>34 Pleural diseases 72</p> <p>35 Occupational and environmental-related lung disease 74</p> <p>36 Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis 76</p> <p>37 Pneumothorax 78</p> <p>38 Community-acquired pneumonia 80</p> <p>39 Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia 82</p> <p>40 Pulmonary tuberculosis 84</p> <p>41 The immune-compromised patient 86</p> <p>42 Lung cancer 88</p> <p>43 Acute respiratory distress syndrome 90</p> <p>44 Mechanical ventilation 92</p> <p>45 Oxygenation and oxygen therapy 94</p> <p>46 Sleep apnoea 96</p> <p>Index 98</p>

<p><strong>Professor Jeremy P.T. Ward</strong> is Professor of Respiratory Cell Physiology and Head of the Department of Physiology at King's College London. <p><strong>Dr Jane Ward</strong> is formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, King's College London. <p><strong>Dr Richard M. Leach</strong> is Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust and King's College London School of Medicine.

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