CONTENTS :

DEVELOPMENT OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

ANATOMY OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

General features of respiratory physiology

Inspiration and expiration

Surfactant

Gaseous exchange

Ventilation perfusion ratio and compliance

Hypercarbia and alveolar hypoventilation

Hyperventilation

High oxygen tension

Hypoxia

Features of hemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve

Regulation of respiration

Lung volumes, capacities and alveolar ventilation

Acclimatisation

Mountain sickness

Caisson’s disease

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

General signs and symptoms of respiratory system

Hemoptysis

Cyanosis

Clubbing

Pancoast tumor

Caplan syndrome

Pulmonary edema

ARDS

PULMONARY EMBOLISM

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

PULMONARY VENOUS HYPERTENSION

COR PULMONALE

RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND PULMONARY DISEASE

Respiratory failure

Emphysema

Obstructive and restrictive lung disease

Respiratory curves

Bronchial asthma

Management of asthma

Chronic bronchitis

Bronchiectasis

Interstitial lung disease

Pneumoconiosis

Occupational lung disease

Asbestosis

Silicosis

Pulmonary hemosiderosis

Hypersensitive pneumonitis

Eosinophilia

Aspergillosis

Bronchiolitis

Laryngotracheobronchitis

Bronchial foreign body

Bronchoscopy

Solitary nodule

PLEURAL EFFUSION, PNEUMOTHORAX AND MEDIASTINITIS

General features of pleura

Pleural effusion

Hemothorax

Pneumothorax

Lung sequestration

Mediastinum

Bronchopleural fistula

PNEUMONIA

General features of pneumonia

Causes of pneumonia

Morphology of pneumonia

Viral pneumonia

Staphylococcal pneumonia

Streptococcal pneumonia

Atypical pneumonia

Community acquired pneumonia

CMV pneumonia

Legionnaire’s pneumonia

Klebsiella pneumonia

Pneumocystis carnii pneumonia

Empyema

Lung abscess

Brochiolitis obliterans

Management of pneumonia

TUBERCULOSIS

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Epidemiology of tuberculosis

Features of tuberculosis

Morphology of tuberculosis

Tuberculin test

Sputum examination

Culture of mycobacterium

Diagnosis of tuberculosis

Treatment of tuberculosis

SARCOIDOSIS

BRONCHOGENIC TUMORS

General features of brochogenic tumor

Small cell carcinoma of lung

Non small cell carcinoma of lungs

Management of bronchogenic tumor

Bronchial adenoma and bronchial cyst

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

KARTAGENER SYNDROME

VENTILATOR