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Tables of Contents for Cardiorespiratory Disease
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction to the series
vii
2
Acknowledgements
ix
2
Abbreviations
xi
Chapter 1 -- Respiratory disease
1
80
Physiology of breathing
1
1
Embryology
2
1
Epidemiology
3
1
Respiratory disease
4
5
Upper respiratory tract
9
17
Lower respiratory tract problems
26
7
Asthma
33
24
Acute bronchitis
57
1
Pneumonias
58
5
Acute respiratory failure
63
2
Cystic fibrosis
65
8
Tuberculosis (TB)
73
6
Immune related disorders affecting the lungs (all rare)
79
2
Chapter 2 -- Cardiology update, including cardiorespiratory arrest and hypotension
81
9
Cardiology
81
7
ABC of resuscitation of infants and children
88
2
Hypotension
90
47
Chapter 3 -- Cardiovascular problems
93
1
Development of the heart and congenital heart disease
93
1
Congenital heart disease (CHD)
94
1
Evaluation of heart disease
95
5
Auscultation
100
6
Common presentations of CHD in the newborn and infant, basic mechanisms and differentiation from non-cardiac causes
106
5
Commoner and selected congenital heart conditions
111
20
Inflammatory heart disease
131
6
Index
137