Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to respiratory medicine -- Embryology, anatomy and physiology of the lung -- Drug and pharmacology of the lung -- Common respiratory investigations -- Common respiratory presentations -- Obstructive airways disease -- Diffuse parenchymal lung disease -- Respiratory infections -- Lung cancer -- Pleural disease -- Vasculitides -- Suppurative lung disease -- Respiratory failure -- Sleep disorders -- Occupational, environmental and recreational lung disease -- Disorders of the mediastinum -- Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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