Respiratory disease is a medical
term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues
that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of
the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and
pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This book has been
designed to deliver the detailed knowledge about the various respiratory
infections including viral, bacterial, and helminthic infections.
This book Respiratory Diseases
brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years
of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific
centers.
Respiratory disease is a medical
term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues
that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of
the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and
pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This book has been
designed to deliver the detailed knowledge about the various respiratory
infections including viral, bacterial, and helminthic infections.
This guideline offers best practice advice on the care
of adults and children with Respiratory Tract Infections, for whom immediate
antibiotic prescribing is not indicated. This guideline focuses on 5 common
Respiratory Tract Infections: cute otitis media (AOM), acute cough/acute
bronchitis, acute sore throat/acute pharyngitis/acute tonsillitis, acute
rhinosinusitis and the common cold.
Author(s): National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence
This book
explains the following topics: The Call For Oxygen, The Access To Oxygen, The
Forces Acting In The Transport Of Oxygen (and C02) Through Living Tissues,
Respiration In Water, Emergency Respiration-the Transition To Air Breathing,
Respiration In Air, The Respiratory Functions Of Blood And Tracheal Respiration
.