World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 1
Pneumonias

The World Clinics: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine series brings pulmonary specialists fully up to date with the latest developments in different branches of respiratory medicine. This first manual focuses on pneumonias.

Beginning with an introduction to the epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia the following chapters discuss diagnosis and treatment of different strains of pneumonia in adults and children. Pneumonia in immune-suppressed patients, community acquired and zoonotic (transferrable between species) pneumonias are also covered.

More than 80 full colour images and illustrations are included to enhance learning.

Key points

• Brings pulmonary specialists up to date with latest developments in diagnosis and treatment of pneumonias
• Discusses different strains in both adults and children
• Covers pneumonia in immune-suppressed patients, community acquired and zoonotic pneumonias
• Includes more than 80 full colour images and illustrations

• Abbreviations
• Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Pneumonia
• Diagnostic Approach to Pneumonias
• Microbiological and Molecular Diagnosis of Pneumonias
• Community-acquired Pneumonia: An Overview
• Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia
• Use of Antibiotics in Community-acquired Pneumonias
• Community-acquired Pneumonia in Children
• Lower Respiratory Tract Viral Infections
• Nosocomial and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia
• Pneumonia in the Immunosuppressed Patient
• Organizing Pneumonia
• Zoonotic Pneumonia

Surinder K Jindal MD FCCP
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Randeep Guleria MD DM
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India