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Volume 1
1 On being a patient C. M. Clothier
2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
2.1 Science in medicine: when, how, and what W. F. Bynum
2.2 Scientific method and the art of healing D. J. Weatherall
2.3 Medical ethics Edmund D. Pellegrinow and Daniel Sulmasy
2.4 The evidence base of modern medicine
2.4.1 Bringing the best evidence to the point of care P. Glasziou
2.4.2 Evidence-based medicine Alvan Feinstein
2.4.3 Large-scale randomized evidence: trials and overviews R. Collins, R. Peto, R. Gray, and S. Parish
2.5 Complementary and alternative medicine E. Ernst
3 Global patterns of disease and medical practice
3.1 The Global Burden of Disease Study C. J. L. Murray and A. D. Lopez
3.2 Human population size, environment, and health A. J. McMichael and J. W. Powles
3.3 The pattern of care: hospital and community Anthony Harrison
3.4 Preventive medicine D. Mant
3.5 Health promotion Keith Tones and Jackie Green
3.6 Screening J. A. Muir Gray
3.7 The cost of health care
3.7.1 The cost of health care in Western countries Joseph White
3.7.2 Health in a fragile future Maurice King
4 Molecular mechanisms of disease
4.1 The genomic basis of medicine Trevor Woodage and Francis S. Collins
4.2 The human genome sequence Sydney Brenner
4.3 Molecular cell biology William M. F. Lee and Newman M. Yeilding
4.4 Cytokines: interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor in inflammation Charles Dinarello
4.5 Ion channels and disease Francis M. Ashcroft
4.6 Apoptosis in health and disease Andrew H. Wyllie and Mark J. Arends
5 Immunological mechanisms
5.2 Allergy L. M. Lichtenstein
5.3 Autoimmunity Antony Rosen
5.5 Innate immune system D. T. Fearon and M. Allison
5.6 Immunodeficiency A. D. B. Webster
5.7 Principles of transplantation immunology Kathryn J. Wood
6 Principles of clinical oncology
6.1 Epidemiology of cancer R. Doll and R. Peto
6.2 The nature and development of cancer Andrew Coop and Matthew J. Ellis
6.3 The genetics of inherited cancers Andrew Coop and Matthew J. Ellis
6.4 Tumour metastasis V. Urquidi and D. Tarin
6.5 Tumour immunology P.C.L. Beverley
6.6 Cancer: clinical features and management R. L. Souhami
6.7 Cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy Michael L. Grossbard and Bruce A. Chabner
7 Infection
7.1 The clinical approach to the patient with suspected infection David Rubenstein
7.2 Fever of unknown origin David T. Durack
7.3 Biology of pathogenic micro-organisms T. H. Pennington
7.4 The host response to infection Leszek K. Borysiewicz
7.5 Physiological changes in infected patients P. A. Murphy
7.6 Antimicrobial chemotherapy R. G. Finch
7.7 Immunization D. Goldblatt and M. Ramsay
7.8 Travel and expedition medicine C.P. Conlon and D. A. Warrell
7.9 Nosocomial infections I. C. J. W. Bowler
7.10 Viruses
7.10.2 Herpesviruses (excluding Epstein-Barr virus) J. G. P. Sissons
7.10.3 The Epstein-Barr virus M. A. Epstein and Dorothy H. Crawford
7.10.4 Poxviruses
7.10.6.1 Nipah and Hendra viruses James G. Olson
7.10.7 Enterovirus infections Ulrich Desselberger and Philip Minor
7.10.8 Virus infections causing diarrhoea and vomiting Ulrich Desselberger
7.10.9 Rhabdoviruses: rabies and rabies-related viruses M. J. Warrell and D.A. Warrell
7.10.10 Colorado tick fever and other arthropod-borne reoviruses M.J. Warrell and D.A. Warrell
7.10.11 Alphaviruses L. R. Petersen and D. J. Gubler
7.10.12 Rubella P. A. Tookey and S. Logan
7.10.13 Flaviviruses L. R. Petersen and D. J. Gubler
7.10.14 Bunyaviridae J. W. LeDuc and J. S. Porterfield
7.10.15 Arenaviruses Susan Fisher-Hoch and Joseph McCormick
7.10.16 Filoviruses Susan Fisher-Hoch and Joseph McCormick
7.10.17 Papovaviruses K. V. Shah
7.10.18 Parvovirus B19 B. J. Cohen
7.10.19 Hepatitis viruses (including TTV) N. V. Naoumov
7.10.20 Hepatitis C virus D. L. Thomas
7.10.21 HIV and AIDS G. A. Luzzi, T. E. A. Peto, R. A. Weiss, and C. P. Conlon
7.10.22 HIV in the developing world Charles F. Gilks
7.10.23 HTLV-I and II and associated diseases C. R. M. Bangham, M. Osame, and S. Nightingale
7.10.24 Viruses and cancer R.A. Weiss
7.10.25 Orf N. Jones
7.11 Bacteria
7.11.2 Streptococci and enterococci S. J. Eykyn
7.11.3 Pneumococcal diseases Keith P. Klugman and Brian M. Greenwood
7.11.4 Staphylococci S. J. Eykyn
7.11.5 Meningococcal infections P. Brandtzaeg
7.11.6 Neisseria gonorrhoeae D. Barlow and C. Ison
7.11.7 Enterobacteria, campylobacter, and miscellaneous food-poisoning bacteria G. T. Keusch and M. B. Skirrow
7.11.8 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
J. Richens and C. Parry
7.11.9 Intracellular Klebsiella infections J. Richens
7.11.10 Anaerobic bacteria S. J. Eykyn
7.11.11 Cholera Michael L. Bennish
7.11.12 Haemophilus influenzae E. R. Moxon
7.11.13 Haemophilus ducreyi and chancroid Allan R. Ronald
7.11.14 Bordetella Calvin C. Linnemann, Jr
7.11.15 Melioidosis and glanders D. A. B. Dance
7.11.16 Plague T. Butler
7.11.18 Anthrax Thira Sirisanthana
7.11.21 Botulism, gas gangrene, and clostridial gastrointestinal infections H. E. Larson
7.11.22 Tuberculosis Richard E. Chaisson and Jean Nachega
7.11.23 Disease caused by environmental mycobacteria J. M. Grange and P. D. O. Davies
7.11.24 Leprosy (Hansen's disease) Diana N. J. Lockwood
7.11.25 Buruli ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans infection Wayne M. Meyers and Francoise Portaels
7.11.26 Actinomycosis K. P. Schaal
7.11.27 Nocardiosis R. J. Hay
7.11.28 Rat bite fevers D. A. Warrell
7.11.29 Lyme borreliosis John Nowakowski, Robert B. Nadelman, and Gary P. Wormser
7.11.30 Other borrelia infections D. A. Warrell
7.11.31 Leptospirosis George Watt
7.11.33 Syphilis D. J. M. Wright and S. E. Jones
7.11.34 Listeriosis P. J. Wilkinson
7.11.35 Legionellosis and legionnaires' disease J. B. Kurtz and J.T. Macfarlane
7.11.36 Rickettsial diseases including ehrlichiosis D. H. Walker
7.11.37 Scrub typhus George Watt
7.11.38 Coxiella burnetii infections (Q fever) T. J. Marrie
7.11.39 Bartonelloses, excluding Bartonella bacilliformis infections James G. Olson
7.11.39.1 Bartonella bacilliformis infection
7.11.41 Mycoplasmas D. Taylor-Robinson
7.12 Fungal infections (mycoses)
7.12.4 Paracoccidioidomycosis M. A. S. Yasuda
7.12.5 Pneumocystis carinii Robert F. Miller and Ann E. Wakefield
7.12.6 Infection due to Penicillium marneffei Thira Sirisanthana
7.13 Protozoa
7.13.2 Malaria D. J. Bradley and D. A. Warrell
7.13.3 Babesia P. Brasseur
7.13.5 Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis D.P. Casemore and D.A. Warrell
7.13.6 Cyclospora D. P. Casemore
7.13.7 Sarcocystosis V. Zaman
7.13.9 Blastocystis hominis infection R. Knight
7.13.10 Human African trypanosomiasis August Stich
7.13.11 Chagas' disease Michael Miles
7.13.12 Leishmaniasis A. D. M. Bryceson
7.13.13 Trichomoniasis J. P. Ackers
7.14 Nematodes (roundworms)
7.14.2 Lymphatic filariasis R. Knight
7.14.3 Guinea-worm disease: dracunculiasis R. Knight
7.14.4 Strongyloidiasis, hookworm, and other gut strongyloid nematodes R. Knight
7.14.5 Nematode infections of lesser importance D. Grove
7.14.6 Other gut nematodes V. Zaman
7.14.7 Toxocariasis and visceral larva migrans V. Zaman
7.14.8 Angiostrongyliasis R. Knight
7.14.9 Gnathostomiasis Pravan Suntharasamai
7.15.2 Gut cestodes R. Knight
7.15.3 Cysticercosis Hector H. Garcia and Robert H. Gilman
7.15.4 Pseudophyllidean tapeworms: diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis Seung-Yull Cho
7.16 Trematodes (flukes)
7.16.2 Liver fluke infections David I. Grove
7.16.3 Lung flukes (paragonimiasis) Sirivan Vanijanonta
7.16.4 Intestinal trematode infections David I. Grove
7.17 Non-venomous arthropods J. Paul
7.18 Pentostomiasis (porocephalosis) D.A. Warrell
7.19 Chronic fatigue syndrome (postviral fatigue syndrome, neurasthenia, and myalgic encephalomyelitis) Michael Sharpe
7.20 Infection in the immunocompromised host J. Cohen
8 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
8.1 Poisoning by drugs and chemicals A. T. Proudfoot and J.A. Vale
8.2 Injuries, envenoming, poisoning, and allergic reactions caused by animals D. A. Warrell
8.3 Poisonous plants and fungi M. R. Cooper, A. W. Johnson, and H. Persson
8.4 Occupational and environmental health and safety
8.4.1 Occupational and environmental health and safety J.M. Harrington, K. Gardiner, I. S. Foulds, T.C. Aw, E.L. Baker, and A. Spurgeon
8.4.2 Occupational safety Richard T. Booth
8.5 Environmental diseases
8.5.3 Drowning Peter J. Fenner
8.5.4 Diseases of high terrestrial altitudes D. Rennie
8.5.5 Aerospace medicine D.M. Denison, M. Bagshaw
8.5.6 Diving medicine D. M. Denison and T. J. R. Francis
8.5.7 Lightning and electrical injuries Chris Andrews
8.5.8 Podoconiosis S. M. Evans, J. J. Powell, and R. P. H. Thompson
8.5.9 Radiation
8.5.11 Vibration T.C. Aw and R. McCaig
8.5.12 Disasters: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and floods Peter J. Baxter
9 Principles of clinical pharmacology and drug therapy
9 Principles of clinical pharmacology and drug therapy Andrew Herxheimer
10 Nutrition
10.1 Diseases of overnourished societies and the need for dietary change J. I. Mann and A. S. Truswell
10.2 Nutrition: biochemical background Keith N. Frayn
10.3 Vitamins and trace elements M. Eastwood
10.4 Severe malnutrition Alan A. Jackson
10.5 Obesity Peter G. Kopelmann and Stephen O'Rahilly
10.6 Special nutritional problems and the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition M. Elia
Volume 2
11 Metabolic disorders
11.1 The inborn errors of metabolism: general aspects Richard W. E. Watts
11.2 Inborn errors of amino acid and organic acid metabolism P. J. Lee and D. P. Brenton
11.3 Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
11.3.1 Glycogen storage diseases T. M. Cox
11.3.2 Inborn errors of fructose metabolism T. M. Cox
11.3.3 Disorders of galactose, pentose, and pyruvate metabolism T. M. Cox
11.4 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism Richard W. E. Watts
11.5 The porphyrias T. M. Cox
11.6 Lipid and lipoprotein disorders P. N. Durrington
11.7 Trace metal disorders
11.7.2 Wilson's disease, Menke's disease: inherited disorders of copper metabolism C. A. Seymour
11.8 Lysosomal storage diseases T. M. Cox
11.9 Peroxisomal diseases Ronald J. A. Wanders and Ruud B. H. Schutgens
11.10 Disorders of oxalate metabolism Richard W. E. Watts and C. J. Danpure
11.11 Disturbances of acid-base homeostasis R. D. Cohen and H. F. Woods
11.12 Amyloid, familial Mediterranean fever, and acute phase response
11.12.1 The acute phase response and C-reactive protein M. B. Pepys
11.12.2 Metabolic response to accidental and surgical injury
Roderick A. Little
12 Endocrine disorders
12.1 Principles of hormone action Mark Gurnell, Jacky Burrin, and V. Krishna K. Chatterjee
12.2 Disorders of the anterior pituitary Paul J. Jenkins and Michael Besser
12.3 Disorders of the posterior pituitary John Newell-Price and Michael Besser
12.4 The thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid function Anthony P. Weetman
12.5 Thyroid cancer Anthony P. Weetman
12.6 Parathyroid disorders and diseases altering calcium metabolism R. V. Thakker
12.7 The adrenal
12.7.2 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia I. A. Hughes
12.8 The reproductive system
12.8.2 Disorders of male reproduction F. C. W. Wu
12.8.3 The breast H. S. Jacobs
12.8.4 Sexual dysfunction Raymond C. Rosen and Irwin Goldstein
12.9 Disorders of development
12.10 Non-diabetic pancreatic endocrine disorders and multiple endocrine neoplasia P. J. Hammond and S. R. Bloom
12.11 Disorders of glucose homeostasis
12.11.1 Diabetes Gareth Williams
12.11.3 Hypoglycaemia V. Marks
12.12 Hormonal manifestations of non-endocrine disease H. E. Turner and J. A. H. Wass
12.13 The pineal gland and melatonin T. M. Cox
13 Medical disorders in pregnancy
13.1 Physiological changes of normal pregnancy D. J. Williams
13.2 Nutrition in pregnancy D. J. Williams
13.3 Medical management of normal pregnancy
D. J. Williams
13.5 Renal disease in pregnancy J. Firth
13.6 Heart disease in pregnancy C. J. Forfar
13.7 Thromboembolism in pregnancy M. de Swiet
13.8 Chest diseases in pregnancy M. de Swiet
13.9 Liver and gastrointestinal diseases during pregnancy A. E. S. Gimson
13.10 Diabetes in pregnancy Michael D. J. Gillmer
13.11 Endocrine disease in pregnancy John H. Lazarus
13.12 Neurological disease in pregnancy G. G. Lennox
13.13 The skin in pregnancy F. Wojnarowska
13.14 Autoimmune rheumatic disorders and vasculitis in pregnancy Cathy Nelson-Piercy and M. Khamashta
13.15 Infections in pregnancy Mark Herbert and Lawrence Impey
13.16 Blood disorders in pregnancy E. A. Letsky
13.17 Malignant disease in pregnancy Robin A. F. Crawford
13.18 Prescribing in pregnancy P. C. Rubin
13.19 Benefits and risks of oral contraceptives Martin P. Vessey
13.20 Benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy J. C. Stevenson
14 Gastroenterology
14.1.1 Anatomy and clinical physiology
14.1.1.1 Structure and function of the gut D. G. Thompson
14.1.1.2 Symptomatology of gastrointestinal disease Graham Neale
14.2 Methods for investigation of gastrointestinal disease
14.2.1 Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy Christopher B. Williams and Brian P. Saunders
14.2.2 Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy Adrian R. W. Hatfield
14.2.3 Radiology of the gastrointestinal tract Alan Freeman
14.2.4 Investigation of gastrointestinal function Julian R. F. Walters
14.3 Major gastrointestinal emergencies
14.3.2 Gastrointestinal bleeding T. A. Rockall and T. Northfield
14.4 Immune disorders of the gastrointestinal tract M. R. Haeney
14.5 The mouth and salivary glands T. Lehner
14.6 Diseases of the oesophagus
John Dent and Richard H. Holloway
14.7 Peptic ulcer diseases John Calam
14.8 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract P. J. Hammond, S. R. Bloom, A. E. Bishop, and J.M. Polak
14.9 Malabsorption
14.9.1 Differential diagnosis and investigation of malabsorption Julian R. F. Walters
14.9.2 Small bowel bacterial overgrowth P. P. Toskes
14.9.3 Coeliac disease D. P. Jewell
14.9.4 Gastrointestinal lymphoma P. G. Isaacson
14.9.5 Disaccharidase deficiency T. M. Cox
14.9.6 Whipple's disease H. J. F. Hodgson
14.9.7 Effects of massive small bowel resection R. J. Playford
14.9.8 Malabsorption syndromes in the tropics V. I. Mathan
14.10 Crohn's disease D. P. Jewell
14.11 Ulcerative colitis D. P. Jewell
14.12 Functional bowel disorders and irritable bowel syndrome D. G. Thompson
14.13 Colonic diverticular disease N. J. McC. Mortensen and M. G. W. Kettlewell
14.14 Congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract V. M. Wright and J. A. Walker-Smith
14.15 Tumours of the gastrointestinal tract A. F. Markham, I. C. Talbot, and C. B. Williams
14.16 Vascular and collagen disorders Graham Neale
14.17 Gastrointestinal infections Davidson H. Hamer and Sherwood L. Gorbach
14.18 Liver, pancreas, and biliary tree
14.18.1 Structure and function of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas A. E. S. Gimson
14.18.2 Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the liver and pancreas C. S. Ng, D.J. Lomas, and A.K. Dixon
14.18.3 Diseases of the pancreas
14.18.3.1 Acute pancreatitis C. W. Imrie
14.18.3.2 Chronic pancreatitis P. P. Toskes
14.18.3.3 Tumours of the pancreas Julian Britton
14.19 Disease of the gallbladder and biliary tree
14.19.1 Congenital disorders of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas J. A. Summerfield
14.19.2 Diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree J. A. Summerfield
14.19.3 Jaundice R. P. H. Thompson
14.20 Hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease
14.20.1 Viral hepatitis - clinical aspects H. J. F. Hodgson
14.20.2 Autoimmune liver disease
14.21 Other disorders of the liver
14.21.1 Alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic steatosis hepatitis O. F. W. James
14.21.2 Cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites Kevin Moore
14.21.3 Hepatocellular failure E. Anthony Jones
14.21.4 Liver transplantation Graeme J. M. Alexander and M. Allison
14.21.5 Primary and secondary liver tumours Iain M. Murray-Lyon
14.21.6 Hepatic granulomas C. W. N. Spearman, P. De La Motte Hall, and S. J. Saunders
14.21.7 Drugs and liver damage J. Neuberger
14.21.8 The liver in systemic disease J. Neuberger
14.22 Miscellaneous disorders of gastrointestinal tract and liver D. P. Jewell
15 Cardiovascular medicine
15.1.1 The blood vessels
15.1.1.2 Vascular endothelium, its physiology and pathophysiology P. Vallance
15.1.1.3 Vascular smooth muscle cells Peter L. Weissberg
15.1.2 Atherosclerosis and thrombosis
15.1.2.1 The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis R. P. Naoumova and J. Scott
15.1.2.2 The haemostatic system in arterial disease T. W. Meade, P. K. MacCallum, and G. J. Miller
15.1.3 The heart
15.1.3.1 Physical considerations: biochemistry and cellular physiology of heart muscle P. H. Sugden, N. J. Severs, K. T. MacLeod, and P.A. Poole-Wilson
15.1.3.2 Clinical physiology of the normal heart D. E. L. Wilcken
15.2 Clinical presentation of heart disease
15.2.1 Chest pain J. R. Hampton
15.2.2 The syndrome of heart failure Andrew J. S. Coats
15.2.3 Syncope and palpitation A. C. Rankin and S. M. Cobbe
15.2.4 Physical examination of the cardiovascular system J. R. Hampton
15.3 Clinical investigation
15.3.2 Electrocardiography D. J. Rowlands
15.3.3 Echocardiography
15.3.4 Nuclear techniques H. J. Testa and D. J. Rowlands
15.3.5 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and computed X-ray tomography S. Richard Underwood, Raad H. Mohiaddin, and M.B. Rubens
15.3.6 Cardiac catheterization and angiography Edward D. Folland
15.4 Ischaemic heart disease
15.4.1 Epidemiology
15.4.1.1 Influences acting in utero and early childhood D. J. P. Barker
15.4.1.2 The epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease G. Davey Smith and A. R. Ness
15.4.2 Pathophysiology and clinical features
15.4.2.1 The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes Peter L. Weissberg
15.4.2.2 Management of stable angina L. M. Shapiro
15.4.2.3 Management of acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina and myocardial infarction Keith A. A. Fox
15.4.2.4 Percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures Edward D. Folland
15.4.2.5 Coronary artery bypass grafting A. J. Ritchie and L. M. Shapiro
15.4.2.6 The impact of coronary heart disease on life and work M. C. Petch
15.5 Treatment of heart failure
15.5.1 Pharmacological management of heart failure J. K. Aronson
15.5.2 Therapeutic anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation and heart failure David Keeling
15.5.3 Cardiac rehabilitation Andrew J. S. Coats
15.5.4 Cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support John H. Dark
15.6 Cardiac arrhythmias S. M. Cobbe and A. C. Rankin
15.7 Valve disease D. G. Gibson
15.8 Diseases of heart muscle
15.8.1 Myocarditis Jay W. Mason
15.8.2 The cardiomyopathies: hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive, and right ventricular William J. McKenna
15.8.3 Specific heart muscle disorders William J. McKenna
15.9 Pericardial disease D. G. Gibson
15.10 Cardiac involvement in infectious disease
15.10.1 Acute rheumatic fever Jonathan R. Carapetis
15.10.2 Infective endocarditis W. A. Littler and S. J. Eykyn
15.10.3 Cardiovascular syphilis B. Gribbin and I. Byren
15.10.4 Cardiac disease in HIV infection N. Boon
15.11 Tumours of the heart
15.11.1 Cardiac myxoma Thomas A. Traill
15.11.2 Other tumours of the heart Thomas A. Traill
15.12 Cardiac involvement in genetic disease Thomas A. Traill
15.13 Congenital heart disease in adolescents and adults S. A. Thorne and P. J. Oldershaw
15.14 Disorders of the arteries
15.14.1 Thoracic aortic dissection B. Gribbin and A. P. Banning
15.14.2 Peripheral arterial disease Janet Powell and Alun Davies
15.14.3 Cholesterol emboli C. R. K. Dudley
15.14.4 Takayasu arteritis Fuji Numano
15.15 The pulmonary circulation
15.15.1 The pulmonary circulation and its influence on gas exchange Tim Higenbottam, Eric Demoncheaux, and Tom Siddons
15.15.2 Disorders of the pulmonary circulation
15.15.2.1 Primary pulmonary hypertension Tim Higenbottam and Helen Marriott
15.15.2.2 Pulmonary oedema J.S. Prichard and J.D. Firth
15.15.3 Venous thromboembolism
15.15.3.1 Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism Paul D. Stein and J. Firth
15.15.3.2 Therapeutic anticoagulation in deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism David Keeling
15.16 Hypertension
15.16.1.2 Genetics of hypertension N. J. Samani
15.16.1.3 Essential hypertension J. Swales
15.16.2 Secondary hypertension
15.16.2.2 Renal and renovascular hypertension Lawrence E. Ramsay
15.16.2.3 Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome) M. J. Brown
15.16.2.4 Phaeochromocytoma M. J. Brown
15.16.2.5 Aortic coarctation Lawrence E. Ramsay
15.16.2.6 Other rare causes of hypertension Lawrence E. Ramsay
15.16.3 Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies Gregory Y. H. Lip and D. Gareth Beevers
15.17 Lymphoedema Peter S. Mortimer
15.18 Idiopathic oedema of women J. Firth
16 Critical care medicine
16.1 The clinical approach to the patient who is very ill J. Firth
16.2 The circulation and circulatory support of the critically ill
David F. Treacher
16.5 Respiratory support of the critically ill
16.5.1 Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome C. Haslett
16.5.2 The management of respiratory failure Christopher S. Garrard
16.6 Other medical issues on the ICU
16.6.1 Sedation and analgesia in the critically ill G. R. Park and B. Ward
16.6.2 Management of raised intracranial pressure David K. Menon
16.6.3 Brainstem death and organ donation M. J. Lindop
16.6.4 The patient without hope M. J. Lindop
17 Respiratory medicine
17.1.1 The upper respiratory tract J. R. Stradling
17.1.2 Structure and function of the airways and alveoli Peter D. Wagner
17.1.3 'First line' defence mechanisms of the lung C. Haslett
17.2 The clinical presentation of chest diseases D. J. Lane
17.3 Clinical investigation of respiratory disease
17.3.1 Thoracic imaging Susan Copley and David M. Hansell
17.3.2 Respiratory function tests G. J. Gibson
17.3.3 Microbiological methods in the diagnosis of respiratory infections Robert Wilson
17.3.4 Diagnostic bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, and tissue biopsy M. F. Muers
17.4 Allergic rhinitis and asthma
17.4.1 Asthma: genetic effects J. M. Hopkin
17.4.2 Allergic…