Includes bibliographical references and index.

Functional anatomy of the respiratory system / Donna L. Carden, Michael A. Matthay, and Ronald B. George -- Mechanics of respiration / Richard W. Light -- Alveolar ventilation, gas exchange, oxygen delivery, and acid-base physiology / Ronald B. George and Gary T. Kinasewitz -- The respiratory history and physical examination / Ronald B. George and D. Keith Payne -- Chest imaging / Dirk Sostman ... [et al.] -- Clinical pulmonary function testing, exercise testing, and disability evaluation / Richard W. Light -- Invasive diagnostic procedures / Richard W. Light and R. Michael Rodriguez -- Asthma / Mani S. Kavuru and Herbert P. Wiedemann -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / James F. Donohue and Gerardo S. San Pedro -- Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery / Stephanie M. Levine ... [et al.] -- Pulmonary thromboembolism and other pulmonary vascular diseases / Alejandro C. Arroliga, Michael A. Matthay, and Richard A. Matthay -- Diffuse parenchymal and alveolar lung diseases / David G. Morris ... [et al.] -- Occupational and environmental lung disease / Carrie A. Redlich and John R. Balmes -- Lung neoplasms / Lynn T. Tanoue, Darryl C. Carter, and Richard A. Matthay -- Respiratory tract infections / Michael S. Niederman and George A. Sarosi -- Pulmonary complications in the immunosuppressed patient / Boaz A. Markewitz and G. Douglas Campbell -- Diseases of the pleura, mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm / Richard W. Light -- Sleep-related breathing disorders / Richard B. Berry -- Pulmonary and critical care among elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit / Cari R. Levy, Margaret A. Pisani, and E. Wesley Ely -- Nutrition in critical illness and injury / Annette Stralovich-Romani, C. Kres Mahutte, and John M. Luce -- General principles of managing the patient with respiratory failure / Rachel H. Dotson, Brian M. Daniel, and James A. Frank -- Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: neuromuscular and obstructive diseases / Kamran Atabai, Michael A. Matthay, and Carolyn S. Calfee -- Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: pulmonary edema and acute lung injury / Lorraine B. Ware and Michael A. Matthay -- Thoracic trauma, surgery and perioperative management / Michael W. Owens, Shawn A. Milligan, and Jane M. Eggerstedt -- Managing the patient with shock sepsis and multiple organ failure / Richard H. Savel, Michael A. Matthay, and Michael Gropper -- Prevention of nonpulmonary complications of intensive care / Mark D. Eisner, Michael A. Matthay, and Sanjay Saint.