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Section 1: Basic Science and Physiology

Chapter 1. Overview of the respiratory system

Chapter 2. Organization and Anatomy

Chapter 3. Pulmonary circulation

Chapter 4. Physiology, ventilation and gas exchange

Chapter 5. Perfusion and gas transport

Chapter 6. Control of respiratory function

Chapter 7. Basic pharmacology

Section 2: Clinical Assessment

Chapter 8. The respiratory patient

Chapter 9. Examination of the respiratory system

Chapter 10. The respiratory patient: clinical investigations

Chapter 11. The respiratory patient: imaging investigations

Section 3: Respiratory Conditions

Chapter 12. Acute Respiratory Failure and Ventilation

Chapter 13. Disorders of the Upper Respiratory Tract

Chapter 14. Asthma

Chapter 15. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Chapter 16. Disorders of the Interstitium

Chapter 17. Lung Cancer

Chapter 18. Infectious Lung Disease

Chapter 19. Suppurative Lung Disease

Chapter 20. Pleural Disease

Chapter 21. Thromboembolic Disease & Pulmonary Hypertension

Chapter 22. Disorders of Sleep

Chapter 23. Respiratory manifestations of Systemic Disease