Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine

Cases with Expert Commentary

Edited by Lucy Schomberg, Elizabeth Sage, and Nicholas Hart

Challenging Concepts

A case-based guide with expert commentary, dealing with contemporary complex clinical scenarios in respiratory medicine
'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' enhance the learning process
Each chapter is based around a real-life case, and interspersed with the most up-to-date evidence, management strategies, guidelines and controversies in management.
Provides a unique insight into how today's opinion leaders in respiratory medicine deal with everyday complex clinical scenarios
Specifically designed for those in training preparing their specialist exams

Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine

Cases with Expert Commentary

Edited by Lucy Schomberg, Elizabeth Sage, and Nicholas Hart

Description

A case-based guide with expert commentary Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine, deals with contemporary clinical scenarios in respiratory medicine. Each chapter is based around a real-life case, and interspersed with the most up-to-date evidence, management strategies, guidelines and controversies in management. As the reader works through each case there are a number of 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' to enhance the learning process along with an 'Expert Commentary' written by a nationally or internationally-renowned expert in that particular field. This will provide a unique inside track on how the experts approach these types of challenging cases.

The approach taken in this series is highly attractive to those in training preparing for their specialist exams.

Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine

Cases with Expert Commentary

Edited by Lucy Schomberg, Elizabeth Sage, and Nicholas Hart

Challenging Concepts

1:Allergy, Saima Alam and C Corrigan
2:Severe asthma, Anand Shah and A Menzies-Gow
3:Bacterial lung infection, Simon Brill and J Brown
4:Non-surgical management of early stage lung cancer, James Brown and N Navani
5:Central sleep apnoea, Marcus Pittman and A Williams
6:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Anant Patel, Amina Jaffer and John Hurst
7:Pulmonary fungal infections, Georgia Tunnicliffe and M Wise
8:HIV-related lung disease, Dami Collier and R Miller
9:Intensive care unit and ventilation, Justin Garner and D Treacher
10:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Clare Ross and Athol Wells
11:Narcolepsy, David Walder and P Reading
12:Non-invasive ventilation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Michelle Ramsay and M Polkey
13:Occupational lung disease, Jo Feary, P Cullinan and J Szram
14:Pulmonary disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria, Janet Stowell and R Breen
15:Oxygen, Rory McDermott and Craig Davidson
16:Pleural effusion, Lucy Schomberg and N Maskell
17:Pulmonary vasculature, Sophie Vergnaud and J Wort
18:Sleep-disordered breathing in the obese, Swapna Mandal and J Steier
19:Pulmonary sarcoidosis, Chloe Bloom and S Donnelly
20:Swine 'flu in pregnancy, Mark Haylock Almond and M Griffiths
21:Transplant, Jessica Barrett and M Carby
22:Tuberculosis, Georgina Russell and O Min Kon

Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine

Cases with Expert Commentary

Edited by Lucy Schomberg, Elizabeth Sage, and Nicholas Hart

Challenging Concepts

Author Information

Edited by Lucy Schomberg, Respiratory Consultant, Frimley Park Hospital, Elizabeth Sage, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and Respiratory Registrar, North West Thames, and Nicholas Hart, Clinical and Academic Director and Reader in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Lane Fox Unit and Critical Care, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London

Lucy Schomberg studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medicine School in South West London. She completed her registrar training in South East London and recently became a Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in Frimley Park Hospital. Her special interests include pleural disease and interstitial lung disease.

Elizabeth Sage read Physiological Sciences at Oxford University prior to studying medicine at both Oxford and St George's Hospital Medical School. She is currently a research registrar at University College London and completed her PhD in Cellular Therapies at University College London. Her specialist interests include thoracic malignancies and lung cancer and the development of novel cellular therapies.

Nicholas Hart is Clinical and Academic Director of the Fox Lane Respiratory Unit at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He is also a Reader in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science, King's College London.

Contributors:

Saima Alam- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Jessica Barrett- University College Hospital
Chloe Bloom- Imperial College London
R Breen- Guy and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Simon Brill- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
J Brown- University College London
M Carby- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Dami Collier- University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
C Corrigan- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
P Cullinan- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Craig Davidson- Guy and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
David Dobarro- Royal Brompton and
S Donnelly- University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
Jo Feary- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trusy
Justin Garner- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
M Griffiths- Imperial College London
Mark Haylock Almond- Imperial College London
John Hurst- University College London and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Amina Jaffer- Imperial College NHS Trust
Swapna Mandal- Barts Health NHS Trust
N Maskell- University of Bristol
Rory McDermott- Barts Health Acute NHS Trust
A Menzies-Gow- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
R Miller- University Vollege London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
O Min Kon- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
N Navani- University College Hospital London
Anant Patel- Royal Free Hospital
Marcus Pittman- Eastern Deanery
M Polkey- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Michelle Ramsay- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
P Reading- The James Cook University Hospital
Clare Ross- St Mary's Hospital
Georgina Russell- Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust
D Treacher- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Georgia Tunnicliffe- Frimley Park Hospital
Lucy Schomberg - Frimley Park Hospital
Anand Shah- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
J Steier- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Janet Stowell- Imperial College London
J Szram- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Sophie Vergnaud- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
David Walder
Athol Wells- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
A Williams- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
M Wise- University Hospital of Wales
J Wort- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust