PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES. A COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK. (SOFTCOVER)

1. History of Specialist Training in Respiratory Diseases
2. Development of the Respiratory System
3. Physiological Basis of the Respiratory System
4. Clinical History and Physical Examination of the Respiratory System
5. Physiological Evolution of Sleep
6. Immunological Defense Mechanisms of the Respiratory System
7. New Frontiers in Research on the Respiratory System
8. Evaluation of Pulmonary Function in Infants and Preschool Children
9. Assessment of Pulmonary Function in Schoolchildren and Adolescents
10. Assessment of Respiratory Muscular Function in Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases
11. Study of Images in Respiratory Diseases
12. Assessing Arterial Oxygen Saturation
13. Assessment of Sleep in Newborns to Adolescents
14. Study of Infectious Agents in Respiratory Diseases
15. Assessment of the Airway with Flexible Endoscopy
16. Assessment of the Airway with Rigid Endoscopy
17. Children with Respiratory Failure
18. Children with Persistent Cough
19. Infants with Persistent Tachypnea
20. Children with Persistent Stridor
21. Children with Snoring
22. Children with Recurrent Wheezing
23. Hemoptysis in Children
24. Infants with an Apparent Life-Threatening Event
25. Immunosuppressed Children with Lung Infection
26. Respiratory Complications in Children with Neurological Diseases
27. A Children with an Airway Foreign Body
28. Epidemiology of Respiratory Infections
29. Laryngitis (Croup)
30. Bronchiolitis
31. Community-Acquired Pneumonia
32. Atypical Pneumonia
33. Complicated Pneumonia
34. Pneumonia Caused by Emerging Viral Agents
35. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
36. Respiratory Diseases in the Newborn
37. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
38. Allergic Diseases, from the Infant to the Adolescent
39. Latin America Asthma Epidemiology and Related Risk Factors
40. Evaluation of Asthma Risk in Infants and Preschoolers
41. Asthma: Clinical and Diagnosis Approach
42. Asthma: Treatment
43. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
44. Cystic Fibrosis: Clinical and Diagnosis Approach
45. Cystic Fibrosis: Treatment
46. Pulmonary Aspergillosis
47. Post-Infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans
48. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children
49. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
50. Primary Immunodeficiencies and Immune Diseases
51. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
52. Sickle Cell Disease
53. Congenital Malformations of the Airway
54. Congenital Lung Malformations
55. Gastroesophageal Reflux and Respiratory Diseases
56. Pneumothorax and Thoracic Trauma
57. Nutrition in Chronic Respiratory Disease
58. Diseases Caused by Pollutants and Tobacco Exposure
59. Nursing Care Education in Chronic Respiratory Diseases
60. Evidence-Based Medicine for Respiratory Diseases
61. Inhalation Therapy
62. Pulmonary Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Macrolides
63. Chest Physiotherapy
64. Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Children with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
65. Prolonged Hospitalization Due to Chronic Respiratory Diseases
66. Oxygen Therapy
67. Acute Mechanical Ventilation
68. Chronic Invasive Ventilation
69. Long-Term Non-invasive Ventilation
70. Tracheotomy
71. Airway Surgery and Endoscopic Procedures
72. Lung, Chest Cavity, and Dorsal Spine Surgery
73. Extracorporeal Circulation Membrane Oxygenation Therapy for Acute Respiratory Diseases
74. Pediatric Lung Transplantation

This is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook on pediatric pulmonology. Edited by Pablo Bertrand and Ignacio Sánchez, renowned academics and pediatricians from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it encompasses five sections and 74 chapters, presenting and discussing the most important topics related to pediatric respiratory diseases. Written and presented in a simple and didactic format, it intends to ease learning and settlement of doubts in pediatric respiratory diseases. The reader is naturally introduced into the physiology, diagnosis, syndromes, diseases and the treatment associated with the respiratory pathologies affecting children. The chapters include algorithms for the treatment of various syndromes and updated treatment proposals grounded in evidence-based medicine for more than 50 pulmonary diseases. Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – A Comprehensive Textbook is an essential reference for the proper clinical approach to respiratory diseases in children. It is intended for all interns, residents and fellows with interest in pediatric pulmonary medicine, as well as practicing physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians and pulmonologists who face pediatric respiratory disorders in daily clinical practice.

Features
• A comprehensive reference work on pediatric pulmonology
• Contains 74 chapters, divided into five sections (Physiology, Clinics, Syndromes, Diseases and Therapy)
• Contains algorithms to assist in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric respiratory disorders
• Written by experts in different fields of pediatric pulmonology from the Americas and Europe

Authors
• Pablo Bertrand graduated as a Physician in 1992 and as a Pediatrician in 1994 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship in University of Miami (USA) in 2000. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Unit and Director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship. He has done research in RSV bronchiolitis and cytokine production, as well as asthma. He was President of the Chilean Pediatric Pulmonology Society 2006-2009 and has organized several courses and congresses in Chile.
• Ignacio Sanchez graduated as a Physician in 1986 and as a Pediatrician in 1989 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1991. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Department, Director of the School of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and in 2010 was appointed President of the University. He has done research in respiratory sounds and bronchiolitis.