Bronchiectasis An Issue Of Clinics In Chest Medicine

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

The first issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine to be published with this focus, this issue reviews bronchiectasis from numerous angles to provide comprehensive coverage on this important subject. Epidemiology, airway defense mechanisms, pathogenesis, imaging and genetic causes of bronchiectasis are discussed. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is addressed, as well as non-tuberculous mycobacteria as a cause of bronchiectasis. Authors examine how to evaluate the success of therapy for bronchiectasis (what endpoints to use) and then discuss a variety of therapy options: inhaled and systemic antibiotic treatment, chest physiotherapy, pharmacologic agents for mucous clearance, antipinflammatory therapy and macrolides. Pulmonary resection and lung transplantation for bronchiectasis are reviewed. Recent advances in Cystic Fibrosis are also discussed.

In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, Guest Editors Harold R Collard, Luca Richeldi, and Kerri A. Johannson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Next-generation Interstitial Lung Disease. Provides concise and comprehensive coverage of the issues physicians face every day. Presents the latest information on a timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field.

Dr. Jon Koff has assembled and expert team of authors of the topic of Cystic Fibrosis. Articles include: Epidemiology and Pathobiology, Genetics and genetic medicine in Cystic Fibrosis, Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Cystic Fibrosis, Microbiome in Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnostic Testing in Cystic Fibrosis, Treating Pseudomonas in Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnosis of Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Care, Lung Transplant in Cystic Fibrosis, and more!

Drs. Robert Kotloff and Francis McCormack have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Rare and Orphan Lung Diseases. Articles include: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Pulmonary Lymphangiomatosis, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and other Histiocytic Diseases of the Lung, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Non-CF Bronchiectasis, Eosinophilic Lung Diseases, Benign Metastasizing Leiomyomata, and more!

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, Guest Edited by Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH, Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH, Mridu Gulati, MD, and Ware Kuschner, MD, will focus on Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, with article topics including: asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and other immune-mediated lung disease; Work-exacerbated asthma; Occupational COPD; Indoor fuel exposure and the lung in both the developed and developing worlds; New (and newly recognized) occupational and environmental causes of selected chronic parenchymal and terminal airway diseases; Occupational rhinitis and other work-related upper respiratory tract conditions; Military service and lung disease; Ambient air pollution; Protecting the lungs from microbes, particles and other inhalational exposures; and Exhaled breath and induce sputum analysis in assessing the effects of occupational and environmental exposures.

In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Charles Dela Cruz and Guang-Shing Cheng bring their considerable expertise to the topic of COVID-19 Lung Disease: Lessons Learned. COVID-19 can cause lung complications ranging from pneumonia to acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis, resulting in lasting harm to the lungs and other organs. In this issue, top experts cover a wide variety of all-new, pandemic-related topics in the field, including both U.S. and global perspectives on lessons learned from COVID-19. Contains 18 practice-oriented topics including diagnostics for and transmission of COVID-19; pathophysiology of hypoxemia in COVID-19 lung injury; COVID-19 in the immunocompromised host; COVID-19 in patients with chronic lung disease; COVID-19 in children and in pregnancy; lesson learned about the use of ECMO for COVID-19; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on COVID-19 lung disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.