Pediatric Respiratory Diseases

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