OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
The obstructive lung diseases are characterized by reduction of expiratory flow rates and include asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis- and cystic fibrosis. However, controversy and confusion reign over the definition of these individual disorders because of the marked overlap of clinical and pathophysiological features. Some have even suggested the abandonment of the traditional names and the substitution of groupings based on signs and symptoms. Chronic mucus hypersecretion, with or without obstruction, and chronic airways obstruction, reversible or nonreversible, are probably more useful designations than debating whether a patient has chronic bronchitis or asthma. However, because these are not in general use, we will try to define each of the diseases as currently understood, pointing out overlap when it exists
- CHROMIC PANCREATITIS
- THE ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME
- Pulmonary System
- PERFUSION
- Endocrine Systems
- ETIOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
- Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
- Gardner's Syndrome
- Tocainide
- CARDIAC TRAUMA
- CLASSIFICATION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- EFFECTORS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- MOTOR DISORDERS OF THE ESOPHAGUS
- MEDIASTINAL DISEASE
- Endoscopic “Retrograde” Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- GASTRITIS
- SPECIFIC CAUSES OF CIRRHOSIS
- RHEUMATIC FEVER
- ACUTE PANCREATITIS
- The Fanconi Syndrome
- Mixed Glomerulopathies
- Conservative Management
- DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND THEIR INDICATIONS - IMAGING PROCEDURES
- MULTISYSTEM DISEASE WITH RENAL INVOLVEMENT
- Renal Tumors
- ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OBLITERANS
- Bretylium Tosylate
- Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
- RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON
- Studies of Pancreatic Structure and Function
- Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
- Urinalysis, Renal ‘Tubular Function, and Urine Flow Rate
- Aminoaciduria
- Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host
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