Preface.
Acknowledgements.
How to use this book.
Part 1 Basics.
Basic science.
Approach to the patient.
Part 2 Cases.
Case 1 A 64-year-old man with respiratory arrest.
Case 2 A 19-year-old man with chest tightness.
Case 3 A 31-year-old woman with poorly-controlled asthma.
Case 4 A 22-year-old man with life-threatening shortness of breath.
Case 5 A 65-year-old man with worsening shortness of breath.
Case 6 A worried 56-year-old man.
Case 7 An 81-year-old man with acute shortness of breath.
Case 8 A 73-year-old woman with confusion.
Case 9 A 78-year-old man with ankle swelling.
Case 10 A 72-year-old man with a hoarse voice.
Case 11 A 56-year-old woman with an abnormal chest X-ray.
Case 12 A 68-year-old man with shortness of breath and chest pain.
Case 13 A 16-year-old boy with right-sided chest pain.
Case 14 A 62-year-old woman with breathlessness.
Case 15 A 24-year-old woman with pleuritic chest pain.
Case 16 An elderly woman who collapsed suddenly.
Case 17 A 45-year-old man with chest pain and breathlessness.
Case 18 A 72-year-old man who becomes breathless during inpatient stay on a medical ward.
Case 19 A 58-year-old woman with breathlessness following surgery.
Case 20 A 16-year-old boy with a sore throat.
Case 21 A 45-year-old woman with a chronic cough.
Case 22 A 17-year-old girl with cystic fi brosis.
Case 23 A 25-year-old woman with cough and weight loss.
Case 24 A 44-year-old man commencing treatment for tuberculosis.
Case 25 A 32-year-old man who absconds from directly observed therapy for tuberculosis.
Case 26 A 32-year-old woman with a skin rash and abnormal chest X-ray.
Case 27 A 68-year-old woman with worsening breathlessness on exertion.
Case 28 A 35-year-old man with chronic shortness of breath.
Case 29 An overweight 52-year-old man who snores.
Part 3 Self-assessment.
MCQs.
EMQs.
SAQs.
Answers.
Index of cases by diagnosis