The Respiratory System : Basic & Clinical

THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM : BASIC

& CLINICAL

1. Structure of the respiratory

6. Lung mechanics : elastic forces.

system : lungs, airways and

7. Lung mechanics : airway resistance.

dead space.

8. Carriage of oxygen.

2. The thoracic cage and respiratory

9. Carriage of carbon dioxide.

muscles.

10. Control of acid-base balance.

3. Pressures and volumes during

11. Control of breathing I :

normal breathing.

neural mechanisms.

4. Gas laws and respiratory symbols.

12. Control of breathing II :

5. Diffusion.

chemical mechanisms.

13. Pulmonary circulation and

25. Venous thromboembolism and

anatomical right-to-left shunts.

pulmonary embolism.

14. Ventilation-perfusion mismatching.

26. Pulmonary involvement in vasculitis.

15. Development of the respiratory

27. Interstitial lung disease.

system and birth.

28. Pleural disease.

16. Complications of development

29. Pneumothorax.

and congenital disease.

30. Cystic fibrosis & bronchiectasis.

17. Lung defence mechanisms

31. Occupational & environmental-

and immunology.

related lung disease.

18. Pulmonary function tests.

32. Pneumonia.

19. Chest imaging and bronchoscopy.

33. Pulmonary tuberculosis.

20. Respiratory failure.

34. Respiratory infections in

21. Asthma : Pathophysiology.

HIV infection.

22. Asthma : Treatment.

35. Acute respiratory distress

23. Chronic obstructive pulmonary

syndrome (ARDS).

disease.

36. Lung cancer.

24. Pulmonary hypertension.

37. Sleep-disordered breathing.

38. Mechanical ventilation.

39. Acute oxygen therapy