CHAPTER 10
Thoracic and Respiratory
Disorders
Christian Merlo, MD, MPH and Lauren Grossman, MD, MS
Signs and Symptoms 491
COUGH 491
DYSPNEA 491
WHEEZING 492
CYANOSIS 493
HEMOPTYSIS 494Acute Upper Airway Obstruction 495
Hypoxemia 496
Hypercarbia 497
Asthma 498
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 500
Bronchiectasis 501
Community-Acquired Pneumonia 502
FUNGALPNEUMONIA 506
PSITTACOSIS(PARROTFEVER)5 08
Q FEVER 508
PNEUMOCYSTISPNEUMONIA 509
TUBERCULOSIS 509
BIOTERRORISMAGENTS 511Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia 511
LUNGABSCESS 512
EMPYEMA 513
ACUTERESPIRATORYDISTRESSSYNDROME 514Pleural Effusion 515
Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Pneumothorax 517
Pneumomediastinum 518
Mediastinitis 519