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angioedema 245
apnea 183
auscultation 191
Cheyne-Stokes respiration 199
COPD 200
cystic fibrosis and the lungs
201
diaphragm 202
dyspnea 203
hyperventilation 204
interstitial lung disorders 205
mechanical ventilation 214
oxygen-carbon dioxide
exchange 216
pleura 218
pneumothorax 223
positive airway pressure 223
pulmonary fibrosis 226
respiration rate 227
tachypnea 232
breathing exercises 185, 194,205,
207
breath sounds 194–195
asbestosis 185
asthma 190
atelectasis 190
auscultation 191
breathing 194
bronchitis 196
pulmonary edema 224
broad-spectrum antibiotics 307,
313, 347
bronchi 194, 199, 223, 349
bronchiectasis 195–196
aspergillosis 186
breathing exercises 194
bronchitis 196
bronchus 198
lung abscess 208
pneumothorax 223
pulmonary fibrosis 226
thoracotomy 232
bronchioles
alveolus 183
COPD 199
lungs 212
lung transplantation 214
oxygen-carbon dioxide
exchange 216
pertussis 349
smoking and pulmonary disease
230
bronchitis 196, 196–197,198, 201,
319
bronchoalveolar lavage 197
bronchoscopy 197


bronchovesicular breath sounds
191, 194
bronchus 197, 197–198
alveolus 183
aspiration 187
bronchiectasis 195
bronchoalveolar lavage 197
bronchoscopy 197
lung abscess 208
pleura 218
positive airway pressure 223
trachea 233
bronchus-associated lymphoid
tissue (BALT) 251–252, 284
BSE (bovine spongiform
encephalopathy) 350
Buerger’s disease 301t
bundle branch 4, 23, 25,26. See
alsobundle of His
bundle branch block 25–26, 31
bundle of His 4, 23, 26, 26,29. See
alsobundle branch
Burkitt’s lymphoma 323, 345
bypass surgery. Seecoronary artery
bypass graft
byssinosis 183, 185, 193, 198, 219

C
CABG. Seecoronary artery bypass
graft
CAD. Seecoronary artery disease
caffeine 17, 51, 52, 93, 97
calcium 22, 379t
calcium channel blockers
angina pectoris 12
arrhythmia 18t
atrial fibrillation 23
hypertension 67
medications to treat
cardiovascular disease 76, 80,
80 t, 85 t
pulmonary hypertension 99
valvular heart disease 114
camptothecins 376, 376t
campylobacteriosis 314
cancer 364–397
aging, effects on immune
response 239
aging, pulmonary changes that
occur with 182
antigen 247
blood disorders 121
complement cascade 255
Epstein-Barr virus 323
HPV 337
immune system 237, 238

immunosenescence 275
influenza 339
interferons 278
interleukins 278
leukemia 145
leukocyte 148
lung transplantation 213
lymph 120, 149
lymphadenopathy 149
lymph node 151
lymphoma 152
MALT 284
monocyte 157
multiple myeloma 157
pericarditis 95
pneumonia 220
spleen 167
thrombocythemia 171
thymectomy 172
thymus 172
tracheostomy 234
virus 362
cancerous tumor. Seetumor,
cancerous
cancer prevention 212, 277,
378–380, 382–383, 391–392
cancer risk factors 155, 370, 371 t,
374, 381–383, 392
cancer treatment options and
decisions 372–373
cancer vaccines 373
chemotherapy 375–377
MAbs 283
molecularly targeted therapies
384
radiation therapy 388–390
surgery for cancer 393–394
cancer vaccines 277, 373
Candida albicans314, 315
candidiasis 289, 314–315, 315 t,
334
canned foods 312, 313
CA-125 (cancer antigen 125) 373
capillary beds 5, 19, 24, 27, 142
carbon dioxide 5, 27, 33, 119, 216
carbon monoxide 105, 230
carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
373–374
carcinogen 231, 374, 374 t,392. See
alsoenvironmental carcinogens
carcinoma 374–375, 374 t
cardiac arrest 23, 27, 87
cardiac capacity 27–28,33, 60, 72
cardiac catheterization 28
angiogram 12
angioplasty 12–13

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