PHYSIOLOGIC FOUNDATIONS

1.- Lung and Chest Wall Mechanics

2.- Gas Exchange

3.- Respiratory Muscle Function

4.- The Respiratory Muscles - Structual Considerations

5.- Mechanisms of Respiratory Rhythm Generation and Their Disturbance

6.- Control of Breathing

7.- Breathing in Exercise

PART II:

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

8.- Pathophysiology of Asthma

9.- Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive

10.- Pathophysiology of Interstitial Lung Disease

11.- Disorders of the Chest Wall

12.- Disorders of the Respiratory Muscles

13.- The Impact of Abnormalities in the control of Breathing on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

14.- Disordered Breathing during Sleep

15.- Cough Effectiveness

16.- Mechnisms of Dyspnea

PART III:

ASSESSMENT OF THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION PATIENT

17.- Assessment of Lung Mechanics

18.- Methods of Assessing Exercise Capacity

19.- Respiratory Muscle Testing

20.- Sleep Quality

21.- Neuropsychological Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

22.- Assessment of Psychosocial Status

23.- Impairment and Disability Evaluation

PART IV:

GENERAL TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS

24.- Reversible Obstructive Airway Disease

25.- Mucolytic Agents, Agents for the Relief of Dyspnea, and Respiratory Stimulants

26.- Oxygen Therapy

27.- Prevention of Pulmonary Infections

28.- Smoking Cessation

29.- Respiratory muscle Stretching and Exercise

30.- Functional Stimulation of the Respiratory muscles

31.- Mechanical Ventilation

32.- Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

33.- Nutritional Support in the Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary

34.- Exercise Retraining

35.- Air Traverl in Patient with Chronic Pulmonary Disease

36.- Physical Medicine Pulmonary and Habilitation Intervbentions with Neuromuscular Disorders

PART V:

SPECIFIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT

37.- Pulmonary Rehabilitarion in the Elderly

38.- Rehabilitation in the Asthma Population

39.- Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

40.- Management of Neuromuscular Diseases

41.- Rehabilitation of Patients with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

42.- Ventilatory Muscle Training

43.- Experiences with Surgery for Chronic Lung Disease in Japan

44.- Electrical Stimulation of Respiratory Muscles

45.- Respiratory Care in Spinal Cord Injury

46.- Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing

47.- Perioperative Pulmonary Care

48.- Management of Cystic Fibrosis

49.- Noninvasive Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease

50.- Rehabilitation of the Lung Cancer Patients

51.- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in the United States

52.- The Pulmonary Consequences of Abdominal Surgery

53.- Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Pediatric Patients

54.- Smoking Cesation in the Elderly and in Patients with Respiratory Disease

PART VI:

PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

55.- Social, Psychological, and Behavioral Factors and Patient Managment of Lung Disease

56.- Medical Economics and Cost

57.- Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Patient with Respiratory Disease

58.- Occupational Therapy in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

59.- Pulmonary Physical Therapy

60.- Quality of Life, Health Status, and Functional Impairment

PART VII:

ART AND REHABILITATION

61.- Art and Rehabilitation: The Physician's Point of View

62.- Art and Rehabilitation: The Patient's Point of View