The lungs are ingeniously constructed to carry out their cardinal function, the exchange of gases between inspired air and blood. Developmentally, the respiratory system is an outgrowth from the ventral wall of the foregut. The midline trachea develops two lateral…
Children are not merely little adults, and their diseases are not merely variants of adult diseases. Many childhood conditions are unique to, or at least take distinctive forms in, this stage of life and so are discussed separately in this…
Complications of Lung Transplantation Lung transplantation, whether single, bilateral, or, less often, heart–lung, has been an accepted mode of therapy for a variety of end-stage lung diseases for about 25 years. The most common indications for transplantation in adults are…
Non-Neoplastic Conditions Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation Clinical Features Uncommon developmental anomaly predominantly seen in infants that has features of both immaturity and malformation of the airways and distal lung parenchyma (formerly congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation [CCAM]) Often detected by antenatal…