Meet the editor

José Carlos Herrera García is a physician specialist in pneumology and internal medicine with a Master's in health administration. He is a research author of multiple national and international articles and a speaker in the field. He has authored book notes on pulmonology for undergraduate studies and many chapters on the specialist field of pulmonology. He is a doctor dedicated to the clinic, teaching, and research. He currently

works as a medical specialist in the city of Puebla, Mexico. He is certified by the Council of Pulmonology and Thorax Surgery and is a Member of the Latin American Association of Thorax (ALAT) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). He is the author of several national and international articles, focused on his specialty and has publications in the field of asthma, COPD and pulmonary hypertension. He is the Deputy Chief of Residents in the specialty of pulmonology and Chief of Residents in the specialty of internal medicine in Medica Sur Mexico City,

Contents

**Section 1**

Emphysema *by Tomislav M. Jelic*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Asthma and COPD **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 51**

Tuberculosis **69**

**Chapter 5 71**

Cor Pulmonale and Ultrasound **79**

**Chapter 6 81**

Application of Thoracic Ultrasonography for Acute Cor Pulmonale in

Eosinophils as a Biomarker in Asthma and COPD

COPD Pharmacological Management Update

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients

Smoking and COPD: Endothelium-Related and Neuro-mediated

*by Vera Nevzorova, Tatiana Brodskaya and Eugeny Gilifanov*

Thoracic Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in the Millennial Era

*by Jose Carlos Herrera Garcia*

Emphysema Mechanisms

*by Stefan-Marian Frent*

*by Onix J. Cantres-Fonseca*

*by You Shang and Ting Zhou*

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Preface

**Jose Carlos Herrera Garcia** Unidad de Funcion Pulmonar SC,

Puebla, México

This book describes the latest developments in the field of pulmonology, in discussing what is new in the field of respiratory medicine, thoracic surgery, and advances in chronic diseases. The chapters are perfectly written for your understanding and especially for the updating of pneumologists who require a brief and concise update in these times. It is very gratifying for me to be the editor-in-chief of this edition that for the moment fills me with pride to be part of this text, together with other outstanding physicians in pulmonary medicine. I am infinitely grateful to all the collaborators for their effort and dedication to each chapter of the book that you will like for the ease of reading in these bulging times of medicine. I can only say that I appreciate all the support that was given to me in this excellent update on respiratory medicine, commanded by a Mexican doctor.
