Alcohol Use Disorders and the Lung

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Alcohol Use and Abuse in Human History

Chapter 2 Overview of the Evolving Recognition of the Health Effects of Excessive Alcohol Use Over the Past Two Centuries Including the Classic Citations

Chapter 3 Current Definitions of Alcohol Use Disorders and the Use of Validated Questionnaires in Clinical Practice and Research

Chapter 4 The Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse and Pneumonia

Chapter 5 The Epidemiology of Alcohol and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Chapter 6 Alcohol, the Upper Airway, and Mucociliary Dysfunction in the Conducting Airways

Chapter 7 Alcohol and the Alveolar Macrophage

Chapter 9 Alcohol-Mediated Oxidative Stress in the Airway: The Unique Role of Thiol Depletion

Chapter 10 Alcohol and the Adaptive Immune Response in the Airway: Dendritic Cell and Lymphocyte Impairments

Chapter 11 Alcohol Impairment of Granulocyte Function During Lung Infection

Chapter 12 Disruption in the Dynamic Balance Between Transforming Growth Factor-β and Granulocyte/Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Signaling Within the Alveolar Space of the Alcoholic Lung: Impact on Epithelial and Macrophage Function

Chapter 13 Alcohol-Mediated Zinc Deficiency Within the Alveolar Space: A Potential Fundamental Mechanism Underlying Oxidative Stress and Cellular Dysfunction in the Alcoholic Lung

Chapter 14 The Impact of Alcohol Abuse on Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Surgical Patient

Chapter 15 Alcohol and HIV: Experimental and Clinical Evidence of Combined Impact on the Lung

Chapter 16 Maternal Alcohol Use and the Neonate