Embryology, anatomy and histology of the lung / Christian Couture -- Physiology of the respiratory system / Pierre Leblanc -- Laboratory techniques to study the cellular and molecular processes of disorders / Catherine Laprise -- Acute respiratory insufficiency / Mathieu Simon -- Pathophysiology of asthma / Louis-Philippe Boulet -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Julie Milot and Mathieu Morissette -- Pulmonary vascular diseases / Annie C. Lajoie, Vincent Mainguy, Sebastien Bonnet, and Steeve Provencher -- Respiratory infections / Noel Lampron -- Sleeping respiratory diseases / Frederic Series and Wenyang Li -- Interstitial lung diseases / Genevieve Dion, Yvon Cormier, and Louis-Philippe Boulet -- Lung cancer / Christian Couture -- Occupational respiratory diseases / Louis-Philippe Boulet and Marc Desmeules -- Diseases of the pleura / Jean Deslauriers -- Cystic fibrosis / Lara Bilodeau -- Bronchiectasis / Louis-Philippe Boulet.