Pulmonary pathophysiology the essentials

• Main Authors: West, John B. John Burnard (Author), West, John B. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2003
• Edition: Sixth Edition
• Subjects: Lung Diseases > physiopathology; Respiratory Function Tests; Lung > pathology
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• Physical Description: ix, 205 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195) and index
• ISBN: 9780781740623; 0781740622

This companion monograph to "West's Respiratory Physiology", which looks at normal respiratory function, focuses instead on the function of the diseased lung. This text offers a concise overview of the disease states of the lung, emphasizing structure and function. For the Sixth Edition, the basic science will be updated to reflect advances in pulmonary pathophysiology in the last five years, including pulmonary function tests, pathophysiology of asthma, pulmonary edema, pulmonary hypertension, air pollution by aerosols, oxygen therapy, and mechanical ventilation. A second interior color is also new to this edition. Intended for second-year medical students taking system-based pathophysiology courses, this book will also prove useful to students in clerkship/rotation