Principles of Pulmonary Medicine: Expert Consult - Online and Print - Softcover

The 4th Edition of this comprehensive, thoroughly updated resource correlates basic pathophysiogic principles with the radiologic, pathologic, and clinical aspects of disease to provide an integrated, user-friendly approach to the study of pulmonary medicine. It introduces basic anatomic and physiologic concepts; shows how to recognize and evaluate patients presenting with respiratory disease; and helps the reader to be better prepared to choose the very latest and most effective treatments.

• Guides the reader through the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology relevant to each disease classification to develop a conceptual framework, and then focuses on the clinical aspects and treatment of specific diseases.
• Highlights key points in margin notes to facilitate review.
• Present the relevant physiology for each class of disorders, and then discusses specific diseases within the class.