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For more than 40 years, West’s Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials has remained a critical resource for medical and allied health students learning the basics of respiratory physiology as well as an effective, quick review for residents and fellows in pulmonary medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, and internal medicine as they prepare for licensing and other exams. The eleventh edition incorporates updates in many areas including blood-tissue gas exchange, mechanics, control of ventilation and the respiratory system under stress; all designed to aid clear understanding of pulmonary physiology.
Clinical vignettes with questions emphasize how the physiology described can be applied to clinical situations, reinforcing reasoning and critical thinking.
More than 100 USMLE-style multiple-choice questions with full explanations test reasoning skills for comprehension and exam preparation.
Additional learning objectives and chapter-opening content added to every chapter to improve understanding of key topics.
Appendices include important equations, answers to the multiple-choice questions, and discussions of the answers to the end-of-chapter clinical vignettes.
Online resources include animations that expand on and clarify challenging topics and an interactive question bank to allow self-testing and exam review.
Edition
11
ISBN/ISSN
9781975139186
Product Format
Paperback Book
Trim Size
6 x 9
Pages
232
Edition
11
Publication Date
September 29, 2020
Weight
0.7
John B. West MD, PhD, DSc
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology School of Medicine University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA
Andrew M. Luks MD
Associate Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA
CONTENTS Preface vii animations ix CHAPTER 1 STrUCTUrE aND fUNCTION—How the architecture of the Lung Subserves Its function 1 CHAPTER 2 VENTILaTION—How Gas Gets to the alveoli 15 CHAPTER 3 DIffUSION —How Gas Gets across the Blood-Gas Barrier 31 CHAPTER 4 BLOOD fLOW aND MET aBOLISM—How the Pulmonary Circulation removes Gas from the Lung and alters Some Metabolites 45 CHAPTER 5 VENTILaTION-PErfUSION rELa TIONSHIPS—How Matching of Gas and Blood Determines Gas Exchange 69 CHAPTER 6 GaS TraNSPOr T BY THE BLOOD—How Gases are Moved to and from the Peripheral Tissues 94 CHAPTER 7 MECHaNICS Of BrEa THING—How the Lung Is Supported and Moved 116 CHAPTER 8 CONTrOL Of VENTILa TION—How Gas Exchange Is regulated 151 CHAPTER 9 rESPIra TOr Y SYSTEM UNDEr STrESS—How Gas Exchange Is accomplished During Exercise, at Low and High Pressures, and at Birth 172 CHAPTER 10 TESTS Of PULMONar Y fUNCTION—How respiratory Physiology Is applied to Measure Lung function 195 aPPENDIX a—Symbols, Units, and Equations 213 aPPENDIX B—answers 220 Index 247
Clinical vignettes with questions emphasize how the physiology described can be applied to clinical situations, reinforcing reasoning and critical thinking.
More than 100 USMLE-style multiple-choice questions with full explanations test reasoning skills for comprehension and exam preparation.
Additional learning objectives and chapter-opening content added to every chapter to improve understanding of key topics.
Appendices include important equations, answers to the multiple-choice questions, and discussions of the answers to the end-of-chapter clinical vignettes.
Online resources include animations that expand on and clarify challenging topics and an interactive question bank to allow self-testing and exam review.
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