West's Pulmonary Pathophysiology
The Essentials
Edition:
10
ISBN/ISSN:
9781975152840
Publication Date:
April 6, 2021
2021-04-6
9781975152840
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023! Reflecting the trusted expertise of Dr. John B. West and ...
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Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023!
Reflecting the trusted expertise of Dr. John B. West and Dr. Andrew M. Luks, West’s Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials, Tenth Edition offers accessible explanations of disease processes that affect the respiratory system. This best-selling companion to West’s Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials, 11th Edition, has served generations of students and practitioners who work with respiratory patients, presenting vital knowledge in a concise, straightforward manner that’s easy to understand.
Building on this legacy of success, the tenth edition is updated throughout with the latest clinical perspectives, new images, clinical vignettes, and enhanced USMLE-style review questions to help students excel in today’s changing healthcare practice.- UPDATED! Clinical Vignettes with open-ended questions demonstrate the real-world application of basic science and strengthen students’ self-assessment.
- UPDATED! Radiographs, CT images, and color histopathologic sections clarify diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
- UPDATED! USMLE-style multiple-choice questions, with answers, at the end of each chapter reveal areas requiring further study and boost students’ test-taking confidence.
- Clinical features/notes boxes provide efficient, bulleted review for key diseases.
- End-of-chapter Key Concepts reviews reinforce essential chapter information at a glance.
- Appendices provide fast access to symbols, units, and normal values; further readings; and answers to multiple-choice and Clinical Vignette questions.
- Online video lectures, available via YouTube, engage students in the material and clarify challenging textbook concepts.
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Edition10ISBN/ISSN9781975152840Product FormatVitalsource Interactive eBookEdition10Publication DateApril 6, 2021
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- 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
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CONTENTS
Preface v
PART ONE LUNG fUNCTION TESTS aND WHa T THEY MEaN
CHAPTER 1 VENTILaTION 3
CHAPTER 2 GaS EXCHaNGE 22
CHAPTER 3 OTHEr TESTS 48
PART TWO fUNCTION Of THE DISEaSED LUNG
CHAPTER 4 OBSTrUCTIVE DISEaSES 69
CHAPTER 5 rESTrICTIVE DISEaSES 107
CHAPTER 6 PULMONar Y VaSCULar DISEaSES 135
CHAPTER 7 ENVIrONMENT aL, OCCUPaTIONaL, NEOPLaSTIC,
aND INfECTIOUS DISEaSES 164
PART THREE fUNCTION Of THE faILING LUNG
CHAPTER 8 rESPIra TOr Y faILUrE 193
CHAPTER 9 OXYGEN THEraPY 213
CHAPTER 10 MECHaNICaL VENTILa TION 231
appendix a—Symbols, Units, and Normal Values 249
appendix B—further reading 252
appendix C—answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions 253
appendix D—answers to Questions in Clinical Vignettes 274
Index 281 -
- UPDATED! Clinical Vignettes with open-ended questions demonstrate the real-world application of basic science and strengthen students’ self-assessment.
- UPDATED! Radiographs, CT images, and color histopathologic sections clarify diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
- UPDATED! USMLE-style multiple-choice questions, with answers, at the end of each chapter reveal areas requiring further study and boost students’ test-taking confidence.
- Clinical features/notes boxes provide efficient, bulleted review for key diseases.
- End-of-chapter Key Concepts reviews reinforce essential chapter information at a glance.
- Appendices provide fast access to symbols, units, and normal values; further readings; and answers to multiple-choice and Clinical Vignette questions.
- Online video lectures, available via YouTube, engage students in the material and clarify challenging textbook concepts.
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