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Principles of Pulmonary Medicine

  • 7th Edition - December 26, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Steven E. Weinberger, Barbara A. Cockrill, Jess Mandel
  • Language: English

With an emphasis on the pathophysiologic basis of pulmonary disease, Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 7th Edition, by Drs. Steven E Weinberger, Barbara A Cockrill, and Jess Mand… Read more

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With an emphasis on the pathophysiologic basis of pulmonary disease, Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 7th Edition, by Drs. Steven E Weinberger, Barbara A Cockrill, and Jess Mandel, provides a superbly illustrated introduction to this fast-changing field. This essential text employs a concise and understandable approach, integrating clinical topics with underlying physiologic, pathophysiologic, and basic science concepts critical for medical students, trainees, and those looking for a practical update on both acute and chronic pulmonary diseases

Key features

  • Offers access to extensive online resources, including author commentaries, video clips, audio recordings of lung sounds, and 200 case-based self-assessment questions – covering topics including pulmonary function tests, physiologic data, and arterial blood gas testing and modeled after the USMLE exam.

  • Discusses therapeutic strategies, including the available evidence for assessing relative benefits, harms, and costs, where appropriate.

  • Provides an excellent visual basis for understanding and interpreting pulmonary disease with easy-to-understand anatomic illustrations and accompanying radiologic and pathophysiologic images.

Table of contents

1 Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology

2 Presentation of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease

3 Evaluation of the Patient With Pulmonary Disease

4 Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Airways

5 Asthma

6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

7 Miscellaneous Airway Diseases

8 Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Parenchyma

9 Overview of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases

10 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases Associated With Known Etiologic Agents

11 Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases of Unknown Etiology

12 Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of the Pulmonary Vasculature

13 Pulmonary Embolism

14 Pulmonary Hypertension

15 Pleural Disease

16 Mediastinal Disease

17 Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Neural, Muscular, and Chest Wall Interactions with the Lungs

18 Disorders of Ventilatory Control

19 Disorders of the Respiratory Pump

20 Lung Cancer: Etiologic and Pathologic Aspects

21 Lung Cancer : Clinical Aspects

22 Lung Defense Mechanisms

23 Pneumonia

24 Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

25 Miscellaneous Infections Caused by Fungi and Pneumocystis

26 Pulmonary Complications in the Immunocompromised Host

27 Classification and Pathophysiologic Aspects of Respiratory Failure

28 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

29 Management of Respiratory Failure
Appendix A: Sample Problems Using Respiratory Equations
Appendix B: Pulmonary Function Tests: Guidelines for Interpretation and Sample Problems
Appendix C: Arterial Blood Gases: Guidelines for Interpretation and Sample Problems
Index

Review quotes

"This is a well-written and well-organized book on pulmonary pathophysiology and should be a very useful resource for medical students and postgraduate trainees. Although aimed primarily at medical students taking a respiratory pathophysiology course, the book also should prove useful for residents and fellows training in pulmonary medicine, as well as for practicing physicians wishing a review." Reviewed by Santosh Dhungana, MD (Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine)

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 26, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

SW

Steven E. Weinberger

Dr. Steven Weinberger is a very esteemed pulmonologist and is Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the American College of Physicians as well as Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and formerly Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He’s recently retired from full-time teaching but remains very actively involved in the field. As on prior editions Dr. Weinberger will have primary responsibility for reviewing and editing all chapters and will share chapter updating with Drs. Cockrill and Mandel, both of whom are also well respected and active speakers in the subspeciality of pulmonology.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, American College of Physicians; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., USA

BC

Barbara A. Cockrill

Affiliations and expertise
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harold Amos Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

JM

Jess Mandel

Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA

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