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Crash Course Respiratory Medicine

  • 6th Edition
  • May 15, 2025
  • Amar J Shah + 2 more
  • Philip Xiu + 1 more
  • English
Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors/residents – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the MLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. Text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of respiratory medicine will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!This revised and fully updated textbook aligns perfectly with the MLA syllabus and includes brand-new OSCE cases. It features fully updated asthma guidelines reflecting the latest NICE recommendations, alongside new COPD classification and management protocols. Completely rewritten, it offers a comprehensive, current resource for students and clinicians, ensuring mastery of respiratory medicine in line with the most recent evidence-based practices.

Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Host, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 46-1
  • March 28, 2025
  • Scott Evans + 3 more
  • English
In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Scott Evans, Guang-Shing Cheng, Julio Ramirez, and Bashar Staitieh bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Host. Top experts discuss imaging the immunocompromised lung; laboratory molecular testing in immunocompromised host pneumonia; vaccines and other preventative strategies for immunocompromised pneumonia; adjunctive/host-directed therapies in immunocompromised host pneumonia; sequelae of immunocompromised host pneumonia; and more.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 45-4
  • October 22, 2024
  • Sarina Sahetya + 2 more
  • English
In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Eddy Fan, Shannon M. Fernando, and Sarina Sahetya bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Top experts discuss environmental risk factors for ARDS; genetic and molecular risk factors for ARDS; biomarkers of ARDS; cellular mechanisms of lung injury; ARDS phenotypes and precision medicine; and more.

Multi-perspective Management of Sleep Disorders, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 19-3
  • August 7, 2024
  • Brendon Yee + 2 more
  • English
In this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Brendon Yee, Stephen McNamara, and Amanda Piper bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Multi-Perspective Management of Sleep Disorders. Top experts discuss the pathophysiology of chronic respiratory failure (hypercapnic); assessment (including diagnostic tests) of chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure; overlap syndrome; managing heart failure in patients with chronic respiratory failure; the impact of new drugs in improving and maintaining respiratory function; and much more.

Pediatric Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 45-3
  • August 2, 2024
  • Erick Forno + 1 more
  • English
In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Erick Forno and Gregory Sawicki bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Respiratory Disease. Top experts discuss COVID-19 in pediatric populations; environmental exposures and pediatric respiratory disease; genetics and genomics in childhood respiratory diseases; microbiome and metabolome: their role in pediatric respiratory disease; and more.

Thoracic Imaging, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 45-2
  • June 3, 2024
  • Jane P. Ko
  • English
In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editor Dr. Jane P. Ko brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Thoracic Imaging. Top experts discuss CT signs in the lungs; pericardial recesses on CT: implications for the pulmonologist; imaging of solid pulmonary nodules; subsolid nodules: significance and current understanding; ICU imaging pearls and pitfalls; and more.

Overlap of respiratory problems with sleep disordered breathing, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 19-2
  • April 30, 2024
  • Krishna M. Sundar
  • English
In this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editor Dr. Krishna M. Sundar brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Overlap of Respiratory Problems with Sleep Disordered Breathing. Given the rising prevalence of obesity and increasing demand for chronic respiratory support in pulmonary and chest wall disorders, this issue offers articles from top experts on seamlessly integrating the management of sleep-disordered breathing with novel ventilatory strategies employed for chronic respiratory failure.

The Parasomnias, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 19-1
  • February 19, 2024
  • Alon Y. Avidan
  • English
In this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editor Dr. Alon Y. Avidan brings his considerable expertise to the topic of The Parasomnias. Top experts in the field discuss a wide variety of disruptive sleep-related disorders, including parasomnias across the lifecycle; confusional arousals and sexsomnias; somnambulism; sleep terrors; sleep-related eating disorder; and more.

Rare and Interstitial Lung Diseases

  • 1st Edition
  • February 16, 2024
  • Claudio Sorino + 1 more
  • English
Written and edited by global leaders in this challenging field, Rare and Interstitial Lung Diseases: Clinical Cases and Real-World Discussions brings you up to date with the latest advances in complex or rare lung diseases managed on outpatient or inpatient respiratory or critical care units. Using a unique, case-based approach, a wide variety of cases are presented along with perspectives from a multidisciplinary team of experts who discuss therapeutic choices and rationales. This real-world approach allows the reader to become a virtual attending physician, simulating a realistic clinical reasoning process on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with rare and complex lung diseases.