Pulmonary Physiology

Gain a complete understanding of the aspects of pulmonary physiology essential to clinical medicine

For  more than 35 years, this trusted review has provided students,  residents, and fellows with a solid background in the aspects of  pulmonary physiology that are essential for an understanding of clinical  medicine.

Pulmonary Physiology clearly describes how and why the human respiratory system works in a  style that is easy to absorb and integrate with your existing knowledge  of other body systems.

Features:

• Thoroughly updated with new figures, tables, and end-of-chapter references and clinical correlations
• Each  chapter includes clearly stated learning objectives, summaries of key  concepts, illustrations of essential concepts, clinical correlations,  problems, and pulmonary function test data to interpret, and suggested  readings
• Enables  you to understand the basic concepts of pulmonary physiology well enough  to apply them with confidence in future practice
• Provides detailed explanations of physiologic mechanisms and demonstrates how they apply to pathologic states

If  you’re in need of a concise, time-tested, basic review of pulmonary  physiology―one that encourages comprehension rather than memorization,  your search ends here.