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Weinberger (Harvard Medical School) correlates basic pathophysiologic principles with the radiologic, pathologic, and clinical aspects of pulmonary disease in this text for medical students and residents in pulmonary and respiratory medicine. This fourth edition features new material on emerging diagnostic and imaging modalities, along with new images, and offers new content on lung disease, AIDS, asthma, and respiratory failure.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Info
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Textbook introduces basic anatomic and physiologic concepts in pulmonary medicine. Shows how to recognize and evaluate patients with respiratory disease and how to choose the most effective treatments. Features new imaging and molecular diagnostic methods and additional high-quality images, CT scans, and CT angiograms. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover.

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The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

SYNOPSIS

Weinberger (Harvard Medical School) correlates basic pathophysiologic principles with the radiologic, pathologic, and clinical aspects of pulmonary disease in this text for medical students and residents in pulmonary and respiratory medicine. This fourth edition features new material on emerging diagnostic and imaging modalities, along with new images, and offers new content on lung disease, AIDS, asthma, and respiratory failure. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Alain F. Broccard, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)Description: This is an excellent introduction to pulmonary medicine for medical students as well as a concise reference for review of basic concepts. This fourth edition updates the 1998 third edition.Purpose: This is intended as a textbook to aid medical students with learning the pathophysiology of pulmonary medicine. The book meets this worthy goal.Audience: It is written to aid medical students with primary learning, as well as to act as a reference for residents and fellows who are reviewing and teaching difficult concepts. The author is a credible authority in pulmonary medicine.Features: The book provides an overview of all aspects of pulmonary medicine, from anatomy and physiology, to lung cancer, vascular, inflammatory, fibrotic, and infectious disorders. There are multiple excellent figures and diagrams, summary points in the margins, and a detailed index. Shortcomings, such as lack of in-depth explanations, are solved by references provided at the end of chapters.Assessment: I found this book to be an excellent resource for teaching medical students. The fourth edition provides insight into recent advances and current issues in pulmonary medicine.

RATING

3 Stars from Doody

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