ISBN: 0323261930 9780323261937

Category: Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine

Page count: 2208

<p>Ideal for <b>fellows</b> and <b>practicing pulmonologists</b> who need an authoritative, comprehensive reference on all aspects of pulmonary medicine, <b><i>Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine</b> </i>offers the most definitive content on basic science, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of respiratory diseases. </p><ul> <ul><b></ul> <li>Full-color design</b> enhances teaching points and highlights challenging concepts.</li> <li><b>Understand clinical applications</b> and the<b> </b>scientific principles of respiratory medicine.</li> <li><b>Detailed explanations</b> of each disease entity allow you to work through differential diagnoses.</li></ul><ul> <li><b>Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. </b>This<b> enhanced eBook experience </b>offers content updates, videos, review questions, and Thoracic Imaging Cases (TICs), all of which are easily navigable on any device for access on rounds or in the clinic.</li> <ul></ul> <li>Includes more than <b>1,000 figures</b> and over<b> 200 videos</b> and <b>audio files.</li></b> <li><b>Key Points</b> and <b>Key Reading</b> sections highlight the most useful references and resources for each chapter.</li> <li><b>An expanded sleep section </b>now covers four chapters<b> </b>and includes control of breathing, consequences of sleep disruption, as well as obstructive and central apnea.</li> <li><b>New chapters </b>in the Critical Care section<b> </b>cover <b>Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV)</b> and <b>Extracorporeal Support of Gas Exchange (ECMO)</b>. New chapters focusing on diagnostic techniques now include <b>Invasive Diagnostic Imaging</b> and <b>Image-Guided Interventions and Positron Emission Tomography</b>, and a new chapter on <b>Therapeutic Bronchoscopy</b> highlights the interventional role of pulmonologists.</li> <li><b>Embedded videos </b>feature<b> </b>thoracoscopy, therapeutic bronchoscopy, volumetric chest CT scans, and more.</li> <li><b>Brand-new audio files</b> highlight normal and abnormal breath sounds and the separate components of cough.</li></ul>