Pulmonary Physiology (9th Edition)

Description

Essential for USMLE and certification review!

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

For more than thirty-five 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. The book 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.

Key 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.

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: Function and Structure of the Respiratory System
2. Chapter 2: Mechanics of Breathing
3. Chapter 3: Alveolar Ventilation
4. Chapter 4: Blood Flow to the Lung
5. Chapter 5: Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships
6. Chapter 6: Diffusion of Gases and Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests
7. Chapter 7: Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in the Blood
8. Chapter 8: Acid-Base Balance
9. Chapter 9: Control of Breathing
10. Chapter 10: Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung
11. Chapter 11: The Respiratory System Under Stress
12. Questions and Answers
13. Appendix
14. Common Abbreviations 

Author Biography

Michael Levitzky

Professor of Physiology and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana