West's Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials

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Reflecting the trusted expertise of Dr. John B. West and Dr. Andrew M. Luks, West's Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials, Tenth Edition offers accessible explanations of disease processes that affect the respiratory system. This best-selling companion to West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials, 11th Edition, has served generations of students and practitioners who work with respiratory patients, presenting vital knowledge in a concise, straightforward manner that's easy to understand.

 

Building on this legacy of success, the tenth edition is updated throughout with the latest clinical perspectives, new images, clinical vignettes, and enhanced USMLE-style review questions to help students excel in today's changing healthcare practice.   

• UPDATED! Clinical Vignettes with open-ended questions demonstrate the real-world application of basic science and strengthen students' self-assessment. 
• UPDATED! Radiographs, CT images, and color histopathologic sections clarify diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
• UPDATED! USMLE-style multiple-choice questions, with answers, at the end of each chapter reveal areas requiring further study and boost students' test-taking confidence.
• Clinical features/notes boxes provide efficient, bulleted review for key diseases.
• End-of-chapter Key Concepts reviews reinforce essential chapter information at a glance. 
• Appendices provide fast access to symbols, units, and normal values; further readings; and answers to multiple-choice and Clinical Vignette questions.
• Online video lectures, available via YouTube, engage students in the material and clarify challenging textbook concepts.

• Lifetime access to the digital version of the book with the ability to highlight and take notes on key passages for a more personal, efficient study experience.
• Carefully curated resources, including interactive diagrams, video tutorials, flashcards, organ sounds, and self-assessment, all designed to facilitate further comprehension.

• Pool content from books across your entire library into self-created Study Collections based on discipline, procedure, organ, concept or other topics.
• Display related text passages, video clips and self-assessment questions from each book (if available) for efficient absorption of material.
• Annotate and highlight key content for easy access later.
• Navigate seamlessly between book chapters, sections, self-assessments, notes and highlights in a single view/page.