Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
ISBN-10
0781752736
ISBN-13
9780781752732
Category
Medical
Pages
682
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Author
Ronald B. George

Description

A favorite among residents and pulmonary fellows, this text provides all the information needed to evaluate and manage respiratory diseases and critically ill patients and to pass the American Board of Internal Medicine's subspecialty exam in pulmonary medicine. The Fifth Edition includes new information on ARDS, sedation of critically ill patients, rehabilitation for COPD, care of elderly patients, genetic testing for asthma, CTA and other diagnostic techniques for pulmonary thromboembolism, new antifungal drugs without renal toxicity, new treatment guidelines for pneumothorax, and ventilators and noninvasive ventilation for respiratory failure. This edition also includes more algorithms and differential diagnosis tables.

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