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MEDICAL

Pathophysiology

West’s Pulmonary Pathophysiology The Essentials Ninth Edition By John B. West, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc , Distinguished Professor of Med- icine and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Andrew M. Luks, M.D. , Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

DESCRIPTION West’s Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials offers ac- cessible explanations of disease processes that affect the respi- ratory system. This best-selling companion to West’s Respira-

tory Physiology, Tenth Edition, has served generations of students. Dr. John B. West, together with new co-author Dr. Andrew M. Luks, presents the vital knowledge you need in a concise, straightfor- ward manner that’s easy to understand. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Learn the very latest on COPD, asthma, restrictive lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and much more. ▶ ▶ See how pathophysiology applies to clinical practice with clinical vignettes in every chapter, followed by multiple-choice questions and answers to test your comprehension. ▶ ▶ Visualize concepts vividly with the aid of new radiographs, CT images, and color photomicrographs. ▶ ▶ Study with ease through abundant chapter outlines, Key Concepts boxes, bulleted review sections, and other helpful summaries. ▶ ▶ Prepare for exams with 75 multiple-choice review questions, accompanied by answers and explanations, inside the book as well as in an Interactive Question Bank online.

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in February, 2012. (ISBN 978-1-4511-0713-5)

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-3944-7 / (US$54.99 / £36.99 / €40.00) Worldwide Approx. 264 pp. / Approx. 91 Illus. / Approx. 13 Tables / 6 x 9 / February 2017

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