Publisher's Synopsis
Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2003The thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition of this Spiral Manual is a complete, convenient and portable guide to the diagnosis and management of pulmonary disorders.Over 109 concise chapters, the book provides practical and authoritative information on all problems in clinical pulmonary medicine.Each chapter includes an annotated bibliography and this edition also includes new information on infectious diseases, AIDS, and management of asthma and cystic fibrosis. There are also new chapters covering the lung in drug abuse; anaerobic infections; hospital-acquired pneumonia; respiratory failure in postsurgical patients; protocol-driven care in respiratory therapy; disability and medicolegal evaluation; air travel and high altitude; tobacco control; and the lung in immunocompromised hosts
