Publisher's Synopsis
The Pneumonias is the first book in the field to provide an integrated presentation of the pathophysiology and clinical basis of pneumonia. The authors employ the unique approach of discussing infectious pneumonias as clinical syndromes rather than as individual infections. The chapters discuss epidemiology, pathophysiology, and pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, etiology, pulmonary disorders mimicking lung infection and discharge strategies in the patient hospitalized with pneumonia.
