Respiratory System at a Glance
The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.
Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
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Everything you need to know about The Respiratory System… at a Glance!
Highly-illustrated overview of the structure and function of the lungs and airways, with sections on history, examination, pathophysiology, treatment and management
Respiratory System at a Glance is a comprehensive guide to normal lung structure and function and associated pathophysiology, featuring key information on all major respiratory disorders.
As per the familiar, easy-to-use ‘at a Glance’ format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread, with key facts accompanied by clear diagrams that encapsulate essential knowledge. This ‘one-stop’ resource has been revised and updated for this 5thedition to include recent advances in our understanding and/or treatment of asthma, COPD, pulmonary vasculitis, sarcoidosis, cystic fibrosis, respiratory infections (including COVID-19), and the most recent national clinical management guidelines.
The accompanying website includes self-assessment case studies, flashcards and MCQs to support learning or for review.
Respiratory System at a Glance also provides information on:
- Structure and function of the respiratory system, the thoracic cage and respiratory muscles, gas laws, diffusion, and elastic forces
- Acid-base balance and disorders, control of breathing through chemical and neural mechanisms, and pulmonary circulation and ventilation-perfusion matching
- Exercise, altitude, and diving, complications of development and congenital disease, lung defense mechanisms, and immunology of the lungs
- Public health and smoking, respiratory failure, and the pathophysiology and management of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory disorders
With accompanying self-assessment clinical cases and multiple-choice questions, The Respiratory System at a Glance is the ideal companion for anyone about to start a respiratory module or rotation, and will appeal to medical students and junior doctors, as well as nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, technicians, and biomedical scientists.
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Jeremy P.T. Ward, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Cell Physiology, Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK.
Jane Ward, MBChB, PhD, Senior Lecturer (retired), Department of Physiology, King’s College London, London, UK.
Richard M. Leach, MD, FRCP, Medical Director, Cardiorespiratory and Critical Care Medicine Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, and Honorary Professor of Medicine Kings College London, London, UK.