Book Description | A complete guide to the entire field of respiratory medicine-with all-new content and a streamlined new designFirst published in 1980, Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases & Disorders is the classic reference through which pulmonary physicians have gained a commanding look at the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases and disorders. Edited by the world's foremost authorities, Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases & Disorders covers exactly what you need to know about lung diseases and their management, including sleep-disordered breathing, COPD, emphysema and lung cancer, as well as new technological advances and imaging techniques.This unparalleled two-volume resource begins with a compelling overview of up-to-date clinical perspectives, along with the scientific basis of lung function health and disease. It then provides turn key information on everything from respiratory disease signs and symptoms, to obstructive lung diseases, occupational and environmental disorders and specific respiratory conditions such as infections diseases of the lungs and acute respiratory failure. |
About the Author | Alfred P. Fishman MD William Maul Measey Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,Philadelphia, PA Jack A. Elias, MD Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine,Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine,New Haven, CT Jay A. Fishman, MD Associate Professor of Medicine,Harvard Medical School;Director, Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program,Massachusetts General Hospital;Associate Director, MGH Transplantation Center,Boston Michael A. Grippi, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine,Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division,University of Pennsylvania Health System;Chief of Medicine, Philadelphia VA Medical Center,Philadelphia, PA Robert M. Senior, MD Dorothy R. and Hubert C. Moog Professor of Pulmonary Diseases in Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology,Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, Mo Allan I. Pack MD, ChB, PhD Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, Director, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology,University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,Philadelphia, PA |