The Washington Manual Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult

Download or read book The Washington Manual Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult written by Adrian Shifren and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by residents, fellows, and attending physicians, this handbook is ideal for residents called on to do an inpatient consult, for students working on an inpatient medicine service, and for specialists seeking information on pulmonology and general internal medicine management. Chapters cover pulmonary function testing, respiratory failure, hemoptysis, solitary pulmonary nodule, community-acquired pneumonia, pulmonary embolus, and much more. Coverage includes a section on the appropriate conduct and approach of a medical consultant and reviews of selected clinical trials.