West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials

West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials

<DIV><B>West’s Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials</B> is the gold standard text for learning respiratory physiology quickly and easily. This highly readable, must-have text serves as an introduction to students and a review for licensing and other exams. The Tenth Edition features the addition of Dr. Andrew M. Luks as co-author along with new clinical vignettes, additional multiple-choice review questions, and updated information on key topics in respiratory physiology, such as blood flow and metabolism, gas transport by the blood, and the physiology of high altitude.<ul><li><B>New! Clinical vignettes with questions</B> emphasize how the physiology described can be applied to clinical situations and reinforce reasoning and critical thinking.</li><li><B>More than 100 multiple-choice questions</B> with full explanations provide self-testing of key concepts for comprehension and exam preparation.</li><li><B>Clinical boxes and Key Concepts</B> summaries provide bullet-point reviews.</li><li><B>Appendices</B> of important equations and answers to all questions are easily referenced.</li><li><B>Online resources</B> include <B>animations</B> that expand on and clarify challenging topics, an interactive <B>question bank</B> , and <B>lectures</B> by Dr. West.</li></ul></DIV>