Textbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine by SK Jindal

• Thoroughly updated with separate sections on Respiratory History, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Radiology and Diagnostic techniques.

• It covers clinical manifestations and treatments of diseases involving various lung compartments.

• Divided into 22 sections which are further divided into updated 163 chapters beginning with the history and physiology of respiratory medicine, the text examines not only diseases of the respiratory system, but also cuts across various other specialties of medicine, critical care, occupational and environmental medicine, sleep medicine, aviation, altitude problems, cardiology, pediatrics and more.

• Later part of the book covers infectious diseases especially tropical diseases, pulmonary infections including respiratory physiology and tuberculosis, respiratory diagnosis, respiratory sleep disorders, respiratory critical care, pulmonary manifestations of systemic diseases.

• Multiple chapters review pulmonary radiographs including CT, nuclear imaging, bronchoscopy, and thoracoscopy.

• Completely revised edition with updated information, referenced with most recent citations.

• Specifically focuses on pathophysiology, pulmonary interventions, newer diagnostic techniques and treatment modalities.

• Contains separate sections on respiratory history, physiology, pharmacology, radiology and diagnostic techniques.

• Includes chapters on pulmonary perspectives such as history, ethics and economics.

• Aims to provide comprehensive but concise information, using a large number of tables, figures and flow charts.

• The chapters are written by over 200 contributors from different countries, including India, America, Europe, South Africa, Japan, and Middle East.

• Useful to the educators, pulmonologists, intensivists, thoracic surgeons, pediatricians, clinical practitioners, who are treating the patients with lung involvement; and also for the postgraduate students.