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Author: Michael Levitzky
ISBN : 0071793135
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The best review of pulmonary physiology for the USMLE Step 1
For more than three decades, Pulmonary Physiology has provided medical students and residents with a solid background in the areas of pulmonary physiology essential for a thorough understanding of clinical medicine. Pulmonary Physiology, 8e teaches you how and why the human respiratory system works--in a style and presentation that makes it easy to absorb and integrate with your knowledge of other body systems.
Features:
- Every chapter includes learning objectives, summaries of key concepts, study questions, clinical examples, illustrations of essential concepts, and suggested readings
- Provides detailed explanations of physiologic mechanisms and demonstrates how they apply to pathologic states
- Helps you to understand the basic concepts of pulmonary physiology well enough to apply them with confidence to future patients
- Delivers concise yet in-depth coverage of every important topic, including:
- Function and Structure of the Respiratory System
- Mechanics of Breathing
- Alveolar Ventilation
- Blood Flow to the Lungs
- Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships
- Diffusion of Gases and Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests
- Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in the Blood
- Acid-Base Balance
- Control of Breathing
- Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung
- The Respiratory System Under Stress, including exercise, altitude, diving, and sleep
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- Series: Lange Physiology Series
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 8 edition (March 15, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071793135
- ISBN-13: 978-0071793131
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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I'm currently on the 3rd chapter. If the rest of the book gets better, I'll update my review, but right now things are pretty bad.
The book reads as though it was written by someone that either 1) Does not actually understand the material, is just copying and putting together information from other books into this one, and thus cannot explain the material because he doesn't truly understand it himself or 2) Understands the material, but is just horrible at explaining any of it.
Most things in the books are not explained very well, everything is just stated more as a matter of fact. So it's almost impossible to learn from. For example, there will be a graph showing a curve that increases, and the book will say "see how that y-value increases as x increases? Well there you have it, that explains everything." But the author is seemingly not able to clearly explain why we are observing that behavior in the first place.
I read Lange-Cardiovascular physiology, and that book was a gem. That let me to try this book in that series, but whereas that book was a 5/5, I would say sadly that this book is more of a 2/5 as of now.
By apc
Dr. Levitzky's book remains the best pulmonary physiology book on the market. Explanations are clear, illustrations and graphics explained well, calculations are demonstrated and clinical relevance is explained throughout the text. Dr. L provides "clinical problems" at the end of each chapter; these items that require critical thinking, analysis, or calculation. Answers and explanations are provided. Additionally, there are "clinical correlation" boxes in many chapters that present cases relevant to the chapter content so that the physiologic principles can be applied to the pathophysiology.
I am really happy that it is now available electronically.
By P. Villars
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