Product Description: To integrate current knowledge in terms of basic and clinical science and to highlight problems, thirty world-renowned experts in the field of acute lung injury describe the state of up to date knowledge regarding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical management of acute lung injury...read more

Product Description: Great progress has been made since the first description of the acute respiratory distress syndrome by the Denver group in 1967 (Lancet). Although we introduced the term 'adult respiratory distress syndrome' in our second and more detailed description of the syndrome (ehest, 1971), this was probably amistake for the simple reason that children also suffer the same syndrome fo11owing acute lung insults...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A comprehensive text on therapeutics in respiratory disease written by the leading thoracic physician and two of his colleagues from the Brompton Hospital. Concentrates on the clinical use and management of drugs. Pays particular attention to such important topics as asthma & airways disease, lung infections, pulmonary vascular disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome, AIDS and lung...read more

Product Description: This series aims to provide an illustrated basic text suitable for senior medical students, junior hospital doctors and allied professionals. This work in the form of a pocket guide, is intended to demonstrate to students and others, what tests can be done and how they should be interpreted in order to aid diagnosis and management of patients...read more