West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials Tenth Edition
West’s Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials 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.
New! Clinical vignettes with questions emphasize how the physiology described can be applied to clinical situations and reinforce reasoning and critical thinking.
More than 100 multiple-choice questions with full explanations provide self-testing of key concepts for comprehension and exam preparation.
Clinical boxes and Key Concepts summaries provide bullet-point reviews.
Appendices of important equations and answers to all questions are easily referenced.
Online resources include animations that expand on and clarify challenging topics, an interactive question bank , and lectures by Dr. West.
Prepare for success on the USMLE with this up-to-date resource! Offering current coverage of behavioral science, psychiatry, epidemiology, and related courses, this review book prepares you to rapidly recall key information on the mind-body relationship, and apply that knowledge on the day of the exam. Hundreds of USMLE-style questions with detailed answers and explanations help you prepare.
Chapters cover the full range of behavioral science, from growth and development through assessment, specific disorders, therapies, legal and ethical issues, and much more.
Each chapter begins with a “Typical Board Question,” which provides an example of how the subject is tested and familiarizes you with what you’re likely to see on the USMLE.
This edition conforms with the most recent psychiatric classification system, the DSM-5.
More than 700 USMLE-style, clinical vignette questions (many new to this edition), along with detailed answers, are found in Review Tests at the end of each chapter and a Comprehensive Examination at the end of the book.
Written in outline format for efficient review and study.
An interactive online question bank makes it easy for you to create personalized practice tests to gauge your understanding
