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Overview
This volume in the very popular Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, updated, and completely redesigned 3rd Edition. A new, two-color page layout, a more portable size, and a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" in pulmonary medicine help you better meet the challenges you face daily. You will still find all of the features you have come to rely on in the Secrets Series—a questions- and answer-format, lists, mnemonics, tables, and an informal tone that make reference fast and easy. No matter what questions arise in practice or while preparing for boards, this 3rd edition has the answers—in print and online.
• Includes a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" to keep in mind during residency and practice.
• Features a new, more compact size for enhanced portability.
• Makes information easy to find with a new, two-color page layout and "Key Point" boxes.
• Identifies useful websites that help you obtain additional information on a specific topic and provides live links in the online version.
• Now includes STUDENT CONSULT access! www.studentconsult is an innovative website that allows you to build a personalized, fully integrated online library, where you'll find...
• The entire contents of every STUDENT CONSULT title you purchase.
• Integration links to bonus content in other STUDENT CONSULT titles.
• Powerful search capabilities- View all excerpts relevant to keyword or subject searches (up to 300 words per hit) from every book in the series.
• Image library.
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Editorial Reviews
From The Critics
Reviewer: Alex B. Adams, RRT, BS, MPH (Regions Hospital)Description: This book presents a unique approach to teaching by providing in-depth responses by known experts to commonly posed questions in the area of pulmonary/critical care. The 83 chapters are organized in 18 sections.
Purpose: The book intends to provide current expert opinion with some degree of detail in the important areas of pulmonary/critical care. It allows a reader to efficiently access information on pertinent issues. The book is not a complete, referenced review of any topic, nor does it make that claim. Therefore, the author's objectives are well met.
Audience: The audience is practicing pulmonologists and critical care physicians, yet the book is also an excellent opportunity for respiratory therapists to vastly broaden their understanding of pulmonary/critical care medicine. There are over 100 contributors. Several chapter authors are the accepted authorities in their field, often coauthoring the chapters with colleagues.
Features: Chapters are organized into sections such as evaluations, procedures, diseases, disorders, and special or surgical considerations. Each chapter is the same format, that is, responding to questions. Helpful features are the sections on controversies and the generous use of tables and figures. The questions posed are often the most pertinent for the topic yet, the reader may have other questions in mind. There is a minor degree of redundancy.
Assessment: The concept is unique and provides an excellent format for readability and rapid access. The book is, in a sense, a friendly reference. Other large reference books are much more comprehensive with citations and complete reviews of certain topics (Tobin's Principles and Practice of Intensive Care Monitoring (McGraw-Hill, 1998) and Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation (McGraw-Hill, 1994). While this book lacks areas of "general" instruction, as a carry-with manual it serves a specific purpose.
4 Stars! from Doody
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Professor Department of Medicine; Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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