West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials

Authors: John B. West, Andrew M. Luks
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Edition: 10
Publish Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781496310118

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.