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Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice

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Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice is a comprehensive manual written in a simplified and a very organized way making the understanding of these tests more easy than what many physicians think. Through its 285 pages and 10 chapters it covers all aspects of pulmonary functions that are required for care of patients with respiratory diseases or extra-pulmonary diseases with respiratory involvement. The book gather a wide range of data and information that would be found in divrese sources and the authors have managed to bring all these together in a simple language. The other significant feature of the book is the number and quality of illustarted figures which were over 125 along with 50 summarizing tables. This makes the book a useful source of information for beginers (medical students and residents) and a quick and comprehensive review for pulmonary specialists. Being a non pulmonologist, I found the book very easy to read and without difficulties in understanding the terminologies and definitions mentioned in its different chapters. The exercise cases were of great value in packing up all the informations.
I have no doubt that this book will add to understanding of pulmonary function tests in health care providers of various level of training involved in management of patients with respiratory illnesses.

I felt lucky to have this book just before my board exam. It is really great in its contents and illustrations. The examples were of great help in making the topics clear and easy to understand. I strongly recommend it for those having difficulties understanding pulmonary function tests and wants to master it in short period of time.

I'm amazed by how much information and illustrative material this small book contains. The way topics are presented in this book is exceptional. The book is concise and yet comprehensive. It is prefect for somebody like me who wants to get to the bottom of the topic in a timely fashion. I highly recommend it to everybody interested in the interpretation of PFT, ABG, exercise testing, and polysomnography.

This is the most concise and practical book for learning PFTs from any of the ones I've used. I can't imagine doing my PFT month without it!

I read with interest the book titled Pulmonary function tests in clinical practice by Altalag et al. I found it simple, up to the point, and easy to understand. It helped me alot in my clinical practice, and I do recommend reading it by any physician interested in pulmonary medicine.

I find this book very useful, up-to-date and very simple. The concepts are made very clear in this book, unlike other PFT books that I read before. The chapters on ABG interpretation and cardiopulmonary exercise testing are exceptionally useful to me as a critical care resident. I highly recommend this book to all residents who would like to understand the concepts of, and be efficient in interpreting PFT, ABG, exercise testing and polysomnography. I think, it will help us as residents to accurately interpret these tests.

As already alluded by other reviewers this book packs in a lot of highly useful information in a comprehensive, succinct and practical manner.
One can master a lot of useful information in a short span.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in Pulmonary medicine.